Saint Louis

Saint Louis 1976 faceted red overlay Bicentennial commemorative paperweight. The piece contains a gold-foil inclusion of George Washington on a horse, encircled by thirteen white stars, one of which is a signature/date cane, on a cobalt blue cushion ground. Red-over-white double overlay, with five and one facets. Limited edition of 400. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

Saint Louis 1992 apple faceted paperweight. A three-dimensional golden apple grows from a short stem with green leaves on an opaque powder-blue ground. Top facet. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 7/16". [hide]

Saint Louis 1982 lily-of-the-valley faceted paperweight. A graceful stem of white lily-of-the-valley rises up from a clutch of eight green leaves, on opaque garnet ground. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 400. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4”. [hide]

Saint Louis 1986 “Statue de la liberte or sur fond bleu avec canes” gold inclusion faceted paperweight. A gold inclusion of the head of the Statue of Liberty, encircled by a ring of nineteen stars, celebrates the one-hundredth anniversary of the monument. Cobalt blue ground. Five and one facets. Edition #103 of a limited edition of 150. Signature/date cane. Signed/dated. Inscribed “France, United States of America, 1886-1986”. Diameter 2 15/16”. [hide]

Saint Louis 1981 "Hostages" millefiori faceted paperweight. A concentric pattern of 53 white cog canes in three rings, encircled by a twisted yellow ribbon, rests on cobalt blue ground. A large central cog cane, with the number "444", commemorates the number of days that 53 Iranian hostages were held captive. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 100, exclusive to the USA. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3". [hide]

Saint Louis 1989 “l'Orchidée” red orchids paperweight. Growing from an impressive stalk of fanning, robust, green and white variegated leaves, two deep red orchids, with white mouths, rise up, one above the other and capped by a promising young bud. Opaque white ground. Limited edition of 250. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4”. [hide]

Saint Louis 1953 millefiori mushroom double overlay faceted paperweight. Close packed canes create a mushroom atop a narrow tapered stem. Clear, star-cut ground. Aqua-over-white double overlay. Five and one facets. Very minor surface wear. Diameter 3 1/16". [hide]

Saint Louis 1990 L.H. Selman anniversary mushroom overlay faceted paperweight. A millefiori mushroom in reds, blues and white is encased within an orange-over-white double overlay cut with five and one facets, the base of which reads “L.H. Selman Ltd. 20 years 1970 - 1990” in gold. Edition #14 of a limited edition of 50. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 3/16”. [hide]

Saint Louis 1982 faceted strawberries paperweight. Four red strawberries rest on a bed of green leaves atop a swirling white latticinio cushion. Five and one facets. Signature/date cane. Limited edition of 200. Diameter 3". [hide]

Saint Louis 1994 “Harmonie” flower bouquet on blue stars paperweight. Five flowers, each with five burgundy speckled white petals, have complex yellow stamen canes at their center and connect together by slender green stems and leaves to form a bouquet. The bouquet rests above a field of blue star canes that reveal a yellow ground. Edition #63 of a limited edition of 200. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/16”. [hide]

Saint Louis 1971 "Star of David" complex millefiori faceted overlay paperweight. A signature/date cane centers a six-point star design composed of assorted pastel star canes, on an opaque black cushion ground centered within a white overlay. Five and one facets. Diameter 3". [hide]

Saint Louis 1985 perfume bottle. A white latticinio body with a blue rim sits atop a base of scattered millefiori on lace. Limited edition of 250. Signature/date cane. Height 5 1/2". Chip to base. Missing stopper. [hide]

Saint Louis 1977 upright bouquet in a basket paperweight. Seven long-petalled flowers in varying colors thrust themselves upward from a bed of dark green leaves. The bouquet rests in a swirling latticinio basket with a twist-ribbon pink and white torsade. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3". [hide]

Saint Louis upright bouquet red and white faceted double overlay paperweight. A pretty upright bouquet rises on slender stems to a thick bed of dark green leaves topped with a burst of lampwork flowers in pinks, blues and white, each centered with a millefiori stamen. Red and white double overlay, six and one facets. Diameter 3". [hide]

Saint Louis 1990 "Persian" paperweight. Pistachio-colored cog canes with dark blue and white centers define oblique rectangles filled with an assortment of canes in pinks and blues and white, in an oriental design reminiscent of ancient Persia. Edition #203 of a limited edition of 600. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/16". [hide]

Saint Louis 1973 concentric millefiori penholder or vase. A swirling white latticinio cup, with a pink and white twist torsade encircling the rim, stands above a paperweight-shaped base containing a concentric arrangement of assorted colorful complex canes. Signature/date cane. Limited edition of 125. Height 5 1/8". [hide]

Saint Louis 2011 "Le Papillon" butterfly paperweight. A black-bodied, lampworked butterfly, its fore and hinter wings a sky blue nestled within pink and orange and each hosting a black-dotted, white eye, floats within a clear encasement with spiraling diagonal cuts and a single large top facet. Edition #42 of a limited edition of 125. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 3/8". [hide]

Saint Louis 2012 "Etoile" paperweight. Draping across a pristine white carpet of tiny stardust complex canes, a five-point star recalling a starfish, achieved in pink, blue and white, is elegant in both its simplicity and meticulous artistry, anything but simple. Edition #5 of a limited edition of 125. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4". [hide]

Saint Louis 1994 upright bouquet in a basket paperweight. The clear-encased piece has an upright bouquet of pink, blue, and white flowers, and dark green leaves, in a double-swirl white latticinio basket, with a white spiral-encased pink twist handle. A complex signature/date cane connects one end of the handle to the basket, while the opposing side features a pink complex cane. Limited edition of 25. Diameter 3 9/16". [hide]

Saint Louis 2011 "La Tortue" paperweight. Large bull's-eye canes of varying sizes in greens and white create the outer shell of a turtle, his head and feet instead rendered in butter yellow moss canes. He navigates through a sea of white tube canes with dark green centers. An elegant piece of great charm. Edition #31 of a limited edition of 125. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Saint Louis 2013 "Boréal" magnum paperweight. A stunning echo of the legendary aurora borealis, cascades of delicate latticinio tubes are wrapped in an ethereal curtain of bubbles, all cradled within a chartreuse stave basket. Edition #5 of a limited edition of 50. Signature/date cane. Diameter 4". [hide]

Saint Louis 2013 "Notus" magnum paperweight. A sumptuous interplay of words and shapes: the south wind of Greek mythology, the Notus, blows over a fantasical water lily captured within an ultra-contemporary, mushroom-shaped paperweight. A pink-striped, purple exterior cups a circle of long, undulating green canes, they in turn ringing delicate white latticinio tubes and four dark stamens. Edition #5 of a limited edition of 50. Signature/date cane. Diameter 4 1/4", height 3 1/8". [hide]

Saint Louis 2013 "Cyclades" magnum paperweight. The Greek islands are the inspiration for this very large, very elegant, pebble-shaped design. Aqua-colored tubes radiate from a central motif of blue and white stars viewed through the top facet of a low, wide, flannel gray glass weight whose sides give way to a white underlay in slender, oblique cuts. Edition #5 of a limited edition of 50. Signature/date cane. Diameter 4 7/8". [hide]

Saint Louis 2011 "La Rose" paperweight. A large three-dimensional dusty red rose with mottled white, framed by a splay of five petals which move upward to ever-smaller and tighter tiers until culminating at last with a central furl, is presented upon a circular fan of green sepals and presides within a clear ground that has been bound with a winding thorny green stem. Black base. Edition #43 of a limited edition of 100. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 9/16". [hide]