Modern Saint Louis

Saint Louis 2013 "Cyclades" scattered millefiori in stave basket overlay magnum faceted 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 2012 "Etoile" millefiori star carpet ground 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 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 1990 clear-encased blue-over-white double overlay gingham-cut upright bouquet paperweight. Visible through a round window at the top of the piece, the dimensional, multicolor bouquet is composed of several lampwork flowers, on a bed of green leaves. The arrangement rests within a gingham-cut blue-over-white double overlay, which is encased with a layer of clear crystal. Signature/date cane. Limited edition of 50. Diameter 3 3/4". [hide]

Saint Louis 2011 "La Tortue" millefiori turtle carpet ground 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 #29 of a limited edition of 125. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Saint Louis 1990 upright bouquet in latticinio basket with pink torsade paperweight. An upright bouquet of a dozen lampwork long-petalled flowers in different shades of blue and red, white and pistachio, nestled on green leaves, rests inside a shallow double twist white latticinio basket with two pink latticinio twist torsades. Edition #2 of a limited edition of 25. Signature/date cane in one of the flowers. Diameter 3 13/16”. [hide]

Saint Louis 1981 "Basket of Flowers" Clichy-inspired patterned millefiori pedestal paperweight. A central complex cane is encircled by several oval concentric rings of assorted complex canes and a border of spaced cane clusters that create a blooming prairie of millefiori. The field of flowers sits atop a wide pedestal basket of white double-swirl latticinio, bordered by two blue and white twist torsades, reminiscent of the rare Clichy basket. Limited edition of 200. Signature/date cane. Minor surface wear. Height 2", length 4" [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 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 #38 of a limited edition of 125. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 3/8". [hide]

Saint Louis 1999 "Fleur d'Ange" flowers with ladybug paperweight. Fourteen white, star-shaped flowers with dark-tipped stamens are arranged in two concentric circles across an ocher mosaic of variously sized tube canes. A plump red ladybug hovers above. Edition #30 of a limited edition of 150. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 5/16". [hide]

Saint Louis 1983 close concentric millefiori green ring dish. A transparent green ring dish, with a white chaplet bead torsade around the rim, is connected to its colorful close concentric millefiori base by a clear stem. Edition #169 of a limited edition of 300. Signature/date cane. Diameter 4 3/8", height 4". [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 1999 "Envol" white dove on blue millefiori carpet faceted paperweight. A white millefiori dove clutches an olive branch against a carpet of blue and white complex star canes. Six and one facets. Edition #31 of a limited edition of 350. 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 2000 "Croisez Murine" patterned millefiori paperweight. A large cross shape, made of checkered red, white and aqua canes as well as four evenly dispersed canes that read "2000", is surrounded by a white stardust carpet. Opaque red ground. Edition #3 of a limited edition of 150. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4". [hide]

Saint Louis 2000 Millennium Commemorative champagne flute, of clear crystal, with spaced complex millefiori and the numerals 2000, in the stem. Signed/dated. Edition #126 of a limited edition of 200. Height 10 3/4". [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 1973 looped millefiori garlands on red ground paperweight. Six complex millefiori looped garlands, alternating between blue and white, propel themselves in a clockwise motion from their point of origin at a complex star cane center, on opaque red ground. Signature/date cane. Limited edition of 400. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

Saint Louis pink flower and Sultan of Oman coat of arms paperweight. A deep pink desert rose, with five ribbed petals and a core of yellow filament stamens, shares a stem with two large green irregularly shaped leaves, the silver coat of arms of the Sultan of Oman, two crossed swords, a sheathed dagger and a crown, floats below. A specially commissioned piece for the Sultan of Oman. Clear ground. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Saint Louis 1975 faceted blue overlay bouquet paperweight. Two double clematis flowers, one red and one blue, grow on stems with green leaves, over clear ground. Dark blue-over-white double overlay with five and one facets. Signature/date cane in the center of one of the flowers. Limited edition of 450. Diameter 3". [hide]

Saint Louis 1973 white flower on orange ground paperweight. A large flower, composed of five chartreuse and white millefiori cross-section petals and a signature/date cane center, grows from a slender green stem alongside a small white bud and green leaves, on dark orange ground. Limited edition of 400. Fine condition. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

Saint Louis 1976 U.S. Bicentennial commemorative gold George Washington overlay faceted paperweight. A 24-karat gold-foil inclusion of General George Washington, on horseback with the dates 1776-1976, is surrounded by thirteen white millefiori stars to commemorate the United States Bicentennial. Cobalt blue ground. Red-over-white overlay. Five and one facets. Limited edition of 650. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3". [hide]

Saint Louis 1979 "Amour" faceted Cupid sulphide paperweight. A white sulphide of Cupid is encircled by a spaced garland of blue lampwork flowers, on rose-colored ground. Six and one facets. Limited edition of 400, exclusive for L. H. Selman Ltd. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]