Saint Louis

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 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 "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 1992 spaced concentric millefiori on stardust carpet piedouche paperweight. An assortment of spaced concentric complex millefiori rests within a white stardust carpet ground. White double-swirl latticinio pedestal base, bordered by two pink and white filigree torsades. Edition #141 of a limited edition of 150. Signature/date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 3/8", height 3 3/16". [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 #29 of a limited edition of 125. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/8". [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 1988 "Ruche verte" green honeycomb paperweight. Tiers of green "C" shaped canes, with clear centers and white edges, are cascade down from a central blue and white signature/date cane. The border of canes is pulled downward into a green stave basket and a green opaque ground is revealed through the base and in the depth of the hollow canes. Limited edition of 400. Diameter 3 1/16". [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 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 1977 upright bouquet in a basket with torsade paperweight. Seven long-petaled 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 1/16". [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]