Misc Modern

Vasart Glass patterned millefiori inkwell. The wide-based bottle has a circle of multicolor glass chips surrounded a ring of pink and yellow bundled rod canes, which is bordered by a ring of white and orange latticinio, on pale green ground. The matching stopper has a ring of white and orange latticinio encircling a ring of pink and yellow canes, on pale green ground. Height 5", diameter 3 13/16". [hide]

David Lotton and Lubomir Richter 1993 collaborative ballerinas engraved paperweight. A company of ballerinas, a principal framed by two couples, swirls gracefully around an iridescent dome amid swooping birds and the falling roses of the delighted crowd. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

Greg Chase 2010 "French Quarters" murrine with skulls marble. A vivid and detailed representation of Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans features four memorable scenes of a restaurant, an Elvis karaoke bar, a jazz club and a haunted courtyard being watched from above by a balcony full of people. All of these bustling activities rise from a lugubrious pool of dark aventurine water with a snickering white skull. Signature/date cane. Diameter 2 1/8". [hide]

WDF 1992 exotic blooms high-domed paperweight. Wonderful, large tropical blooms, in hot pink and red, explode from a translucent emerald green mass dotted with color that sits at the base of a high-domed, clear ground weight. The blooms, their pale green tendrils trailing, crowd the inner surface in an exuberance of color. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 9/16", height 4 5/8". [hide]

Wesley Lutz yellow crimp rose pedestal paperweight. A yellow crimp rose, cupped within four pointed green leaves floats within a clear encasement over a pedestal base. Signature cane. Diameter 2 1/8", height 2 9/16". [hide]

Blair Hardenburg 1971 egg-shaped spiraling latticinio paperweight. A large central elongated bubble is surrounded by a multi-thread white latticinio spiral, with a blue center, which curls down to a clear base. Signed/dated. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 15/16". [hide]

Berry Davis abstract design high-domed paperweight. A tuquoise bowl, with a white interior, sits atop a blue spire, with diagonal stripes in red and white, that is dotted with orange barnicles and green seaweeds. Signed. Diameter 2 5/8". Height 5 5/8". [hide]

Craig Howell 1978 burgundy flower surface design paperweight. Two burgundy flowers are the focus of a surface design of green, red, blue and orange intertwining vines that cover an opaque white dome. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/8”. [hide]

Bridgeton Studio 1978 purple butterfly paperweight, by Ziegler. A delicate purple butterfly, with a millefiori cane in each wing, is surrounded by yellow millefiori flowers, connected by swirling brown stems, at the center of undulating orange stripes. Off-white ground. Signed/dated. Very minor surface wear. Diameter 2 15/16”. [hide]

Grant Randolph 1997 pink flower and blue butterfly on iridescent blue ground paperweight. A blue butterfly with a red body and antennae flutters above a pink fantasy flower, with long white stamens, growing from a sinuous stem and a group of green leaves. Iridescent blue cushion ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3”. [hide]

Terry Crider 1981 iridescent snake paperweight. An iridescent dark blue snake coils atop an iridescent dark blue weight. Signed. Diameter 2 1/8". [hide]

Scotia of Scotland spaced concentric paperweight. A central complex cog is encircled by a spaced ring of green cogs, alternating with blue cogs, and then by a spaced ring of the prior cogs. White upset muslin ground. Signature cane. Diameter 2 15/16". [hide]

Strathearn millefiori and twists paperweight. A central yellow and green millefiori cane is encircled by two concentric rings of yellow, indigo and orange canes from which radiate nine twists that form panels of five canes each. The whole is set on a translucent teal ground. Diameter 2 1/2". [hide]

Unidentified California-style green pulled-feather marbrie surface design paperweight. Cascading downward from a pink and white center cane at the weight's crest, four fanning waves of green create fanciful networks flowing to the base of a green-tinged, white dome, while simultaneously leaving four marbrie-like voids around the upper perimeter. Very minor surface wear. Diameter 3". [hide]

Zellique 1993 hearts and vines encased surface design paperweight. Plump red hearts sprout from two thorny vines, which crest a clear dome above a crackled and iridescent cobalt blue ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]

Unidentified American cat sulphide paperweight. A three-dimensional Siamese cat sits patiently at the center of a green, white and red frit ground. Extremely minor surface wear. Signature stamped "JDH". Diameter 3 3/8". [hide]

Crieff Glass purple and white swirl paperweight. Originating at a large green complex center cane, latticinio ribbons in alternating white and purple swirl in a colorful eddy, which tucks itself under the base of the weight to create a counter design visible through the top. Some surface wear. Diameter 2 11/16". [hide]

Unidentified hollow blown pear paperweight. A hollow pear is blushing orange, with speckles, on one side and yellow on the other with a green painted protruding stem reaching ahead of a clear cookie base ground. Hollow concave calyx. Extremely fine condition. Length 4 3/16", height 3 3/16". [hide]

Strathearn Glass patterned millefiori paperweight. A central pink and white crimped cane, with a green center, is surrounded by a ring of brown and white quatrefoil canes and a ring of brown cross canes with slender blue tendrils. From this motif radiate ten yellow and white twists, creating ten wedge panels, each containing a small bubble, one green, white and brown complex cane and two pink millefiori with green centers, all on opaque green ground. Diameter 2 15/16". [hide]

Miscellaneous concentric millefiori faceted paperweight. Three rings of intricate complex canes surround a large central white cane with a red star center, on clear ground. Six and one facets. Diameter 3 1/16". [hide]

Miscellaneous with flowers paperweight. Several flowers and leaves drap the design on clear ground. Diameter 2 1/16". [hide]

Murano close packed millefiori paperweight. Mauve, white and yellow complex millefiori, with a blue and yellow flower core each, are gathered into a tightly-packed prairie, over clear ground. Good condition. Diameter 3 11/16". [hide]

Murano close concentric millefiori facet inkwell. Five rings of millefiori complex canes in red, white and blue focus on a larger yellow cog center cane and sits at the bottom of a clear bottle and is repeated within the bottle’s stopper on a smaller scale. Five side facets on the bottle and five and one facets on the stopper. Good condition. Diameter 4 5/16", height 5 13/16". [hide]

Murano large cane concentric millefiori faceted paperweight. Six extremely large complex canes, with marigold outer edges and centers of French blue and white, tightly ring a seventh cane of the same design and rest over a multi-colored frit ground. All-over faceting. Diameter 3 1/4". [hide]