New Arrivals

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]

Antique Baccarat blue clematis buds paperweight. Five pale blue clematis buds share intertwining stems with four green leaves, over clear star-cut ground. "Some large and often handsome clematis weights are composed entirely of buds arranged symmetrically in tiers on a long stem."--"Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights". Diameter 2 15/16". [hide]

Ronald Hansen scarlet crimp rose miniature paperweight. A scarlet crimp rose nests between four large, semi-transparent green leaves on clear ground. Pedestal base. Signed. Diameter 1 11/16". [hide]

Rare antique Saint Louis white pompon on tomato red latticinio paperweight. A carefully arranged pompon, made of multiple tiers of white flattened hollow tubes, is crowned by two serrated green leaves and a tightly closed bud and blooms on a gently curved green stem along with two additional opposing leaves. The flower floats elegantly over a striking tomato red double-swirl latticinio cushion. "The tomato coloring of the ground is achieved with a translucent coating of red glass above and beneath the opaque white latticinio, rather than a color coating of the individual latticinio strands." -Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society. For a similar example, see the same publication on page 59. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis faceted upright bouquet paperweight. Three lampwork flowers, one each in dark blue, dark pink, and white, are bordered by a blue and a pink cane flower, and surrounded by eight, upright green leaves, on gathered stems, over clear ground. All-over circular facets. Surface wear. Diameter 2 3/16". [hide]

Drew Ebelhare 1993 millefiori moss ground paperweight. A central pink and white complex cane, with a tiny orange center, is encircled by a ring of pink and blue canes, and sits within a green moss ground studded with a spaced ring of white cogs. The arrangement rests within a pink and green stave basket. Signed/dated. Diameter 2". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis faceted cherries paperweight. Two red cherries and three jagged green leaves grow from a slender branch, over clear ground. Top facet encircled by a ring of seven small facets and six large side facets. Diameter 2 5/8". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis pink pelargonium on swirling latticinio paperweight. The delicate flower has five pastel-pink petals, each edged in white and accented with pairs of thin black lines, which surround a pink-shaded yellow and black center. Four narrow green sepals protrude from behind the pelargonium, as it blooms on a short green stem, with two green leaves, over a double-swirl white latticinio cushion. Pictured in Identifying Antique Paperweight: Lampwork, plate 44. From the Alschuler Collection. Diameter 2 1/4". [hide]

Mike Hunter 2017 Marilyn Monroe murrina portrait cane. A black and white portrait of Marilyn Monroe pops with red lipstick on a flat disc. Diameter 15/16". [hide]

David Graeber 2019 lilac, blueberry, lemon, strawberry and tea rose bouquet paperweight. Three sprays of fragrant lilac, made of tiered pink bells, radiate from a lush bouquet of three yellow tea roses, half lemons, whole lemons, scattered blueberries, red strawberries with air bubble seeds, white flowers with fluffy yellow stamens, moss and leaves. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 5/16". [hide]

Antique Clichy trefoil garlands on cerulean blue color ground paperweight. A large white, green and red complex cane centers a pair of interlaced trefoil millefiori garlands, one in white and one in pink, on opaque cerulean blue ground. "Whether woven to celebrate love, victory or merely beauty, the millefiori garlands found in patterned spacing schemes are among the most graceful and delicate ornaments found in paperweights."–Paperweights for Collectors. Diameter 2 11/16". [hide]

Antique Millville footed umbrella, or mushroom, paperweight. A teardrop-shaped bubble floats above the indented center of a three-dimensional, speckled, multicolor umbrella, over a clear, round, footed base. Diameter 3 1/16", height 3 3/8". [hide]

Extremely rare swan in a pond weight. A delicately crafted white opaque lampwork swan with red eyes and black beak swims in a clear glass pond ringed with green and white jasper, alternately described as pond weeds or grass. Six and one facets with a star cut base. Small annealing crack under the swan which is characteristic of hollow weights. Diameter 3". [hide]

Antique American, ca. late-19th, early-20th century, turtle whimsy paperweight, with a brown cardboard reptile inside a hollow, molded, glass dome. Green felt base. Diameter 3 1/8. [hide]

Post-classic English close concentric millefiori paperweight. A large central aqua and white floret cane is the focus of four concentric rings of pink and blue cog canes. Clear ground. Some surface wear. Diameter 3 1/2”. [hide]

Antique Saint Louis white pompon on pink latticinio cushion paperweight. The pompon, achieved through the use of several concentric rings of flattened white hollow rods, is crowned by two green leaves and a small green-sheathed white bud and grows from a curved green stem with two additional green leaves, over a double-swirl pink latticinio cushion. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]