New Arrivals

Whitefriars 1978 patterned millefiori and butterflies faceted paperweight. Five white latticinio spokes radiate out from a central pink complex cane to form five panels of close packed complex millefiori canes, in pink, blue and green. A blue and white butterfly cane sits at the center of each panel. Translucent cobalt blue ground. Five and one facets. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16". [hide]

Whitefriars 1976 American Bicentennial commemorative millefiori flag faceted paperweight. An American flag, composed of thirteen blue and white complex canes for the stars, four red and three white canes for the stripes and a gray cane for the staff, rests on a carpet of white star cogs and is encircled by a garland of blue and white star cogs. Five and one facets. Edition #143 of a limited edition. "1776/1976" signature/date cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

Whitefriars 1971 close concentric millefiori faceted paperweight. A small flower cane is centered by six concentric rings of star cog canes and two rings of flower canes, in white, red, yellow and blue. Signature/date cane. All-over geometric facets. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16". [hide]

Whitefriars 1970 close concentric millefiori high-domed faceted paperweight. Five concentric rings of star millefiori, some with cog collars and some with tube collars, surround a single bull's-eye type white millefiori. Clear ground. Six long and deep thumbprints below a high dome topped by a circular facet. Signature/date cane. Good condition. Diameter 2 7/8", height 3 1/16". [hide]

Webb Corbett etched spider and web overlay faceted paperweight. A translucent vaseline yellow overlay has five and one facets that reveal an etched spider web on the clear bottom where a juicy spider presides. Possible "B" signature etched in the web. Good condition. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

Waterford 2000 Commemorative mitre-cut flowers clear paperweight. In the style of the New Year's sparkling ball at Times Square, New York, mitre-cut shaped petals are pressed all over the surface of a shimmering clear dome to create a repeating flower pattern. Acid-etched star-patterned base. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Vitra Glass Studio 1994 coral reef abstract paperweight, by Peggy Henry. A mottled blue coral reef rises into a spiraling mound as the home of several filament sea urchins and anemones. Clear ground. Excellent condition. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4". [hide]

Vitra Glass Studio 1994 coral reef abstract paperweight, by Peggy Henry. A mottled multi-colored coral reef rises into a spiraling mound, speckled with aventurine, as the home of several filament sea urchins and millefiori anemones. Clear ground. Good condition. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/16", height 3 3/16". [hide]

Vitra Glass Studio 1994 coral reef abstract magnum paperweight, by Aro Schulze. A mottled blue, orange and green coral reef rises into a spiraling mound as the home of several filament sea urchins and millefiori anemones. Clear ground. Good condition. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 15/16". [hide]

Unidentified, possibly Venetian, set of three abstract aventurine tie tacks. Three small tie tack glass stones, one yellow, one cobalt blue and white and a conical multi-colored one, each have speckles of aventurine and are perched at the end of a long brass or copper pin. Diameters 9/15-5/8". [hide]

Unidentified, possibly Strathearn, upright purple flower and air bubbles paperweight. A field of carefully placed air bubbles veils an upright purple flower, with a large air bubble contained at this center, which rises from three light green leaves from a translucent mottled blue cushion. Diameter 3". [hide]

Unidentified, possibly Murano, patterned millefiori mushroom sculpture paperweight. Six rows of three green and red cogs each radiate around a central red cog and are spaced by triangular trios of red cogs. Clear ground, above a rounded and flared stem, to create a little mushroom sculpture. Fine condition. Diameter 2 5/16", height 3 1/4". [hide]

Unidentified, possibly Murano, close packed purple cogs miniature paperweight. A ring of six large white complex cogs, edged in purple and centered by a blue rod, are tightly-packed in a ring around a central replica. Small air bubbles spaced the center cane. Clear ground. Diameter 2". [hide]

Unidentified pear paperweight. A solid glass yellow pear is blushing with orange speckles, trapped inside a thin layer of glass, and sports a protruding translucent green stem and calyx. Clear cookie base. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Length 3 3/8", height 2 9/16". [hide]

Unidentified hollow-blown frit decorated overlay faceted paperweight. Speckles of cobalt blue, yellow and red frit are blown into a hollow cushion ground, inside an opaque white overlay, decorated with painted flowers, green leaves and gilded sprays. Sixteen side printies at the perimeter and one quatrefoil-cut top facet, with a fading gold dot center. Clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2 3/4". [hide]

Unidentified all-over faceted clear paperweight. Shimmering light is refracted through tiers of triangular facets on the surface of a heavy glass done. Excellent condition. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]