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Rare antique Baccarat flat bouquet faceted paperweight. Rare antique Baccarat flat bouquet faceted paperweight, with a dazzling and rare floral group. A large central white buttercup forms the center, with a bundle of yellow star rods making up the stamen. It is flanked by two Type-I pansies, with shaded purple upper petals and a trio of cobalt blue and white arrowhead cane lower petals. The bouquet is crowned by a white double clematis, with a star cane center. A light green vine bearing a blue bud and green leaves entwines the central dark green stem. Six and one faceting. Star cut base. A broken stem below the clematis. "In contrast to the work of the other French factories, Baccarat produced conspicuously formal floral arrangements. These masterfully portrayed flowers combine to form a delightful garden. The millefiori cane sections that compose the bottom of the pansies indicate that this weight was produced in the early part of the classic period." --The Art of the Paperweight: Challenging Tradition. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Antique Bacchus close concentric millefiori paperweight. A central complex cane, consisting of a white ruffle cane within a ring of white-collared cobalt blue, is encircled by four rings of various complex millefiori in cobalt blue, yellow, amber and white. The close concentric design is held within a white stave basket. Fine condition. Diameter 3 9/16". [hide]

Antique Bacchus patterned millefiori circlets on sodden snow paperweight. Five spaced circlets of various millefiori, in mint green, blue, white and red, are set within a sodden snow ground and surround a central pink ruffle cane, which is enclosed by a close packed star-shaped millefiori design. Clusters of yellow and white sawmill canes, with the occasional white ruffle cane, occupy the spaces between each circlet around the periphery and are supported by a stave basket of red-centered white canes. Fine condition. Diameter 3 3/8". [hide]

Antique Bacchus spaced concentric millefiori on sodden snow paperweight. A large red and white ruffle cane, with a white collar, is surrounded by loosely placed spaced concentric rings of brightly colored millefiori, in blues, red, yellow and green, all set within a white sodden snow ground. The central arrangement is held within a white-centered green stave basket. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/2". [hide]

Very nice antique Baccarat millefiori butterfly over clematis paperweight. The butterfly, with turquoise eyes and four multicolored marbled millefiori wings extending from an amethyst latticinio body, hovers above a white double clematis with a red, green and white star center and white bud, framed by the bud and five radial green leaves. Clear, star-cut ground. "butterflies are placed above floral motifs encased in clear glass to create the illusion of their hovering in space." [hide]

Antique Baccarat butterfly and millefiori garland paperweight. [hide]

Antique Baccarat yellow buttercup and red bud faceted paperweight. A double-tiered buttercup blossom, with yellow-colored petals and a white stardust stamen, is haloed by five green leaves and blooms atop a curving green stem with opposing leaves and a surprising red bud. Alternating green and white millefiori form a border garland around the flower. Clear, star-cut ground. Two rows of seven side facets and one top facet. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat yellow pompon and red bud paperweight. Numerous tiers of thin C-shaped canes, in pale yellow, radiate around a central green arrowhead cane to form a delicate pompon blossom that grows from a green curved stem, with two opposing leaves, and is crowned with five leaves and a contrasting red bud. Alternating white and red canes form a border garland around the flower. Clear, star-cut ground. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 9/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat aqua buttercup and bud with millefiori garland paperweight. Six deeply hollowed aqua petals ring five deeply hollowed white petals from whose core rises a straight thicket of yellow stamens, forming a traditional Baccarat buttercup motif. The flower is haloed by five green leaves and sits atop a curving stem flanked by additional green leaves and an aqua companion bud. Alternating green and white millefiori form a border garland around the buttercup. Clear, star-cut ground. Painted accession number 1965.83. Good condition. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

Rick Ayotte 1996 American beauty red rose lozenge sculpture. A solitary lush blood-red rose, with many tiers of petals, is layered atop four green sepals and floats gracefully within a clear lozenge. Triangular faceted base. Limited edition of 2. Signed/dated. Width 2 7/8”, height 2”. [hide]

Antique Baccarat 1848 scattered millefiori on upset muslin paperweight. The Gridel canes a deer, a dog, a horse, a rooster, a goat, love birds and several pheasants are loosely scattered around a complex butterfly silhouette cane at the weight's center. Arrow canes, shamrocks and cogs complete the design, over white upset muslin with bits of colored filigree. Signature/date cane. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 1/4". [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]

Randall Grubb "Vineyard" cabernet sauvignon grapes glass column sculpture. The large, impressive piece contains three clusters of purple cabernet grapes and large green leaves, growing on a brown grapevine, with exposed roots, over speckled rocks. Height 7 13/16", Diameter 3 3/8". [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]

Antique Clichy close concentric millefiori mushroom double overlay faceted paperweight. A moss and floret cane centers five concentric rings of assorted complex canes in pink, green, blue, white and violet to create the dome of a mushroom with white staves as a stem, inside a cobalt blue-over-white double overlay. Clear, grid-cut ground. Five and one facets. Minor surface wear and bubble near the base. Diameter 3”. [hide]

Antique Saint Louis scrambled millefiori wafer stand. A clear and shallow bowl, with a blue-over-white rim, is shaped with six ruffle lobes and rises from a base filled with scrambled millefiori and latticinio bits, including a complete dog silhouette cane near the center, in the traditional pistachio, chartreuse, coral and light blue colors. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Minor surface wear. Diameter 3 1/2", height 3 1/2". [hide]