New Arrivals

Chris Sherwin 2019 Prototype flower miniature paperweight. A pink flower, with a tuft of filament yellow stamens, is flanked by two companion buds and shares a stem with a red and blue berry and a blue bud. Orange ground over blue underside. Signed/dated. Diameter 1 7/8". [hide]

Chris Sherwin 2019 millefiori nosegay paperweight. Three contrasting complex millefiori, reminiscent of the antique Clichy models, are gathered together into a sweet bouquet below a trio of leaves and atop a short stem flanked by a pair of leaves. Blue and white swirl ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 2 5/8". [hide]

Clinton Smith 2019 poison dart frogs on pink lilac paperweight. Two lush sprays of pink lilac, each with all-over bells and protruding green leaves, bloom on a forking stem with three bladed green leaves, with a central yellow vein each and red shading. The stem rises from a thick brown root system. Two poison dart yellow frogs, speckled with light brown spots, peer over the leaves. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/4". [hide]

John Deacons close packed millefiori miniature paperweight. A variety of complex cog and ruffle canes, including a thistle picture cane and Clichy-type roses, are packed into a colorful carpet covering a translucent blue cushion. Diameter 1 13/16". [hide]

Victor Trabucco 1993 trumpet flower and three buds paperweight. A large light pink trumpet flower lies on a sandy ground accompanied by three companion buds, all growing beneath a bit of fallen branch on a vine shared by four furled green leaves. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 5/8". [hide]

Perthshire Paperweights 1973 "Closepacked Millefiori" on purple cushion paperweight. A multitude of assorted colorful complex canes, including a signature/date cane, rests on an opaque purple ground. Limited edition of 400; 378 made. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 15/16". [hide]

Bob Banford snake and flower faceted paperweight. Bob Banford snake and flower faceted paperweight. A red, orange, black and yellow striped snake lifts his head to admire a nearby flower with three orange-striped petals rising from a bed of three symmetrically spaced leaves, a high yellow cage of stamens rising from its nexus. Pebbly green ground. Five and one facets. Signature cane. Diameter 2 3/8". [hide]

Charles Kaziun Junior blue and white arrow cane flower miniature pedestal paperweight. A blue and white flower, with six arrow cane petals, sits atop a short twisting stem and is haloed by three green leaves. Three green and white cog canes encircle the bloom which rests on pink, aventurine-strewn ground. Tilted design, clear pedestal. Signature, gold-foil “K” on the underside. Diameter 1 3/4", height 2 1/16". [hide]

John Deacons close packed millefiori overlay faceted paperweight. An assortment of millefiori canes, including animal picture canes, Clichy-type roses of various colors, picture canes, complex millefiori and a signature cane, sits on a white upset muslin cushion, inside an impressive fancy-cut pink-over-white-over-blue triple overlay. Top facet. Diameter 3 3/8". [hide]

Ken Rosenfeld 1994 mums and bell flowers paperweight. Three white spider mums, each with thick green and yellow stamen clusters at its core, share a weaving stem of leaves and tendrils with six purple bell flowers, over clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/8". [hide]

Randall Grubb 1986 blue flowers and spray paperweight. Two large blue flowers, each with six petals and a cupped center holding a yellow stamen, share a common clump of greenery with a spray of smaller bell-shaped flowers, long yellow stamens again accenting the design. Clear ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Antique Baccarat scattered millefiori on upset muslin paperweight. An assortment of colorful complex canes, including a pale pink rose picture cane, is scattered across white upset muslin. Diameter 2 3/4". [hide]

Antique Clichy end-of-day scrambled millefiori paperweight. A lively assortment of whole and partial complex canes, including ruffle canes, a few rose canes, rod bundles and florets, creates a colorful cushion over a layer of hollow tube canes only visible from the bottom to give a peek into the factory's daily work. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/8". [hide]

Rare magnum antique Baccarat "B 1848" scattered millefiori and Gridel canes paperweight. A central Gridel moth, or butterfly, silhouette cane is surrounded by numerous assorted complex canes including a "blue flax" flower silhouette cane, a love bird cane and the Gridel silhouette canes of a horse, a deer, a dog, a goat, a rooster, a squirrel, a white monkey, a hunter and a pelican, on a cushion of white upset muslin and colored filigree. "B 1848" date cane. A ring of diamond cutting encircles the perimeter of the base. Thin line of dark striae on lower side. "The moth cane most often appears in or near the center of the motif. The separation of the large canes gives them a breathing space they do not have in the close millefiori and makes their colors look as bright as Clichy." - The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. Diameter 3 3/4". [hide]

Rare antique Baccarat patterned millefiori circlets with shamrocks paperweight. A central circlet of red and white pastry molds, centered by a large arrowhead cane, is surrounded by three circlets of complex red and white cog canes spaced by three circlets of complex green and white ruffle canes. Each circlet is centered by a complex cane composed of a central red fortress cane, a ring of seven green shamrocks and a ring of yellow bull's-eyes. White upset muslin ground. For a similar example, see Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty, page 46, figure 144. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 2 15/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat scattered millefiori and Gridel Silhouette canes on white muslin paperweight. Assorted scattered complex canes, including white stardust canes, green bull's-eye canes, arrow and shamrock canes, mix with four silhouette canes of a rooster, goat, squirrel and a pair of love birds on a cushion of white upset muslin. Diameter 2 ½" [hide]