New Arrivals

David Graeber 2016 botanical over black pedestal rectangular paperweight. A spectacular bouquet of all-over flowers, including blue roses, red and purple flowers, chartreuse chrysanthemums, white bell clusters and green foliage, floats in a clear cube above a black pedestal base. Signature/date cane. Height 4 5/16”, length 2 3/4”, width 2 7/8”. [hide]

Gordon Smith 2019 scaled green lizard and succulents paperweight. A detailed scaled lizard hides in a field of red, gray and green succulents. They rest on a sandy ground strewn with pebbles and mossy rocks. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 9/16". [hide]

Antique Baccarat yellow wheatflower paperweight. Two tiers of round, black-dotted petals have a white complex star cane with a red bull's-eye at their nexus and are crowned by five apple green leaves. The wheatflower sits atop a short, leaning stem flanked by two additional leaves, over clear, star-cut ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Very minor chipping to star cut. Diameter 2 7/16". [hide]

David Graeber and Jim Poore 2020 collaborative brown mum and sunflower fall bouquet fancy-cut paperweight. Two lush mums, with slightly-curled brown petals, are juxtaposed in an otherwise brightly-colored bouquet with other fall flowers like golden sunflowers, white knotweed racemes, brown pinecones and lotus seedpods, cadmium yellow forget-me-nots and green leaves, all gathered on a bit of moss. Fancy, basket-cut, clear ground. Flat top facet with mitre-cut rim. Signature/date canes. Diameter 3 7/16", height 2". [hide]

David Graeber and Jim Poore 2020 collaborative tri-colored fall mum bouquet fancy-cut paperweight. Three lush mums, with slightly-curled fragile petals in hues of rust-red and different shades of brown, evoke the rich colors of the fall season, along with speckled red berries, sprays of red buds, white and yellow flowers, pinecones and green leaves, all gathered on a bit of moss. Fancy, basket-cut, clear ground. Flat top facet with mitre-cut rim. Signature/date canes. Diameter 3 9/16", height 1 3/4". [hide]

Saint Louis 2013 "Cyclades" scattered millefiori in stave basket overlay magnum faceted paperweight. The Greek islands are the inspiration for this very large, very elegant, pebble-shaped design. Aqua-colored tubes radiate from a central motif of blue and white stars viewed through the top facet of a low, wide, flannel gray glass weight whose sides give way to a white underlay in slender, oblique cuts. Edition #5 of a limited edition of 50. Signature/date cane. Diameter 4 7/8". [hide]

Rick Ayotte 2011 “Forest Delight” spotted salamander in woodland scene magnum faceted paperweight. A blue salamander with yellow spots explores a forest floor amid red and white mushrooms, yellow flowers, berries, beetles and leaf litter. Brown and green rock ground. Six and one facets. Edition #1 of a limited edition of 1. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 1/2". [hide]

Gordon Smith 2010 blackberries on straw paperweight. A very progressive rendering of the ripening stages of a blackberry is depicted through eight individual berries, each different from the next in color, and two sprigs of pink buds. They are woven together dimensionally by short stems and three serrated leaves on a straw ground. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

Gordon Smith 2019 succulent and rose bouquet paperweight. Purple, gray and green succulents are gathered into a bouquet with a purple rose and two pink roses, including companions buds, on a patch of moss. Clear ground. Signature cane. Signed/dated. Diameter 3 3/16". [hide]

David Graeber 2017 lemon and blossom branch paperweight. Five juicy yellow lemons mature alongside furling dark green leaves, white blossoms and pink-tipped buds. The curving lemon branch floats gingerly above a translucent blue ground. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 1/4”. [hide]

Rick Ayotte 1986 “Springtime in New Hampshire” purple finch and nest paperweight. A male purple finch crouches near a nest, with three blue eggs, which rests on a sandy ground, surrounded by pink crocus flowers, assorted leaves and red bunch berries. Edition #7 of a limited edition of 35. Signed/dated. The artist’s first upright three-dimensional bird. Fine condition. Diameter 3 13/16” [hide]

Melissa Ayotte 2019 "Cosmic Basket" purple mum and pink lilac bouquet basket-cut overlay paperweight. Three purple mums are spaced by radiating sprays of pink lilac, a few purple buds, green leaves and tendrils. The bouquet floats inside a red underlay and white overlay nouveau-cut basket. Signed/dated. Diameter 4 5/8", length 4 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]

David Graeber 2020 all-over royal daisy and yellow forget-me-not flower bouquet orb. Daisies, with royal blue petals around fuzzy yellow cone centers, are joined by bright yellow forget-me-not flowers and leaves in a network of interconnected by brown stems to create an all-over bouquet. Clear ground. Signature/date cane. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 15/16". [hide]

Antique Saint Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom paperweight. A white floret, ringed in cobalt blue, is at the core of a complex center cane of pale green and white tube cogs and a ring of more white florets in blue. The complex cane is encircled by a ring of similar canes, this time with salmon-cored white tubes on the periphery, followed by a ring of white ogee-tipped sawmill canes, with small red star cores and, finally, a ring of white florets, ringed in salmon, encircled by salmon-cored white tubes with an outer layer of translucent green. Alternating white sawmill canes and salmon-colored complex tube canes are pulled downward into a stem for the concentric mushroom tuft. Blue and white twist torsade over a clear, star-cut ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2 13/16". [hide]

Saint Louis 1999 "Fleur d'Ange" flowers with ladybug paperweight. Fourteen white, star-shaped flowers with dark-tipped stamens are arranged in two concentric circles across an ocher mosaic of variously sized tube canes. A plump red ladybug hovers above. Edition #30 of a limited edition of 150. Signature/date cane. Diameter 3 5/16". [hide]