Very rare antique Baccarat Ducks-on-a-Pond hollow faceted paperweight. A paddling of three small ducks, all headed in the same direction, floats at the center of a hollow-blown dome. Each duck is beige with yellow, red and green feather stripes and has a red bill and eyes. The avian friends swim over clear water inside a narrow ring of green and white jasper, depicting a grassy bank surrounding the pond, inside a star-cut foot. A top facet and six side facets serve as portals to view the intimate undisturbed scene within. For similar examples, see Sotheby's, July 1st, 1968 auction catalog, page 41, lot 277, and Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty, page 117. Extremely fine condition. Diameter 3 5/16". [hide]

Rare antique Clichy blue fantasy flower and bud paperweight. The unusual flower is centered with a multi-layer purple, pink, yellow, and white complex cane, encircled by a spaced ring of pale yellow rods, which are bordered by seven pointed, cobalt blue petals. Three veined green leaves share the flower's stem, while a long slender cobalt blue bud with thin green sepals sprouts from an adjoining stem, over clear ground. Minor chip to base. Minor cullet on leaf. Exhibited: Neenah, Wisconsin, The Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, "Rare Paperweights from a Private Collection," June 12 - September 5, 1982, catalogue number 32. Provenance: The Alschuler Collection. Diameter 2 13/16". [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]

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 shot glass over two color crown base. A slender bowl engraved with pendant leaf swags lead up to a red and white twisted latticinio rim, terminates in a clear glass collar resting above a two color crown with red and green twisted ribbons alternating with white latticinio twists radiating from a central salmon and blue concentric canes. Diameter 2 1/8", height 3 13/16". [hide]

Randall Grubb magnum glass column sculpture, with a mermaid, a blue-spotted mauve octopus, an eel, jellyfish, a starfish, coral, sponges, and kelp. Signature cane. Height 14 1/4. [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]

Antique Baccarat four-flower bouquet with pansies, clematis and primrose paperweight. A red and white primrose, with honeycomb center cane, is flanked by two Type I pansies and crested by a white double clematis with a white stardust and yellow bull's-eye cane. The flowers share a cadmium green network of leaves and stems, over clear star-cut ground. Good condition. Diameter 3 5/8". [hide]

Antique Bacchus close concentric millefiori paperweight. An iconic Bacchus red and white crimp, in a white tube, centers five closely packed and well-formed rings of lovely canes. The first ring has eleven red six-pointed stars in yellow and white tube canes. The following ring is of white and red ruffle canes that echo the central cane. The third ring has teal-colored echoes of the first ring's red six-pointed star canes. The fourth ring is made of wispy rod bundles held in an exterior basket of blue-cored white crimp staves. Fine condition. Diameter 3 7/16". [hide]

Extremely rare antique Baccarat Ducks-on-a-Pond hollow faceted paperweight. A paddling of three small ducks, all headed in the same direction, floats at the center of a hollow-blown dome. Each duck is beige with red and green feather stripes and has a red bill and eyes. The avian friends swim over clear water inside a narrow ring of green and white jasper, depicting a grassy bank surrounding the pond, inside a star-cut foot. A top facet and six side facets serve as portals to view the intimate, undisturbed scene within. Pictured and discussed in the 1970 PCA Bulletin article by the owner, page 10. See Sotheby’s, July 1st, 1968 auction catalog, page 41, lot 277, for a similar example and further references. From the C. Frank Kireker Collection. Radial crack to edge of base, chips to facets, scratches to top facet and surface wear. Diameter 3 1/16”. [hide]

Antique Baccarat paneled aqua honeycomb carpet ground paperweight. A flower-shaped design decorates the top of the piece, comprised of cobalt blue, red, and white arrowhead/six-point star canes, and salmon-pink, blue, and white cog/six-point star canes, outlined with white and cobalt blue complex six-point star canes. The design is surrounded by a carpet of aqua and white honeycomb canes. Diameter 2 1/2". [hide]

Rare antique Baccarat stylized cruciform floral bouquet faceted footed paperweight. Four small millefiori blossoms, their stamens and petals made of six-pointed stars, arrows and cogs, bloom on the left side of four green stems, strewn with dew-covered leaves, that are arranged into a cruciform, the extremities of each being dotted by a red bud or, in one instance, a partially opened blue bud with a millefiori stamen. The stems are gathered together at the center by a peculiar upward spiraling green twist that conceals a fragment of blue and white latticinio at its core. The design floats over a clear, star-cut, footed ground that is bordered by a lovely and tightly-wound white-encased pink torsade. Six and one facets. Diameter 3 5/16”. [hide]

Lovely antique Baccarat looped garland and rose cane paperweight. A rare pink and green Baccarat rose cane is ringed by a slightly spaced circle of red, white and blue complex star canes at the center of the weight. An eight-looped garland frames this central motif alternating between loops of complex white star canes with yellow cores and complex canes of royal blue and white. Clear ground. Diameter 2 13/16". [hide]

Randall Grubb Garden Wall upright glass column sculpture, with stalks of yellow, blue, mauve, purple, and white flowers, growing around a wall of speckled rocks. Signature cane. Height 9 3/4. [hide]

Randall Grubb "Garden Wall" flowers and rocks tall glass column sculpture. The realistic interpretation consists of a pair of sunny yellow daffodils blooming among stalks of mauve, pink, lavender, and white flowers, which grow around a wall of speckled brown rocks, bordered by grass-covered ground, with scattered yellow flowers. Signature cane. Height 10 1/16", diameter 3 1/2". [hide]

Randall Grubb "Reflections" upright glass column sculpture. Five yellow daffodils and long green leaves grow from a cluster of brown-speckled beige rocks. Signature cane. Height 7 1/4". [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]

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 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 yellow pompon and millefiori garland faceted 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 serpentine stem, with two opposing leaves, and is crowned with five leaves and two slender contrasting red buds. Green and red arrowhead canes alternating with red-centered white pastry mold canes form a border garland around the flower. Clear, star-cut ground. Six side facets. For similar examples, see Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society, page 60 and Glass Paperweights of the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, page 40, figure 347. Good condition. Diameter 3 1/4". [hide]

Antique Baccarat close concentric millefiori mushroom double overlay paperweight. A fortress encircled by white stardust sits at the center of a mushroom supported by a clear stem. Pink and blue complex arrow canes with star centers ensue, followed by a double row of small red-centered white stardust canes and finally by watermelon-colored complex canes. Turquoise-over-white double overlay with gold scrolling. Clear, star-cut ground. Five and one facets. Some surface wear, interior flaw. Diameter 3 1/8”. [hide]

Antique Clichy star-shaped cinquefoil garland on blue ground paperweight. A cinquefoil star-shaped millefiori garland of white/pink cog canes surrounds a green and pink concentric ring which encircles the large central pink/white cane, while five pink/white pastry mold canes nestle in the inner folds of the garland and five pink/white cog canes punctuate the outer loops, on translucent deep cobalt blue over white ground. Diameter 2 9/16". [hide]

Randall Grubb Vineyard Bounty upright glass column sculpture, with three clusters of dark purple grapes and green leaves, growing on a gnarled brown grapevine, with exposed roots. Height 7". [hide]

Rare antique Saint Louis pink aster on a latticinio swirl paperweight. A beautiful aster, with fours tiers of variegated long pink and pointed petals, has a red and white floret at its nexus and sits atop a radically curving, slender stem shared by three ribbed, dark green leaves. Two additional leaves crest the bloom from behind, dark and furled and with a hint of chartreuse at their edges. White double swirl latticinio ground. From the George Kulles Collection. Very slight surface wear. Diameter 2 7/8". [hide]