Gardens of Glass

Paperweights
Rare Clichy convolvulus paperweight
c1850. Estimate £3,500-4,500.
Mount Washington magnum bouquet
paperweight c1870-90. Estimate
£8,000-12,000.
Rare Pantin chrysanthemum paperweight second half 19thC. Estimate
£6,000-8,000.
Rare Clichy flower paperweight
c1850. Estimate £3,500-4,500.
Gardens of Glass to go under the
hammer at Bonhams
s the only international
auction house to have
dedicated glass and paperweight
sales, Bonhams is proud to announce
the auction of ‘Fine Paperweights
from the collection of the late
Baroness de Bellet’ to be held on
19th May 2010 at 2pm in New Bond
Street, London.
Collected in America, London
and more recently held in
Rare Mount Washington Glass Co. Switzerland, the group spans three
magnum flower paperweight
generations of a family of collectors
c1870-90, three-dimensional mauve and contains many beautiful floral and
rose and two pink buds with two
millefiori designs of outstanding
upright bouquets and blue berries,
beauty and exquisite detail. The
10.9cm dia by 7.6cm high. (some
Baroness’ grandfather initially
minor polishing)
assembled the exceptional collection
Estimate £10,000-15,000.
in the 1920s when paperweights were
not in vogue. He lived in America and favoured paperweights of mid
nineteenth century French and American design, such as the Boston &
Sandwich flower paperweights, estimated at £400-500 each. His son
continued to add to the collection, focusing on weights from the
French Classic Period (1845-53), especially those from the great
factories of Baccarat and Clichy. Particular highlights up for auction
include the Baccarat Chouffleur carpet-ground example (£5,0007,000), the unrecorded Baccarat flower (£7,000-9,000), the Clichy
stylised flower (£3,500-4,500) and the Clichy bouquet (£6,000-8,000).
Some of the millefiori weights in the collection were created in
France at the time of the Revolution of 1848, accounting for the
predominance of the red, white and blue colours with manufacturers
keen to demonstrate their nationalism. An example in this sale is a
Baccarat close-pack millefiori design dated 1848 which also includes a
silhouette of a cockerel, the French national symbol (estimate £1,2001,800). The sale also features several rare large Mount Washington
paperweights estimated at £10,000-15,000 each. The Mount
Washington firm flourished in America in the mid nineteenth century,
and these weights are known for their large size - some as big as 11cm
in diameter, for example the magnum bouquet with three-dimensional
flowers. There are weights with latticinio work favoured by the
manufacturers of St Louis, Baccarat and Clichy, who also created
many beautiful floral designs, particularly the dahlia and mixed sprays
of pansies and roses.
Simon Cottle, Departmental Head of Glass and Continental
Porcelain at Bonhams comments, “This is an outstanding collection of
market fresh paperweights celebrating the exquisite and highly detailed
work of French and American glassmakers. Bonhams is honoured to be
showcasing such an unusual collection spanning three countries and
three generations of collectors.”
A
Very rare Baccarat stylised flower paperweight c1850. Estimate £7,000-9,000.
Baccarat millefiori designs. Estimate £1,200-1,800 each.
ANTIQUES INFO - May/June 10
Textiles
Mid-19thC French millefiore
paperweight, coloured floral
canes, grass-green ground,
3in. Gorringes, Lewes. Jun 06.
HP: £11,000. ABP: £12,938.
Mid-19thC Baccarat clematis
paperweight, rare colours of
ruby, white and green, starcut underside, 2.5in.
Gorringes, Lewes. Jun 06.
HP: £1,000. ABP: £1,176.
Victorian paperweight by
George Bacchus of
Birmingham, concentric
arrangement of floral/star
canes in pastel colours, 3.5in.
Gorringes, Lewes. Jun 06.
HP: £2,000. ABP: £2,352.
Fine mid 19thC Baccarat
millefiore paperweight, with
five animal shadow canes
and a date cane for 1848,
2.5in. Gorringes, Lewes. Dec
09. HP: £950. ABP: £1,117.
Mid-19thC St Louis ‘mushroom’ paperweight, with
concentric coloured canes,
exterior cut with circular
panels, 3in. Gorringes,
Lewes. Mar 06. HP: £1,500.
ABP: £1,764.
Clichy paperweight, with
scattered fleurettes, on an
apple green ground, 7.5cm.
Charterhouse Auctioneers,
Sherborne. Sep 06. HP:
£880. ABP: £1,035.
Mid-19thC Baccarat paperweight, 1847, inset with
silhouette canes of cockerel,
horse, elephant and others
against upset muslin ground,
signed and dated B 1847, 3in.
Gorringes, Lewes. Mar 06.
HP: £1,500. ABP: £1,764.
French millefiore paperweight, with mainly pink,
white and blue canes against
an apple green ground, 3.5in.
Gorringes, Lewes. Jul 09.
HP: £800. ABP: £941.
Baccarat animal cane paperweight, with animal silhouettes and scattered millefiori
against an upset muslin
ground, 2.5in. Gorringes,
Lewes. Feb 06. HP: £1,400.
ABP: £1,646.
Mid-19thC Clichy millefiore
paperweight, numerous
coloured canes within green
basket, 2.75in. Gorringes,
Lewes. Mar 06. HP: £650.
ABP: £764.
19thC Clichy millefiore
crown paperweight, with
central Clichy rose, 3in.
Gorringes, Lewes. Feb 10.
HP: £640. ABP: £752.
19thC French garland paperweight, with red ground,
2.5in. Gorringes, Lewes. Feb
10. HP: £420. ABP: £494.
Mid-19thC St Louis paperweight, design of a pear,
cherries and leaves on white
basket, 2.75in. Gorringes,
Lewes. Mar 06. HP: £600.
ABP: £705.
Paul Ysart aventurine butterfly paperweight, surrounded
by Millefiori canes, amethyst
tinted surround. Monart
glass label to the base and
PY cane. Great Western
Auctions, Glasgow. Sep 06.
HP: £410. ABP: £482.
Mid-19thC St Louis
scrambled paperweight,
coloured canes against upset
muslin spirals, 3in.
Gorringes, Lewes. Apr 07.
HP: £550. ABP: £646.
Paul Ysart Perth glass
paperweight with millefiori
centre and outerborder - one
stem signed ‘PY’, 7cm.
Reeman Dansie, Colchester.
Apr 06. HP: £460. ABP: £541.
Baccarat miniature millefiore
paperweight, with animal
fleurettes, 4cm dia.
Charterhouse Auctioneers,
Sherborne. Sep 06. HP:
£420. ABP: £494.
Clichy paperweight, with
concentric rings of canes on
a muslin ground, 5.5cm.
Charterhouse Auctioneers,
Sherborne. Sep 06. HP:
£380. ABP: £446.
Mid-19thC St. Louis
scrambled paperweight,
1847, numerous coloured
canes and tubes, dated cane
central, 2.5in. Gorringes,
Lewes. Apr 07. HP: £300.
ABP: £352.
Clichy paperweight, with
concentric rings of canes,
5cm. Charterhouse
Auctioneers, Sherborne. Sep
06. HP: £240. ABP: £282.
Paul Ysart paperweight,
decorated with flower and
bud on red ground with
latticino spokes, py sticker to
base, 6cm. Charterhouse
Auctioneers, Sherborne. Sep
06. HP: £240. ABP: £282.
19thC Clichy chequer paperweight, decorated with millefiore and twist canes, 3.25in.
Gorringes, Lewes. Feb 10.
HP: £200. ABP: £235.
Millefiore glass paperweight,
20thC, brightly coloured
canes on a blue ground, 7cm
dia. Richard Winterton,
Burton on Trent. Mar 09.
HP: £180. ABP: £211.
Paul Ysart Harland period
flower paperweight. (boxed)
Great Western Auctions,
Glasgow. May 07. HP: £170.
ABP: £199.
Caithness glass magnum size
paperweight, Enchantment,
limited edition 65/75.
Charterhouse Auctioneers,
Sherborne. Nov 08. HP:
£170. ABP: £199.
ANTIQUES INFO - March/April 10