October 19, 2023: Studio Artist, Paperweight, and Art Glass Auction
Thu, Oct 19, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Live Auction
Lot 145
ANTIQUE SAINT-LOUIS CLOSE-PACK MUSHROOM MILLEFIORI ART GLASS PAPERWEIGHT
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Sold for
$1,353
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
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| $0 | $10 |
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
ANTIQUE SAINT-LOUIS CLOSE-PACK MUSHROOM MILLEFIORI ART GLASS PAPERWEIGHT, close-pack composition featuring unusual canes with a generally pastel pallet, featuring a variety of canes including complex, cross/butterfly, and blue and white floral canes, all surrounded by a rare amber torsade with interior opal filigree twist, rayed to the underside. Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis. Dated 1848. 2" H, 3" D.
Literature: Parallels - Glass Paperweights of the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, pl. 20, fig. 441 (having amber torsade).
Catalogue Note: The Bergstrom-Mahler Museum identifies an amber torsade with Saint-Louis mushrooms as being rare. Saint-Louis close-pack mushrooms are less common than concentric examples in a mushroom composition. This weight features very unusual canes with some showing large areas of open white or blue borders and unusual designs. I have never seen a similar example.
Condition
Undamaged. having a couple of minute interior inclusions, as made.
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From the collection of Tad McKeon, Loudon, TN.
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