A highly sought-after St Louis design: a cruciform setting of complex millefiori canes in shades of pink, red, pistachio, white, emerald-green, amber, light & dark-blue. The canes are arranged on an opaque turquoise colour ground. Signed with a white/red SL1987 cane in a circlet of blue &a..
This “shell-like” design is composed of just 2 different types of millefiori canes: red, black & white cogs & blue-centred 2-ring stardust canes. The canes are arranged elliptically around a pastel-pink/ & white compound cane. Signed with a blue/white SL1988 date cane. The outer row of c..
A design generally associated with antique St Louis paperweights - here in an excellent, relatively large version from Cape Cod Glass. The white colouring of the weight is divided into quadrants by 4 blue swags forming evenly-distributed festoons around the surface. A large purple & green “wBc” sig..
Miniature mushrooms are not nearly as common as their larger counterparts. The tuft here is formed of 2 rows of pistachio/white & pink/white complex millefiori canes encircling a blue-lined, 28-point feature cane centred by 4 pink St Louis cross canes. The tuft is borne on a stem of green, white & r..
Les Poissons / The Fishes series was introduced in 1996/97. There is something fascinating about the green-eyed skate, a native of the Atlantic coast and the Mediterranean, as it glides over the sea bed; its primitive look has evolved little over the centuries. The weight is finished wit..
Les Poissons / The Fishes series was introduced in 1996/97. The white-spotted red mullet - a native of the Caribbean - only reveals its magnificent red and blue colours when it is asleep! The fish floats over an opaque white ground dotted with sediment. The weight is finished with a flat top facet..
Les Poissons / The Fishes series was introduced in 1996/97. The reddish-orange grouper, a native of the Caribbean, has such a large mouth it can swallow other fish half its size. The dark spots along the body act as camouflage to foil predators. The grouper is depicted over an opaque white ground d..
The series Les Poissons / The Fishes consisting of 5 designs was introduced in 1996/97. Known as “the lord of the coral reef”, Angel Fish like to hunt in pairs. The angel fish depicted in this design over a white opaque ground is extremely colourful with its blue & turquoise body and bright yellow..
The clear crystal is set with a large dahlia - issued in 1996 under the name Fancy. 5 layers of almost translucent pinkish-red petals are arranged around a corrugated pink, white & red millefiori “stamen”. As in the antique St Louis versions of the dahlia, the tips of 5 green leaves can be seen ar..
A fruit weight with 3 pears (one green; two 2 russet-coloured) and 3 ripe cherries, set amidst a cluster of serrated emerald green leaves in a double-spiral white latticinio basket.Polished, concave base...
Mixed fruit - 2 pears (1 orange & 1 green), an apple and 2 cherries - set amidst a cluster of serrated emerald-green leaves on a double-spiral filigree basket.Polished, concave base with broad basal rim.
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A design first produced by St Louis in the 19th Century: a marbrie with a gilded salamander lying coiled around the top of the opaque white ground with its cobalt-blue swags.There is no signature or date cane; the weight is script-signed, dated and numbered on the polished, concave base: Saint Louis..