Featured in the centre of this miniature weight is a rare St Mandé arrow cane. Encircling it are 6 white composite canes, each one centred by a red four-petal cross. The colour scheme of the millefiori canes, which rise high into the dome, is predominantly white, red & black. The rounded sides end ..
A miniature 3-row close concentric with an unusual feature: the yellow camomile in the centre composed of three rows of “C” canes. The other complex millefiori canes are mainly composed of stars and crimps. Although the overall colouring is muted - white, green, red, blue - the middle row of pink ca..
A fine miniature close concentric around a complex blue star & white bull’s eye cane. Pink-centred white star canes make up the first row followed by green & blue millefiori canes around a white star centre. Pink & white concentric tubes around a dark-green star form the outer row.Like many St Mandé..
Encircling the centre cane in this 3-row close concentric are 7 white shard roses with ruby sepals. The roses have complex centres - 8 tiny pink stars around pale-yellow concentric tubes - similar to the pale-yellow tubes surrounding the white/green stars in the centre cane. The white/green stars ap..
The outer row of canes contains 21 white/green roses, “hidden” at the centre of canes composed of 9 white concentric tubes. There are 3 further rings of complex canes in white-and-blue; pink striped stardust canes surrounding yellow centres and another ring of white concentric tubes, enclosing hollo..
Probably made in a - currently unknown - French glassworks, the weight is filled with white tubes - some as concentric tubes, some with coloured overlays, others containing a variety of 6-point stars. Scattered amongst them, however, are 7 or 8 extremely complex millefiori canes - so it must surely ..
An attractive 19th Century miniature - but difficult to attribute to one of the well-known paperweight makers. Apart from a couple of slipped canes in the first row, the other canes are neatly set around a slightly off-centre pink/white composite cane. The turquoise/white corrugated canes containing..
A garland of alternating white/green star canes and white/pink/green canes surround 5 blue/white florets spaced around a double layer of white crimp canes with a pink and white six-pointed star. There is some striation and 2 bubbles - one under the canes. Small, slightly concave base.There are 2 tin..
11 pink & yellow “sunburst” rose canes alternate with 11 translucent pale-blue petalled rose canes centred by hollow, yellow tubes. The garland encircles a centre cluster incorporating rarely-seen St Mandé arrow canes surrounded by complex emerald-green & white star canes.A slightly higher dome than..
Set over a clear ground, this attractive miniature spaced concentric has 22 yellow-centred, pale-pink roses “hidden” at the centre of the alternating white and yellow tube canes forming the outer garland. Centering the design are blue/white whorl canes around a rare St. Mandé arrow cane (described b..