The weight with the Gridel squirrel was one of the first of the limited edition series, which featured all the famous silhouettes. Here it is set at the centre of 4 concentric rows of complex millefiori canes. The blue canes in the second row contain smaller versions of all 18 Gridel silhouettes. ..
A flat bouquet inspired by an antique Baccarat design. A white double clematis, a red/white primrose & 3 blue single clematis blossoms - all with millefiori cane “stamen” - are arranged with stems and green leaves over a translucent amethyst ground. Signed with a B1982 date cane next to the bottom ..
This cone-shaped weight is notable because, in addition to the (reversed) PoB 1845 date cane, it contains whole and partial Franchini canes and approx. 40 silhouettes; including a dancing figure (Arlecchino ?), 2 lyres as well as numerous dogs, horses, ducks and pairs of birds. There are also a numb..
After studying approx. 40 auction house paperweight catalogues (1980 - 2000), it seemed that Baccarat TWO flower weights appear rarely - there were only 5 or 6 examples. This one is set with a dark-red double clematis with a (slightly distorted) honeycomb centre, growing from a curved stalk with two..
The Type 1 periwinkle is one of the less common Baccarat flowers. 2 rows of ridged pale-blue & white petals are arranged around a pink-centred white stardust cane. 5 green leaves crown the flowerhead; another 2 long narrow leaves are attached near the base of the stem. The polished concave base is d..
A dated medium-size closepack with a cross-section of Baccarat canes including fortress canes, honeycombs, whorls, stars, different types of shamrock canes and arrow canes. There are 9 Gridel silhouettes - black horse, rooster, dog, stag, white lovebirds in a red surround, a white dove in a red tube..
A rare, miniature dated closepack with a good assortment of typical Baccarat canes including 7 Gridel silhouettes: a blue/black rooster, a black dog, horse & deer, a pheasant above 2 shamrocks and - hidden in a white-lined, red cog cane - a pheasant under a semi-circle of small shamrocks. The 7th si..
Typical Baccarat canes including 3 animal silhouettes (white squirrel, white monkey and blue/black dog), plus 4 bird silhouettes (white pheasant on shamrocks, white pheasant in a circle of shamrocks, a white bird in a green/white complex cane and white pheasant in a white/red cane). In addition ther..
1846 closepacks rarely appear on the market. Although there are no Gridel silhouette canes (they were only introduced as of 1847 weights) the cushion of closely-packed and complex millefiori canes - including arrowheads, fortress and shamrock canes - does include 2 red flower canes - see compo..
A good miniature closepack with a varied assortment of typical Baccarat canes including a single Gridel silhouette (the stag), a large 6-point white star, a variety of different complex star canes, quatrefoils & bundled rods. The canes are set on shorts lengths of latticinio.Polished, concave base w..
Gilles Gicquel is a lampwork artist who originally worked at Baccarat. Since 2007 he has been producing his own collections. 3 clusters of beautifully-detailed, pale-pink bell flowers, streaked with white grow from stalks which bear 2 yellow-veined dark-green leaves. This lovely floral study is set ..
A medium-size closepack with an arched canopy of millefiori canes which rises well into the dome. Set over an opaque white cushion the assortment of typical Baccarat canes includes shamrock & leaf canes with fortress centres, different types of arrow canes, numerous stars, whorls, bull’s eyes and re..