Bohemia/Silesia

An extremely rare paperweight - dated 1848 in blue numerals on a white plaque - from the Josephinenhütte in Silesia with 21 closely-spaced millefiori canes on muslin. Currrently, this is only the 3rd one recorded. (One was sold at Sotheby’s in London in 2003 and Sibylle Jargstorf illustrates one in ..

The rarity value of the weight lies in the date cane: so far, only 4 other weights have been recorded with this type of white plaque dated 1848. Attributed to the Josephinenhütte in Silesia, the weight has 20 complex millefiori canes arranged in 2 rows around a central monkey silhouette in a complex..

A classic paperweight from the Josephinenhütte - the Josephine glassworks - in Schreiberhau in Silesia. Surrounding a dark-green Prussian eagle silhouette are 14 complex canes - set in 2 rows - including 2 further silhouettes (a white monkey and a colourful butterfly on a white ground). The muslin c..

An enameled butterfly with colourful pink, yellow, blue & brown-striped wings - with green & yellow “eye-spots”- underlaid with opaque white. Set in clear glass, cut with a circular top window, 6 round side facets plus a row of 6 smaller oval facets near the base. (possibly a later addition!). Wide ..

A small weight from the Josephine Glassworks in Schreiberhau, Silesia. Set on the white muslin cushion (interwoven with a couple of red/yellow filigree twists) are 8 complex millefiori canes encircling a slightly off-centre, larger cane. 8 of the 9 canes have a red/white centre surrounded by a singl..

A ruby-stained souvenir weight attributed to the Teplitz glassworks in Bohemia with an engraving of the “Greek Chapel” in Wiesbaden, Germany. The “chapel” is, in fact, a Russian Orthodox Church built by the Duke of Nassau in memory of his young bride, Elizabeth (a niece of the Tsar, Nikolaus I), w..

A meticulously set 2-ring spaced concentric with 3 types of complex millefiori canes on a clear ground from the Friedrich Egermann workshop in Haida (North Bohemia).The 8-toothed red/white cog in the centre is filled with 7 tiny complex canes (pink, blue, green around a white stardust cluster). See ..

From the Harrach glassworks in Neuwelt (Bohemia): a 2-row spaced concentric millefiori over clear ground. (Bohemian weights with a clear ground are considerably rarer than those on a muslin cushion). Framing a large blue/white/red floret - with a complex cane at its centre - are 2 rows of floret can..

Although only slightly larger than a miniature, this low-domed classical weight - from the Josephine glassworks in the Silesian Riesengebirge region - contains 17 millefiori canes scattered over white upset muslin. There are 4 silhouettes: 2 blue fat foals, a red hare and a white monkey. There are a..

A classical Bohemian 2-row concentric - attributed to the Harrach glassworks in Neuwelt - with 14 complex millefiori canes encircling a (slightly off-centre) green/white/red floret cane on a white muslin cushion. (For the blue/white/pink and red/white/green florets see Peter von Brackel’s book “ Cla..

19th Century spaced concentric from the Friedrich Egermann workshop in Haida, North Bohemia. Intricate millefiori canes including a central cluster of red/blue/white canes around a red cog. The 2 rows are composed of white cogs and maroon/white cogs alternating with 12-tooth cobalt-blue cogs. All th..

A beautiful classical paperweight of Silesian origin (Josephinenhütte) with 15 millefiori canes on a cushion of fine white muslin interwoven with a couple of blue twists and red filigree. There are 5 silhouette canes - 4 butterflies (in different sizes and with different surrounds) plus a white monk..