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All the paperweights illustrated below have been sold.
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This page shows post-classic weights produced mainly in glassworks in Silesia & Thuringia.

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Blossoms on Muslin
Archived
Reference: GER 01239
Pink, 5-lobed blossoms form a garland around a bright-blue 4-lobed central blossom. The blossoms all have a tiny air bubble in the centre and the pink ones have opaque yellow stripes between the “petals”. The design is set on a cushion of upset muslin. (See Peter von Brackel’s book “Paperweights”, P..
£225.00
“Blossoms” on Silver Mica
Archived
Reference: GER 01295
A post-classic weight with a cushion of sparkling silver mica flakes supporting 6 blue “blossoms”, evenly spaced around a central pink blossom. The 4-petalled blossoms all have distinct yellow stripes, an air bubble in the centre and some have faint white markings.As with most weights of this type t..
£180.00
Fine 3-row Concentric
Archived
Reference: GER 01508
A fine, 3-row post-classic concentric - probably of Silesian origin - over a 2-tiered basket of latticinio threads. Complex millefiori canes in blue, green, yellow, white and various shades of pale orange encircle a central 8-ribbed white & orange cane, filled with a smaller, 5-ribbed cane in the sa..
£225.00
Spaced Concentric
Archived
Reference: GER 01415
An excellent example of a neatly-set German weight - possibly of Silesian origin - with well made complex canes on a predominantly yellow & white spatter base. Encircling the centre cluster of pink-and-white corrugated tubes are ca.25 upright yellow rods. These upright rods are repeated in the 3 can..
£195.00
Concentric- 3-tiered basket
Archived
Reference: GER 01242
2 rows of complex canes encircle a royal blue/yellow/red central feature cane. The first row has 3 different types of canes; in the outer row complex white plaques alternate with red/white/blue cruciform canes surrounded by translucent pink & pale-orange rods.The 3-tiered filigree basket - white wit..
£260.00
5-lobed Star Canes
Archived
Reference: GER 03412
The millefiori canes in this concentric - with its 2 rings of alternating canes - are all centred by typical 5-lobed stars; some surrounded by a circle of star-shaped rods - such as the centre cane and the pale-pink/white canes in the first row; the others (green, blue & coral-pink) are set in corru..
£105.00
Alternating Millefiori on Spatter
Archived
Reference: GER 01555
A neatly set up, close 2-row concentric ( probably of Thuringian origin) with alternating complex millefiori canes around a central feature group composed of a yellow & white star within a ring of 13 pink & blue star canes. In the first row, there are 2 different types of canes and 3 differe..
£250.00
Millefiori on Yellow Basket
Archived
Reference: GER 03359
A good 2-ring concentric with well-made millefiori canes set on a yellow filigree basket - most likely from one of the Silesian glassworks. The main colours are burnt-orange & blue -heightened with white, pink, yellow & pale-amber. The flat base is lightly-ground and shows signs of wear. The glass h..
£190.00
High-domed 3 Row Concentric
Archived
Reference: GER 03133
An unusually large and high-domed post-classic weight - probably of Thuringian origin. Around a 5-point centre star - encircled by 8 slightly smaller stars - are 3 rows of millefiori canes in green, yellow, cobalt-blue, pink & white set on a thin, multi-coloured bed of cane fragments. The green & ye..
£199.00
Thuringian Concentric
Archived
Reference: GER 02173
The colours of the canes are typical for Thuringian glassworks - turquoise and yellowish-orange - and the workmanship is not up to the standard generally found in Silesian weights. One cane in the outer row - the 5-lobed blue, red & white star - is, however, more unusual. Set on a polychrome ground ..
£106.00
Colourful Florets
Archived
Reference: GER 01885
4 different types of colourful millefiori canes - on a cushion of polychrome cane fragments - were used to make this unusually large post-classic weight, which was most likely produced in a Silesian glassworks. The glassmaker certainly took a great deal of trouble to make the white corrugated canes ..
£265.00
Circlets on Latticinio
Archived
Reference: GER 01957
Rarely seen in post-classic weights - 4 circlets of millefiori canes around a single centre cane. 4 types of relatively simple canes make up the design, although on closer inspection, the canes - in shades of teal, white, red and pink - are not quite as simple as they first appear. The 5 pink cogs i..
£250.00
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