An ever popular weight from this French glassworks: closely-packed, vibrantly-coloured millefiori canes with silhouettes of the signs of the Zodiac scattered amongst them. One cane is signed B1987.Flat, polished base with the acid-etched Baccarat insignia, year and number.(These weights were not lim..
The outer row of honey-coloured rods forms a basket for the rings of millefiori canes and the centre cane. The striking effect results from the colour combinations: pale-yellow with orange stars, white with green rods, pale-pink & coral-pink, turquoise & amber, pale-lilac & white, pale-yellow & flam..
A mid-size weight with short segments of filigree, lengths of ribbon and twists in ruby, pink, blue yellow & bright-green - laid in the typical Baccarat style - under a high dome. Polished concave base with a narrow wear ring...
Part of the Oriental Collection; 5 fully-opened pink & white striped cherry blossoms with yellow stamen plus white buds on a black branch over an opaque deep-purple ground underlaid with white. A B1987 signature/date cane is placed next to the branch.Acid-etched Baccarat insignia, number and date on..
A numbered edition weight: the pale-blue/white double overlay is cut with a top window and 5 large printies to reveal a 6-ring concentric mushroom. The predominant colour is blue complemented by white and shades of red, green & pink. The outer ring of canes - dark-blue stars in pale-blue/white corru..
A 19th Century souvenir paperweight (ca. 1870-1890 attributed to Baccarat) with an acid-etched, amber-stained base. The scene depicted is the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Cut with a circular top window and 6 side facets. Slightly concave base with a narrow basal rim.
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A superb closepack reminiscent of antique Baccarat weights with a great assortment of new, extremely complex millefiori canes - arrowheads, whorls, stardust - in colours ranging from orange & red through various shades of green to soft pinks, mauves & blues. Amongst the canes are 7 animal and bird s..
One of the 1985 floral designs: 2 stylized pink roses in full bloom are accompanied by a small bud. The flowers and bud are borne on three curving stems along with green leaves. Completing the design - at the bottom of the stems - is a bright-red ladybird !A tiny B1985 signature/date cane is set on ..
A delightful floral design - over a semi-translucent blue jasper ground - depicting 3 pale-pink & mauve lampwork fuchsias. The flowers hang on separate stems, which also bear a few green leaves. Completing the design - at the bottom of the stems - is a bright-red ladybird !A tiny B1985 signature/dat..
A white & blue flower in full bloom, a bud, a spray of lilies-of-the-valley and hovering above them a beautiful, yellow-bodied butterfly. The outstretched, diaphanous pink wings are dotted with pale-blue & white “eyespots”. The design is arranged over a carmine & white jasper ground.A B1984 signatur..
Paul Hollister called these Baccarat weights “uninteresting” because they look as though they are the “grounds... upon which snakes coil and lizards slither - only the snakes and lizards are missing”! Apart from a couple of “peaks”, sand, mica and algae-green glass, this one has a mound on one side,..
A limited edition from the 1983 floral lampwork series. Above a translucent amethyst ground, the cupped petals of two 3-dimensional pale-yellow peonies enclose upright orange anthers. Completing the design is a yellow & orange bud and 3 stalks bearing green leaves...plus a yellow & pink beetle resti..