An early weight from this highly talented American glass artist - a simple botanical study over a clear ground. Growing from a tuft of curling, variegated green leaves - is a brown stem bearing a cluster of 3 pink buds about to open - and a single white & pale-pink orchid with a bright-red lip in fu..
A member of the heather family with white or pink flowers - native to the sandy or boggy woodlands of eastern North America and also known as Trailing Arbutus or Winter Pink. The central cluster has 3 open flowers and 5 buds amongst yellowish-green leaves and trailing roots.The weight has an “R” sig..
A limited edition weight to commemorate 200 years of American Indepence. This particular weight is not numbered - it was possibly a prototype as it came from the estate of Geoffrey Baxter, the chief designer at Whitefriars until it closed in 1980. The flag is set in a carpet of white cogs with brown..
A rainbow-coloured magnum compound weight depicting a scarlet, yellow & blue macaw - one of the most colourful of birds and native to the forests of South America. The bird is perched amongst exotic tropical foliage. The design is set over clear.Signed, numbered & dated: Rick Ayotte Ed 11/25 ‘97. (T..
One of the limited editions made to commemorate the American Bi-Centennial in 1976. Set on a dark-blue ground, intertwined multi-cane trefoils loop around 3 mosaic roundels depicting the US Flag, the Liberty Bell and the Eagle. 6+1 faceting.3 pink composite canes surround the blue & white 1776-1976 ..
A common sight in the American Southwest is the prickly pear cactus, which flowers in a variety of different colours. Depicted here - in an arid desert setting - is a low clump bearing bright yellow flowers with smaller, less conspicuous white blooms between them.Signed, dated and numbered on the fl..
An early design from this iconic American lampwork artist: St. Anthony’s fire - a flower that he frequently portrayed either as a single element or, as here, in a bouquet with stems and leaves.Signed on the side with a red “S” initial cane. Engraved A 281 and dated 1978.
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A relatively early weight from this American millefiori artist; encircling a central cluster of semi-translucent bluish-green complex canes, are 4 rings of white & aquamarine canes enclosed in a basket of aquamarine-lined white staves. The lacy white canes soften the stronger aquamarine tones in the..
This is No. 7 in the series of hollow-blown weights made by Perthshire starting with the Swan in 1973. An American bald eagle - with a bright yellow beak - is perched on a rocky mound; his eyes scanning the surrounding territory for prey. The pale-cranberry flash-overlay is cut with a large circula..