A CONCENTRIC MILLEFIORI WEIGHT AND TWO FRENCH FACTORY WEIGHTS 19TH CENTURY

the first, probably Bacchus & Sons, England; the second, a St. Louis concentric millefiori weight; the third a Clichy garlanded millefiore posy.

(The first weight) Leo Kaplan, Ltd., New York, June 1977
The Collection of Paul Hollister, Jr., sold, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, May 31, 1977, lot 220 (mislabelled as lot 223 in the catalogue illustration)
(The second weight) Leo Kaplan, Ltd., New York, March 1984
(The third weight) The Dunlop Collection, Statesville, North Carolina, October 1997
The Henry Stern Collection, sold, Christie's, New York, September 24, 1997, lot 132

(The first weight) Neenah, Wisconsin, Bergstrom Art Center, 1973

(The first weight) Paul Hollister, Jr., "The Modest Collector and the Snake in the Glass", Paperweight Collectors' Association Bulletin, p. 31, fig. 5
Paul Hollister, Jr., Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, 1969, col. pl. 77
(The third weight) Paul Jokelson, "The Collection of a Southern Gentleman", Paperweight Collectors' Association Bulletin, p. 16, fig. 7

The first weight. Height of dome 2 1/4 in. (5.7cm); possibly repolished; faint striae; slightly off center; minor surface wear. The second weight. Height of dome 2 in. (5cm); repolished' tiny pieces of cullet. The third weight. Height of dome 2 1/4 in. (5.7cm); possibly repolished; approximately 7 small 'dings', averaging 1/8-in in diameter.
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