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11. Extremely rare Clichy double clematis bouquet weight with three blossoms in pink, Persian blue and auburn, on stems with a pair of wonderfully realistic buds and emerald green leaves. Each blossom contains a delicate complex millefiori center. The flowers are tied with a pink ribbon. In Victorian flower language, the clematis symbolized good luck.

"Clichy was renowned for its inventive flower portrayals, no two of which are exactly alike."—The Art of the Paperweight—Challenging Tradition.

"So different from their Baccarat counterparts, these casual groups look as if the flowers had just been picked and laid down before being put in a vase."—The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. (See The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, pp. 139–140; Glass Paperweights in The Art Institute of Chicago, p. 62; L. H. Selman Ltd. Spring 1996 Mail Auction, lot 8; Paperweights for Collectors, p. 85, plate 189) Diameter 2 7/8". $9500–15,000

12. Clichy signed spaced millefiori on lace weight with a C-serif signature cane amidst moss, pastry mold, cog, quatrefoil and star-shaped canes, in lilac, royal blue, pink, cherry, Naples yellow, ruby, cadmium green and white. The arrangement is set on a white lace ground. The piece was formerly part of the collection of The New-York Historical Society. Painted in red enamel with museum accession number.

"The Clichy factory was particularly adept at choosing color combinations. Through their definite selection and contrast of colors, Clichy weights perhaps rate as the finest of the three factories in their effect."—A Collector’s Guide to Paperweights. (See Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society, p. 22; Sotheby’s January 18, 1995 sale, lot 45) Diameter 2 3/16". $1500–2500

13. Clichy turquoise colorground circular garland millefiori weight, with a chain of eight pink and green roses in one garland, and a chain of nine white and ruby roses in another garland. A central circlet of complex pastry mold canes is centered on a green and white rose. The arrangement, composed of five circlets of canes around a central circlet of canes, is set on a translucent turquoise colorground. The piece includes complex pastry mold canes in pink, ruby, cadmium green, lilac and white.

"The nearly total success of such a variety of arrangements is astounding—seldom is a chain broken, a circle minus a cane, a garland curve distorted; even when garlands are intertwined in canes of different color sequences all goes smoothly. Many garland weights contain both simple pastry-mold canes and complex florets with extremely detailed, minutely reduced interiors in a close association that is striking in its contrasts."—The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. (See The Art of the Paperweight, pp. 87–88; The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, pp. 130–133; L. H. Selman Ltd. Spring 1995 Mail Auction, lot 11; L. H. Selman Ltd. Fall 1992 Mail Auction, lot 3; Paperweights: "Flowers which clothe the meadows", pp. 48–53; Paperweights for Collectors, pp. 63–64) Diameter 2 7/8". $3000–5000

14. Clichy emerald colorground star-pattern millefiori garland weight with three concentric star-shaped garlands of bull’s-eye, cog and star-shaped canes, in pink, watermelon, white and cobalt blue, around a central pastry mold cane on a translucent emerald green ground. (See The Art of the Paperweight, pp. 76–77; The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, pp. 132–133; Glass Paperweights in The Art Institute of Chicago, p. 40; Paperweights for Collectors, p. 64) Diameter 3 1/8". $2000–3000

15. Rare Clichy pansy on latticinio weight, the flower, with violet upper petals and purple-spotted cream-colored lower petals, on a stem with a dimensional purple bud and emerald green leaves. The flower decorates a white double-swirl latticinio ground. An almost imperceptible green glass rod, commonly used to attribute this type of weight, can be seen in the center of the flower. Crease in the bottom petal of the blossom.

"No two are more than superficially alike."—The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. (See The Art of the Paperweight, p. 98; The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, p. 136; Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society, p. 52; Sotheby’s January 18, 1995 sale, lot 42) Diameter 2 3/4". $4000–6000