A delightful flower bouquet has an upright double-tiered purple-striped red flower, with an inner tier of four petals and an outer tier of six petals around an air bubble center that conceals a tiny white cog cane, flanked by a blue and by a white three-petalled companion blossom, in alternation with complex cog cane buds, also in patriotic colors. The blooms are cupped and spaced by crenulated green leaves, studded with dewy air bubbles, which are pulled downward and gathered by the stems. The bouquet ends perfectly centered on a star-cut clear ground and is viewed through the six side facets and one top facet of an extremely rare green aventurine-over-white double overlay, all expertly encased in a layer of clear glass. “In the complicated encased overlay process, the casing, or overlay, had to be cooled in the annealing oven (lehr) before the windows could be cut. Then the weight had to be carefully reheated and covered with a further coating of clear glass, a multiple operation that must have taken days to complete” —Glass Paperweight of the New-York Historical Society, page 77. A similar example is pictured and discussed on page 90 and 152, figure 220, of Paperweights: Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows, as held in the Corning Museum of Glass collection. Diameter 2 15/16"

 A star and arrow complex cane centers a ring of white stardust canes, each with a blue bull’s-eye center, inside a ring of red fortress, red bull’s-eyes and white stars complex canes. Semi-circle garlands emerge at the four quadrants of the inner garland and are dotted with a large white and blue pastry mold cane to create a cross pattern. A cross-patterned border garland of alternating white stardust and blue complex canes encircles the design. Clear ground. A white-encased blue torsade surrounds the perimeter of a footed clear base. Similar examples are discussed on page 49 of Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16"

 A crown cushion of spaced pink and white staves is topped by eight pink, blue and white millefiori circlet canes, arranged in a circle and dot design. Hollow clear ground. Diameter 2 11/16"

 Star and rod bundle canes, in bold red, green, blue, white and an accent of yellow cog, are spaced in concentric rings on a lacy white mushroom-like cushion that lies in the shadow cast by a dark translucent cobalt blue overlay. Three tiers of six alternating side facets and one top facet. Clear ground. Good condition. Diameter 2 9/16"

 Probably created as a gift or a presentation piece, an unusual design depicts a bouquet of well-organized pink and white swirl roses, with a bit of yellow foliage, at the top of a dark green braided basket. Double-swirl white latticinio cushion. See The Art of the Paperweight: The Boston & Sandwich and New England Glass Companies, pages 144-145, and Identifying Antique Paperweights: Lampwork, page 2 and plate 101. Diameter 2 13/16"

 A small blue and white star cane, with a white serrated collar, is ringed by green tube canes then by white florets in blue collars. It centers five rings of varied canes in blue, pink, red, green and white, the last being pulled down to form a stem for the mushroom. A cobalt blue spiral-encased white chaplet bead torsade encircles the tapered stem. Star-cut clear ground. Previously sold in the L.H. Selman Ltd. Winter 2013 53rd Auction as lot 12. Diameter 3"

 A tightly-packed mushroom of iconic Baccarat millefiori, in bold red, green and blue, conceals a two-chamomiles cane and a pink chamomile cane. A pretty yet uncommon coral-colored and white torsade, with two mercury rings, encircles the base of the stem. Star-cut clear ground. Fine condition. Diameter 2 7/8"

 A central trio of red and white hollow ruffle canes is surrounded by a ring of white ruffle canes, a ring of red and white ruffle canes and another ring of white ruffle canes, giving the impressing of an all-white carpet ground with a few passionate red accents. An outer ring of solid white rods, each with a red six-point star at the center, is pulled downward into a sturdy stave basket for an otherwise delicate design. “Entirely apart from their rarity, their workmanship entitles them to be included in every collection of any consequence.” —1999 PCA Bulletin. Fine condition with internal flaw. Diameter 2 3/4"

 A butterfly, with marbled multi-color millefiori wings of which the top ones have hues of red, green and blue, an amethyst latticinio body and light blue eyes, hovers above a large white double clematis with a large honeycomb center. Five green leaves crown the flower, which grows from a short stem with a large white bud and four additional leaves. Clear ground. “…lampwork butterflies are placed above floral motifs encased in clear glass to create the illusion of their hovering in space.” —Glass Paperweights in The Art Institute of Chicago. Diameter 2 15/16"

 A deep amethyst latticinio butterfly is framed on either side by rainbow-colored millefiori fore and hind wings and garlanded by a ring of alternating green and white complex canes. Star-cut clear ground. “These insects dazzle the viewer, the delicate archetypes of a vibrant imagination. The millefiori garland forms a decorative frame of flowers around the colorful insect.” —The Art of the Paperweight: Challenging Tradition. Diameter 3 1/8"