A purple flower, with six dew-covered petals, has a complex cane center composed of an outer ring of fourteen collared floret stamens that border a ring of hollow green and white tubes around a green ruffle cane. The bloom grows from a long straight stem studded with four crenulated green leaves. Fine double-swirl white latticinio cushion. “Clichy was renowned for its inventive flower portrayals, no two of which are exactly alike.” —The Art of the Paperweight: Challenging Tradition. Diameter 2 11/16”

The 18th Century novelty is celebrated and honored by a masterful representation of intermingled pink and white rope roses, spun into mottled leaves and stems to form a thick tree rose canopy, grafted atop a sturdy shaded-brown tree trunk. Clear ground. Previously from the New York Historical Society. Pictured and discussed in Glass Paperweights of the New York Historical Society, page 124, plate 106. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 13/16”

Boldly-colored millefiori circlet canes, including the silhouettes of running rabbit, a dog and a monkey, encircle a central complex monkey silhouette cane and are spaced on a cambered cushion of white upset muslin, with bits of blue and red twists. Clear ground. Internal flaw. Diameter 3”

An assortment of colorful traditional complex canes includes a few star-ringed carnation canes, a pelican cane and a star-ringed dog cane. A cushion of upset muslin with bits of colorful twists peers from between the canes. Diameter 3 1/8”

A large cobalt blue flower, with a yellow core cupping a complex blue and white millefiori, has an unusual halo of alternating green, red and white sepals which launch an impressively lush cascade of curled green leaves and two red and white buds. A blue-encased white torsade encircles the cascading stem of the bouquet, topped by a mercury ring. Star-cut clear ground. Diameter 2 15/16”

A large complex cane, with a ring of hollow pink rod canes around a ring of white stars, a ring of hollow yellow cogs and a central hollow white cog, tops a white cushion pressed with blue ribbons that are festooned in quadrants to create a traditional marbrie pattern. This very rare type of weight was made almost exclusively by Saint Louis and not many are known. The term marbrie is derived from the French word for marble. It was most likely chosen to describe the effect the glass artisans achieved with this design. The festooned marbrie design is believed to have been derived from an Old English decorative practice of displaying what were known as “witch balls”. Witch balls were hollow blown glass balls hung by the superstitious in their doorways to ward off evil spirits. Excellent condition. Diameter 2 7/8”

A mushroom is centered by a large blue, white and coral complex cane encircled by five concentric rings of assorted complex canes, including rods, stars, hollow tubes and cogs, in salmon-pink, green, white and blue. The outer ring of white star canes is pulled down to form a tapered stem, which is encircled by a salmon pink-encased white chaplet bead torsade, topped by a mercury ring. Star-cut clear ground. Appeared previously in L.H. Selman Ltd.’s Summer 2012 51st auction as lot 13. Good condition. Diameter 2 7/8”

White stardust staves are arranged into a stem below a cambered mushroom cap, composed of concentric rings of shamrock complex canes, white stardust and collared-cog canes. The design is centered by a fortress and stars arrowhead complex cane, imprinted by a fragment of shamrock and bull’s-eye cane. A cobalt blue and white torsade frames the mushroom, over a star-cut clear ground. Diameter 3”

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 red and white cog 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”

A butterfly complex cane is encircled by spaced millefiori and Gridel silhouette canes in three rings, including dog, deer, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, swan and pheasant silhouettes, trefoils, six-pointed stars and arrowheads. The canes rest on a cushion of white upset muslin with bits of colorful filigree. Signature/date cane. Fine condition. Diameter 3 1/16”