(6) Scottish Selkirk, Caithness & Strathearn Art Glass Paperweights

Lot description

(lot of 6) Scottish art glass millefiori and lampwork paperweights, including: (2) Selkirk, (one) designed by Peter Holmes (20th c.), having various complex canes with hearts, clovers, and crown silhouettes, on white upset muslin bed, faceted sides, cane date "CD 1981," initialed "PH" in cane, inscribed with maker's mark and dated 1996 underfoot, (one) "Romance," having central purple and white lily among controlled bubbles, inscribed with makers mark and dated 2001 underfoot, (2) Caithness Whitefriar, (one) "Victorian Bouquet," having pink and blue flowers with articulated foliate stems and ribbon, numbered 245/ 500, inscribed maker's mark underfoot, (one) "Bohemian Butterfly," central butterfly with star-form border formed by filigree twist canes, flanked by close-pack complex canes, faceted edges, acid-etched Edinburgh underfoot, (2) Strathearn, each initialed "S" and dated [19]79 in cane underfoot, (one) having central pink lampwork flower, on textured pink ground, (one) blue flower with complex cane forming pistil, largest: approx 4.25"h, 2.75"diam, 7.25lbs total Provenance: From the estate of Leslie and Angelyn Smith, Austin, Texas