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Fruit and Vegetable Lampwork

Cherry and berry fruits were popular, and glassmakers also produced quirkier paperweights featuring turnips and mushrooms.

Lampworked Pear MiniatureFranceSaint Louis, circa 1845-55Diameter: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 inches)(702353)Miniature fruit weight with a lampworked orange pear and three green leaves Two Lampworked Red CherriesFranceSaint Louis, circa 1845-55Diameter: 7.6 cm (3 inches)(702363)Lampworked fruit weight with two dark red cherries on yellow stems, attached to an orange branch with two green leaves; diamond-cut base; sides cut with three rows of circular printies, one on top Lampworked Pears and CherriesFrance Saint Louis, circa 1845-55Diameter: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 inches)(702366)Lampworked fruit weight with three pears, four cherries, and green leaves; set in a white latticinio basket Lampworked TurnipsFranceSaint Louis, circa 1845-55Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 inches)(702367)Lampworked vegetable weight with five turnips: two white, one pink, one purple, and one yellow, each with green tops; set in a white latticinio basket Lampworked StrawberriesFrancebaccarat, circa 1845-55Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 inches)(702384)Fruit weight with two rose-pink lampworked strawberries attached to a bright yellow-green stem; six green leaves; star-cut base Lampworked PlumsUnited StatesBoston & Sandwich Glass Company,Sandwich, Massachusetts, circa 1852-1880Diameter: 7.6 cm (3 inches)(702395)Lampworked fruit weight with two deep blue plums attached to a green stem; four green leaves Three Lampworked CherriesFranceBaccarat, circa 1845-55Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 inches)(702411)Fruit weight with three dark red lampworked cherries attached to a dark red branch; six yellow-green leaves; star-cut base Pears, Apple, and Cherries in Latticinio BasketFranceSaint Louis, circa 1845-55Diameter: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 inches) (702417)Lampworked fruit weight with two pears, one apple, five cherries, and green leaves; set in a white latticinio basket Lampworked CherriesFranceUnited StatesNew England Glass Company,Cambridge, Massachusetts, circa 1852-1880Diameter: 6.5 cm (2 1/2 inches)(702418)Lampworked fruit weight with three red cherries attached to a yellow-green branch by yellow stems; five green leaves Two Lampworked ApplesFrancePantin (attributed), late nineteenth centuryDiameter: 7.6 cm (3 inches)(702443)Lampworked fruit weight with two yellow-orange apples, stem, and three bright green leaves Lampworked CherriesUnited StatesBoston & Sandwich Glass CompanySandwich, Massachusetts, circa 1852-1880Diameter: 7.6 cm (3 inches)(702444)Lampworked fruit weight with two cherries attached to a green stem; four green leaves Lampworked StrawberryFrancePantin (attributed), late-nineteenth centuryDiameter: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 inches)(7702445)Lampworked fruit weight with a rose-pink strawberry on a curved stem with six green leaves Lampworked PearsUnited StatesRonald Hansen (signed)Mackinaw City, Michigan, circa 1950sDiameter: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 inches)(702461)Fruit weight with two lampworked yellow pears, yellow stem, four green leaves, and a signature cane inscribed &quotH Lampworked MushroomBohemia (?)factory unknown, late-nineteenth centuryDiameter: 6 cm (2 3/8 inches)(702477)Opaque white mushroom with top overlaid with deep rose; white flecks in rose top; algae-like green ground with tiny bubbles; sides cut with six circular printies, one on top

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