TRUMAN CAPOTE'S THREE ART GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS
Three art glass paperweights. The first encloses a pink crimped flower with green leaves; the second is an iridescent pulled feather weight in gold, green and violet with a dragonfly, the base engraved in script Orient & Flume, 269, July 1979; the third sets white millefiori blossoms in a ring.
Capote began collecting paperweights in 1948, when Colette gave him one in Paris; that weight is also in this sale.
Approx. Dimensions: largest 3 "H x 3 "dia.
Artist or Maker: Incl. Orient & Flume
Provenance: Truman Capote; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person during our viewing hours prior to auction or through requested condition reports. All bids are final and are subject to our terms and conditions.
Appeal: art glass paperweights, orient and flume, dragonfly, iridescent glass, millefiori, studio glass, signed and dated, clematis weight, sagaponack, truman capote, celebrity estate
Three art glass paperweights. The first encloses a pink crimped flower with green leaves; the second is an iridescent pulled feather weight in gold, green and violet with a dragonfly, the base engraved in script Orient & Flume, 269, July 1979; the third sets white millefiori blossoms in a ring.
Capote began collecting paperweights in 1948, when Colette gave him one in Paris; that weight is also in this sale.
Approx. Dimensions: largest 3 "H x 3 "dia.
Artist or Maker: Incl. Orient & Flume
Provenance: Truman Capote; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person during our viewing hours prior to auction or through requested condition reports. All bids are final and are subject to our terms and conditions.
Appeal: art glass paperweights, orient and flume, dragonfly, iridescent glass, millefiori, studio glass, signed and dated, clematis weight, sagaponack, truman capote, celebrity estate
