The Clichy glassworks was a French glass factory that was active in the 19th century. It was founded in 1837 in the town of Clichy, a suburb of Paris, by a group of Belgian glassmakers. The factory quickly gained a reputation for producing high-quality glassware and was known for its intricate and detailed designs.

During the mid-19th century, the Clichy glassworks was one of the most important glass factories in France, and its glassware was highly sought after by collectors and art connoisseurs. The factory's glassworkers were skilled in a variety of techniques, including engraving, acid-etching, more...

Paperweights, used to hold down papers, and most commonly made in glass, evolved in Venice in the early nineteenth century, and spread to France via Bohemia about 1845, where the finest examples were produced by three factories: Baccarat, Clichy and St Louis. Examples from these manufacturers are mostly unmarked and widely faked and imitated and thus a minefield for the uninitiated. The most popular motif is millefiori ('thousand flowers'), though fruit, single flowers, insects, and other small objects are often used as well as portraits and view. The cheaper paperweights use air bubbles as decoration. The classic paperweights are round more...

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An antique Clichy scattered millefiori paperweight, the…

Clichy Millefiori Paperweight with Rare Purple Rose

An antique Clichy scattered millefiori paperweight, the scattered millefiori on an opaque turquoise ground with a large central classic Clichy rose cane surrounded by an assortment of pretty pastry mould and cog canes, three additional rose canes in white…

4 x fine paperweights 2 of, likely by Clichy, 'Scrambled…

Fine 19th Century Paperweights with Millefiori and Porthole Designs

4 x fine paperweights 2 of, likely by Clichy, 'Scrambled millefiori', design, 19th century. (both with abrasions). Heights 10 cm & 5 cm 2 of with porthole design. Likely by Clichy or Baccarat i.Clear & red glass, 6 side portholes plus one at the top. Very…

3 x paperweights i.Caithness (Scotland), 'Horoscope' 1/1,…

Three Unique Paperweights with Scottish and French Designs

3 x paperweights i.Caithness (Scotland), 'Horoscope' 1/1, signed ii.Caithness (Scotland), 'Blue Marlin' (titled on base) iii.Maker unknown, perhaps Baccarat or Clichy. Depicts a central plant with 'Millefiore' canes as the flowers.

Two Clichy millefiore miniature paperweights, circa 1850, one…

Clichy Millefiore Miniature Paperweights, 1850

Two Clichy millefiore miniature paperweights, circa 1850, one with a central white floret and eight encircling canes including a distinctive Clichy rose, the other with concentric wreath form florets in green and aubergine encircling a central pale pink…

19th century glass paperweight. Clichy close millefiori weight.…

Clichy Millefiori Glass Paperweight from 19th Century

19th century glass paperweight. Clichy close millefiori weight. Diameter 5 cm. Collection Dr John Raven, Perth.

French Clichy Faceted millefiori Glass Paperweight, c. 1850,…

French Millefiori Glass Paperweight, 1850

French Clichy Faceted millefiori Glass Paperweight, c. 1850, the central pink and green rose cane encircled by a concentric ring of white and blue canes, and bordered by a garland of red cog canes, alternating with pairs of white and red canes, on clear…

19th century Clichy spaced millefiori paperweight

Clichy Millefiori Paperweight

19th century Clichy spaced millefiori paperweight

Mid 19th century Clichy swirl paperweight green and white canes

Green and white swirl paperweight from 19th century Clichy

Mid 19th century Clichy swirl paperweight green and white canes

A 19th century French Clichy glass scramble paperweight, circa…

French Glass Paperweights (2)

A 19th century French Clichy glass scramble paperweight, circa 1840-1860 together with a small late 19th century French 'Boulder' freeform paperweight, 5 cm and 4 cm in diameter (2).

An attributed Clichy glass paperweight, milk glass carpet set…

Clichy Glass Paperweight with Millefiore Border and Arches

An attributed Clichy glass paperweight, milk glass carpet set with a border of Millefiore framing five arches of Millefiore canes, c.1850. Diameter 8.7 cm