Set of Two St. Louis Paperweight Style Letter Seals. Limited Edition with Original Box and Certificates. Louis Paperweight Style Letter Seals Limited Edition with Original Box and Certificates. This is pair of St. Louis paperweight style letter seals, one red with a white stripe and one blue with a white stripe. The bases are flat and blank, ready to be engraved to create your own custom letter seals. Each handle is hollow blown with white pinstripe twists. This set comes with its original (although distressed) St. Louis presentation box and original certificates. Each seal is signed on the top of the base with an etched signature 1974 S. A great addition to any collection of modern French paperweights. Note on white glare. Please ignore the white areas, they are glare from the light. Cristalleries de Saint Louis was founded in 1767 in Lorraine, which became part of France in 1766. The region was already home to several glassworks. Paperweight production started at St. Louis in 1845 and most likely continued until about 1860. Although the modern production of paperweights started in 1952, the output of millefiori and lampwork paperweights was small. Fewer than 400 lampwork and millefiori paperweights were made between 1952 and 1955. They were not all signed or dated. The most successful product of this early revival period was the Queen Elizabeth sulphide which was made to commemorate her coronation in 1953. After 1955, no additional weights were made at St. In 1965 the factory resumed production of lampwork and millefiori paperweights and then in 1967 they began a series of sulphide weights. Finally, in 1970 they started producing annual limited edition paperweights. Size: Each letter seal is 4 5/16 tall. The blue seal has a base diameter of just under 1 1/2. The red is slightly thinner with a base diameter of 1 7/16. The base of each seal is flat. Signature: Each letter seal is signed and dated with an etched signature 1974 S. No flaws found on either seal. The box is distressed as shown in the pictures. Allan’s Paperweights is owned by Allan Port. If in doubt, please check with me first. Please do not ask me to declare this a gift. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Decorative Pottery & Glassware\Paperweights”. The seller is “paperweights” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, France, Australia.
- Country of Origin: France
- Style: Paperweight Style Letter Seals
- Material: Glass
- Original/Reproduction: Contemporary Original
- Features: Dated, Limited Edition, Signed
- Color: Red and Blue
- Glassmaking Technique: Millefiori
- Type of Glass: Paperweight
- Subject/Theme: Paperweight Style Letter Seals
- Brand: St. Louis
- Type: Paperweight
- Production Style: Art Glass