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A GROUP OF NINE FRENCH SULFIDE PAPERWEIGHTS, CIRCA

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A GROUP OF NINE FRENCH SULFIDE PAPERWEIGHTS, CIRCA
A GROUP OF NINE FRENCH SULFIDE PAPERWEIGHTS, CIRCA
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A GROUP OF NINE FRENCH SULFIDE PAPERWEIGHTS, CIRCA 1975-1978 comprising eight cameo in crystal paperweights issued by The Franklin Mint and produced by Baccarat from The Great Leaders of History series, each with six facets to the sides, colored glass base with cut radiating star to the bottom, encasing cameo portrait including Joan of Arc on aqua base, another of Joan of Arc on aqua base (with original box), Charlemagne on gold base, Napoleon Bonaparte on emerald base, Winston Churchill on amethyst base (with original box), another of Winston Churchill on amethyst base (with bottom of original box), Queen Elizabeth I on gold base (with bottom of original box), another of Queen Elizabeth I on gold base (with original box), each with acid etched circular mark encircled by THE FRANKLIN MINT and year; together with a similar cameo paperweight with seven facets to the sides, emerald base with cross hatched bottom containing cameo portrait of John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy by Cristal l'Albret, with engraved signature to side and original sticker to bottom, height: 1 1/2", diameter: 2 7/8". (9) NOTE: The series The Great Leaders of History was produced by Baccarat for The Franklin Mint between 1975 and 1978 and originally included twelve different historically important leaders. In addition to those included in this lot, the series included Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, King Louis XIV, Peter the Great, George Washington, Simon Bolivar, and Abraham Lincoln, with a total of 6,800 examples produced. Height: Diameter:
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A GROUP OF NINE FRENCH SULFIDE PAPERWEIGHTS, CIRCA

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