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These Clichy flowers are usually pink or white, though we have a bi-colour one in our collection. The size of flower and the amount of glass around it seems to be quite variable.
Regarding as yet unidentified English paperweight makers, there undoubtedly are some, as there are groups of Old English paperweights currently unattributed to makers. My feeling is that these makers are probably some of thegood class crystal glass makers in the Birmingham area (eg William Gammon, or Osler, or various others). Another factory to consider is Wood Bros in Yorkshire, as two of the owners spent time working at Baccarat in the mid 19th century. That said, there are probably 50 or more candidates scattered across the UK. I would love someone to identify with confidence additional English factories that made paperweights.
Alan