A Baccarat 'thousand petalled' rose weight
Mid 19th Century
The dark-red fully-blown rose surrounded by five green leaves, the stalk with a dark-red bud and three further leaves, star-cut base (slight chips to footrim)
2 in. )7 cm.) diam.
Lot Essay
Cf. Paul Hollister and Dwight P. Lanmon, Paperweights (1978), p. 81, no. 55 and the example sold in these Rooms on 18 May 1999, lot 529.