Lot Essay
Cf. The New York Historical Society, Sotheby's, New York, 18 January 1995, lots 9 and 229
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19TH CENTURY
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A CLICHY FACETED CLOSE MILLEFIORI MUSHROOM WEIGHT
19th century
The tuft composed of tightly packed multi-coloured millefiori canes in shades of green, pink, blue, pale-blue, purple and white, within a basket of alternating elongated cobalt-blue and white canes, cut with top and five circular side printies, fluted star-cut base
31/8in. (7.9cm.) diam.; 2¼in. (5.7cm.) high
19th century
The tuft composed of tightly packed multi-coloured millefiori canes in shades of green, pink, blue, pale-blue, purple and white, within a basket of alternating elongated cobalt-blue and white canes, cut with top and five circular side printies, fluted star-cut base
31/8in. (7.9cm.) diam.; 2¼in. (5.7cm.) high