MID 19TH CENTURY
Details
A St. Louis close concentric millefiori mushroom weight
Mid 19th century
The tuft with five concentric rows of canes in predominant shades of white, blue, pink, red and green within an outer circle of pink-centred lime-green canes, set within a torsade, the opaque-white laminated corkscrew core entwined by salmon-pink threads, beneath a mercury band, star-cut base
3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) diam.
Mid 19th century
The tuft with five concentric rows of canes in predominant shades of white, blue, pink, red and green within an outer circle of pink-centred lime-green canes, set within a torsade, the opaque-white laminated corkscrew core entwined by salmon-pink threads, beneath a mercury band, star-cut base
3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) diam.
Provenance
The Gabell Collection