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A SAINT LOUIS BUTTERFLY WEIGHT
The insect with pale-mauve body, black eyes, pale-orange antennae, with cobalt-blue wings marbelized in brightly coloured shades of pink, lime-green, cobalt-blue, black and white, within a torsade of twisted white latticinio threads, with strawberry-diamond cut base
3in. (7.6cm.) diam.
The insect with pale-mauve body, black eyes, pale-orange antennae, with cobalt-blue wings marbelized in brightly coloured shades of pink, lime-green, cobalt-blue, black and white, within a torsade of twisted white latticinio threads, with strawberry-diamond cut base
3in. (7.6cm.) diam.
Provenance
Applewaite-Abbott Sale, Part II, Sotheby & Co. London, October 21, 1952, lot 360
A. Colcock, Ludlow, England, 1962
A. Colcock, Ludlow, England, 1962