Lot Essay
Cf. Hollister/Lanmon, op. cit., p. 62, no. 129 and the example with a pink and white flower sold in these Rooms on 23 May 1989, lot 416
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A CLICHY FLOWER WEIGHT, the daisy-like flower with radiating purple petals tipped in pale-yellow about a blue and pale-yellow centre, the slender red and white striped stalk with five green leaves, set on a white cushion of double-spiral latticinio thread (minute chip to side at 4 o'clock), mid-19th century
Details
A CLICHY FLOWER WEIGHT, the daisy-like flower with radiating purple petals tipped in pale-yellow about a blue and pale-yellow centre, the slender red and white striped stalk with five green leaves, set on a white cushion of double-spiral latticinio thread (minute chip to side at 4 o'clock), mid-19th century
7.4cm. diam.
7.4cm. diam.
Further details
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