Lot Essay
See, A Private Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 29 April 1998, lot 61.
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MID-19TH CENTURY
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A SAINT LOUIS MUSHROOM WEIGHT
MID-19TH CENTURY
The tuft composed of seven rows of assorted millefiori canes in shades of blue, lime-green, coral, cobalt-blue and white, with a cane center in deep-coral, blue and white, the outer row with elongated canes forming the stalk, within a torsade of twisted latticinio thread entwined with coral ribbons, and a mercury band at the periphery, star-cut base
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) diameter; 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high
MID-19TH CENTURY
The tuft composed of seven rows of assorted millefiori canes in shades of blue, lime-green, coral, cobalt-blue and white, with a cane center in deep-coral, blue and white, the outer row with elongated canes forming the stalk, within a torsade of twisted latticinio thread entwined with coral ribbons, and a mercury band at the periphery, star-cut base
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) diameter; 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high