MID 19TH CENTURY

Details

A BACCARAT PANELLED MILLEFIORI CARPET-GROUND WEIGHT
Mid 19th century
The central red, white and blue circular set-up encircled by six radiating red, white and blue circular panels on a closepacked millefiori pale turquoise and white ground
2 7/8 in. diameter

Provenance

Anon. sale Sotheby's, New York, 2 December 1997, lot 123

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

See 'A Texas Paperweight Celebration: Selections from the Bluebonnet Chapter of the Paperweight Collector's Association, Inc.' exhibition catalogue, July 30 - October 13, 1996, Texas A. & M. University, College Station, Texas, for a similar weight illustrated on the exhibition catalogue front cover. Also see an anon. sale, Christie's, London, 7 July 2005, lot 345.

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