Lot Essay
At the time of cataloguing, the present example is the only newel post extant to feature a dahlia.
CIRCA 1848-1850
Details
A SAINT LOUIS FACETED AND GARLANDED DAHLIA NEWEL POST
Circa 1848-1850
The flower composed of three rows of overlapping striated pink petals, about a millifiori cane center, growing from a short green stalk issuing a leaf and with four further leaf-tips about the flower, cut with geometric facets, on a short stem and original brass socle mount (chips and fracture to stem)
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high, overall
Circa 1848-1850
The flower composed of three rows of overlapping striated pink petals, about a millifiori cane center, growing from a short green stalk issuing a leaf and with four further leaf-tips about the flower, cut with geometric facets, on a short stem and original brass socle mount (chips and fracture to stem)
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high, overall
Literature
D. Tarshis, 'Objets Extraordinaires: French Tazze and Newel Post Finials, 1847-1860', PCA Bulletin, 1993-1994, pp. 24-29.
Exhibited
D. Tarshis, Objects of Fantasy: Glass Inclusions of the Nineteenth Century, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2001, p. 102-103, no. 58.
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