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A SAINT LOUIS ENCASED BLUE DOUBLE-OVERLAY UPRIGHT BOUQUET WEIGHT
The bouquet composed of a deep salmon-pink double clematis flower, flanked by two cobalt-blue, two yellow and two white buds, set amongst numerous green leaf-tips, overlayed in opaque white and cobalt-blue glass, cut with circular top and six oval side windows, encased in clear glass, star-cut base
2.5/8in. (6.6cm.) diam.; 2.1/8in. (5.3cm.) high
The bouquet composed of a deep salmon-pink double clematis flower, flanked by two cobalt-blue, two yellow and two white buds, set amongst numerous green leaf-tips, overlayed in opaque white and cobalt-blue glass, cut with circular top and six oval side windows, encased in clear glass, star-cut base
2.5/8in. (6.6cm.) diam.; 2.1/8in. (5.3cm.) high
Provenance
The Sinclair Collection, New Hampshire
Important Paperweights from The Property of The New-York Historical Society; Sotheby's, New York, 18 January 1995, lot 288
Important Paperweights from The Property of The New-York Historical Society; Sotheby's, New York, 18 January 1995, lot 288
Literature
See Paul Hollister, Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society, New York, 1974, p.77, pl. 59.
Exhibited
Saint Louis, Muse de la Poste et la Boutique Saint Louis, Les Presse-Papiers des Cristalleries de Saint-Louis de 1845 nos jours - De la flamme l'me, 15 May - 13 July, 1996, Vitrine 101