Lot Essay
Cf. Paul Hollister, Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society, New York, 1974, p. 39, pl. 21
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A BACCARAT FACETED CONCENTRIC MILLEFIORI MUSHROOM WEIGHT
The tuft composed of five rows of assorted millefiori canes in shades of green, salmon-pink, lilac, blue and white, one row including eleven roses, with a central white, green and red pastry-mould cane, within a torsade of tightly woven latticinio entwined with a cobalt-blue ribbon within mercury bands, cut with top and five side printies, star-cut base
2.7/8in. (7.3cm.) diam.; 1.7/8in. (4.8cm.) high
The tuft composed of five rows of assorted millefiori canes in shades of green, salmon-pink, lilac, blue and white, one row including eleven roses, with a central white, green and red pastry-mould cane, within a torsade of tightly woven latticinio entwined with a cobalt-blue ribbon within mercury bands, cut with top and five side printies, star-cut base
2.7/8in. (7.3cm.) diam.; 1.7/8in. (4.8cm.) high