Lot Essay
Cf. Geraldine J. Casper, Glass Paperweights of The Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, New York, p. 58, pl. 383
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A BACCARAT BUTTERFLY AND FLOWER WEIGHT
The insect with deep-purple body and antennae, multi-coloured marbelized wings, pale-blue eyes hovering near a large red and white clematis-type flower with a pale-yellow, red and white cane center, growing from a curved green stalk, with numerous green leaves and six further green leaves and a red bud about the flower
3in. (7.6cm.) diam.; 2.1/8in. (5.3cm.) high
The insect with deep-purple body and antennae, multi-coloured marbelized wings, pale-blue eyes hovering near a large red and white clematis-type flower with a pale-yellow, red and white cane center, growing from a curved green stalk, with numerous green leaves and six further green leaves and a red bud about the flower
3in. (7.6cm.) diam.; 2.1/8in. (5.3cm.) high