Lot 170
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A BACCARAT COMMEMORATIVE SIGNED AND DATED MILLEFIORI WEIGHT
A BACCARAT COMMEMORATIVE SIGNED AND DATED MILLEFIORI WEIGHT

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A BACCARAT COMMEMORATIVE SIGNED AND DATED MILLEFIORI WEIGHT
The clear glass set with assorted tightly packed brightly coloured large millefiori canes, including an opaque white and claret tooth-edged cane bearing the inscription 'Baccarat 21 Avril, 1858'
2in. (7cm.) diam.; 2in. (5.1cm.) high

Lot Essay

See Paul Hollister, The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweight, New York, 1969, pp. 51 & 52, fig. 14A for an illustration of a similar weight and a discussion on the commemorative visit of Marchal Canrobert to Baccarat in 1858; and Paul Hollister and Dwight Lanmon, Paperweights: "Flowers which clothe the meadows", New York, 1978, p. 125, pl. 10 and colour pl. p. 27.