Lot Essay
Cf. McCawley, op. cit.(1968), pl. 10, no. 79 (a)
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1848
Details
A St. Louis signed and dated concentric millefiori mushroom weight
1848
The tuft with six circles of canes in shades of dark-blue, lime-green, red, turquoise and white, contained in a sheath of pink and blue- centred green canes and including a cane inscribed SL 1848, set within a torsade, the white laminated corkscrew core entwined by salmon-pink threads, beneath a mercury band, star-cut base
3 in. (7.5 cm.) diam.
1848
The tuft with six circles of canes in shades of dark-blue, lime-green, red, turquoise and white, contained in a sheath of pink and blue- centred green canes and including a cane inscribed SL 1848, set within a torsade, the white laminated corkscrew core entwined by salmon-pink threads, beneath a mercury band, star-cut base
3 in. (7.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Anon., sale Christie's, 18 May 1976, lot 84.