Lot Essay
For the type see Paul Hollister, The Encylopedia of Glass Paperweights, (1969), p.161, fig. 173.
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A Bacchus encased double-overlay basket weight
the mauve-striped opaque-white basket with central carrying handle containing a tuft of closely-packed coloured canes, overlaid in clear glass, mid 19th century -- 7cm. diam.
See colour plate 4
the mauve-striped opaque-white basket with central carrying handle containing a tuft of closely-packed coloured canes, overlaid in clear glass, mid 19th century -- 7cm. diam.
See colour plate 4