Lot Essay
Cf. Patricia McCawley, Antique Paperweights from France (1968), pl.13, no.90b.
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MID 19TH CENTURY
Details
A Baccarat snake weight
Mid 19th Century
The green reptile with brown mottled spine-markings and black and white eyes, lying coiled on a sand-dune mound with green and silvered inclusions (crack and bruise to base)
31/8 in. (8 cm.) diam.
Mid 19th Century
The green reptile with brown mottled spine-markings and black and white eyes, lying coiled on a sand-dune mound with green and silvered inclusions (crack and bruise to base)
31/8 in. (8 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Anon., sale Christie's, 24 June 1980, lot 45.
Anon., sale Christie's, 18 May 1999, lot 496.
Anon., sale Christie's, 18 May 1999, lot 496.
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