Lot Essay
Cf. an almost similar flat bouquet weight from the Estelle Doheny Collection, Christie's sale on the premises, St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California, 4 February, 1988, lot 755W.
MID 19TH CENTURY
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A Baccarat flat bouquet weight
Mid 19th century
The bouquet with a yellow buttercup, the two rows of deeply recessed petals about a white stamen centre, surrounded by two flowers in shades of red, white and blue of arrow's head cog-wheel canes, a spray of three pale-blue periwinkles with honeycomb centres and a flower of red, white and blue canes, all amongst numerous green leaves and issuant from two entwined stalks with four further leaves, star-cut base (surface wear)
3 1/8in. (8cm.) diam.
Mid 19th century
The bouquet with a yellow buttercup, the two rows of deeply recessed petals about a white stamen centre, surrounded by two flowers in shades of red, white and blue of arrow's head cog-wheel canes, a spray of three pale-blue periwinkles with honeycomb centres and a flower of red, white and blue canes, all amongst numerous green leaves and issuant from two entwined stalks with four further leaves, star-cut base (surface wear)
3 1/8in. (8cm.) diam.