Lot Essay
A similar weight is illustrated in Geraldine J. Casper, Glass Paperweights of The Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Richmond, VA, 1989, pl. 174
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A SAINT LOUIS SULPHIDE FISH WEIGHT
The three-dimensional silver carp with a fish in its mouth, swimming above a green, red and white jasper ground
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) diam.
The three-dimensional silver carp with a fish in its mouth, swimming above a green, red and white jasper ground
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) diam.
Provenance
Applewhaite-Abbott Sale, Part III, Sotheby & Co. London, 23 February 1953, lot 541 part