Lot Essay
Cf. Paul Jokelson, Antique French Paperweights, Newark, New Jersey, 1955, p. 180, pl. SL304
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Details
A SAINT LOUIS CARPET-GROUND WEIGHT
The ground composed of white hollow tubes with crimped edges lined in coral, set with five clusters of canes in shades of turquoise, coral, green, blue and white enclosing a larger cluster of canes in similar colours
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) diam.
The ground composed of white hollow tubes with crimped edges lined in coral, set with five clusters of canes in shades of turquoise, coral, green, blue and white enclosing a larger cluster of canes in similar colours
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) diam.
Provenance
King Farouk, The Palace Collection, Sotheby & Co., Cairo, Egypt, 27 March 1954, lot 122