Lot Essay
See Geraldine J. Casper, Glass Paperweights of The Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Richmond, Virginia, 1989, p. 41 pl. 487 for a garlanded aventurine ground weight.
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Details
A SAINT LOUIS FLOWER WEIGHT
The clematis-type flower composed of six purple petals with cane center, set amongst five green leaves on an aventurine-ground with a torsade of white twisted latticinio threads entwined with a pink spiral
2 5/8in. (6.3cm.) wide
The clematis-type flower composed of six purple petals with cane center, set amongst five green leaves on an aventurine-ground with a torsade of white twisted latticinio threads entwined with a pink spiral
2 5/8in. (6.3cm.) wide
Provenance
Maurice Lindon Collection, Part I, Sotheby & Co. London, 26 February 1957, lot 55