Lot Essay
Cf. the example sold in these Rooms on 15 June 1994, lot 242
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A ST. LOUIS CARPET-GROUND PATTERNED MILLEFIORI WEIGHT
Mid-19th century
The central pale-blue, white and red setup within a circle of red-lined hollow pale-blue tubular canes surrounded by five lime-green, pale-blue and red setups, set in a ground of closely packed red-centred white cogwheel canes
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) diam.
Mid-19th century
The central pale-blue, white and red setup within a circle of red-lined hollow pale-blue tubular canes surrounded by five lime-green, pale-blue and red setups, set in a ground of closely packed red-centred white cogwheel canes
2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) diam.