A BACCARAT BUTTERFLY WEIGHT, the insect with translucent purple gauze body, blue antennæ, pale-blue eyes and marbled wings, set in clear glass, on a star-cut base, mid-19th century

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A BACCARAT BUTTERFLY WEIGHT, the insect with translucent purple gauze body, blue antennæ, pale-blue eyes and marbled wings, set in clear glass, on a star-cut base, mid-19th century
5.8cm. diam.

Lot Essay

Cf. the example sold in these Rooms on 16 October 1990. lot 359

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