A ST. LOUIS FACETED CLOSE CONCENTRIC MILLEFIORI MUSHROOM WEIGHT, the tuft with four circles of canes in salmon-pink, dark-blue, white and pale-green about a central blue whorl and white star setup and with a circle of lime-green canes at the periphery, the torsade with a white corkscrew core entwined by pale-pink latticinio thread, cut with a window and six printies, mid-19th century
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A ST. LOUIS FACETED CLOSE CONCENTRIC MILLEFIORI MUSHROOM WEIGHT, the tuft with four circles of canes in salmon-pink, dark-blue, white and pale-green about a central blue whorl and white star setup and with a circle of lime-green canes at the periphery, the torsade with a white corkscrew core entwined by pale-pink latticinio thread, cut with a window and six printies, mid-19th century
7.8cm. diam.
Lot Essay
Cf. the example sold in these Rooms on 11 February 1986, lot 41