Lot Essay
Cf. The Homer Perkins Collection, Christie's, New York, 23 September 1998, lot 178; and Paul Hollister, The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, New York, 1969, p. 72, fig. 52
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A BACCARAT BUTTERFLY AND FLOWER WEIGHT
The insect with deep-purple body, black head and blue antennae with pale-blue eyes, multi-coloured marbelized wings hovering beside a large wheatflower, growing from a curved green stalk with numerous green leaves and six further leaves about the flower, star-cut base, Doheny Collection no. 2
3in. (7.6cm.) diam,; 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) high
The insect with deep-purple body, black head and blue antennae with pale-blue eyes, multi-coloured marbelized wings hovering beside a large wheatflower, growing from a curved green stalk with numerous green leaves and six further leaves about the flower, star-cut base, Doheny Collection no. 2
3in. (7.6cm.) diam,; 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) high