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MID-19TH AND 20TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF THREE FRENCH WEIGHTS
Mid-19th and 20th century
Comprising: a French garlanded butterfly weight, the insect with blue body, head and antennae with reddish eyes, wings in various shades of pink, set in clear glass within a garland of pink and blue canes, 3¼in. (8.1cm.) diam.; a Saint Louis pompon weight, the flower composed of numerous rows of fluffy white recessed petals about a yellow cane center, growing from a green stalk with two leaves, two further leaves and a white bud about the flower, set in a swirling pink latticinio basket; a Saint Louis garlanded posy weight, the posy composed of four cane 'flowers' in shades of salmon-pink, blue and white, resting on four green leaves growing from conjoined stalks with a garland of blue and white canes at the periphery, above an amber-flash cross-hatched ground, 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) diam.; 2in. (5cm.) high (3)
Mid-19th and 20th century
Comprising: a French garlanded butterfly weight, the insect with blue body, head and antennae with reddish eyes, wings in various shades of pink, set in clear glass within a garland of pink and blue canes, 3¼in. (8.1cm.) diam.; a Saint Louis pompon weight, the flower composed of numerous rows of fluffy white recessed petals about a yellow cane center, growing from a green stalk with two leaves, two further leaves and a white bud about the flower, set in a swirling pink latticinio basket; a Saint Louis garlanded posy weight, the posy composed of four cane 'flowers' in shades of salmon-pink, blue and white, resting on four green leaves growing from conjoined stalks with a garland of blue and white canes at the periphery, above an amber-flash cross-hatched ground, 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) diam.; 2in. (5cm.) high (3)