A BACCARAT BOUQUET WEIGHT

MID-19TH CENTURY

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A BACCARAT BOUQUET WEIGHT
Mid-19th century
The bouquet composed of a large white double-clematis flower with red and white cane center, with a single cobalt-blue and a single white clematis flower on either side, surmounted by a similar blue blossom, growing from green stalks with numerous green leaves and a cobalt-blue bud, star-cut base, Doheny Collection no. 7
2¾in. (7cm.) diam.; 1 7/8in. (4.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. The Meunier-Barandiaran Collection, Christie's Monaco, 16 June 2001, lot 176 for similarly composed bouquet; and Paul Hollister and Dwight Lanmon, Paperweights: "Flowers which clothe the meadows", Corning, 1978, p.75, fig. 62

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