A BACCARAT FACETED SULPHIDE COLOUR GROUND WEIGHT
MID-19TH CENTURY
The clear glass set with a full-length portrait of The Madonna standing holding the Christ Child above a celestial cloud with numerous cherubs, set on translucent ruby-red ground, cut with top and geometric side facets, above a narrow circular foot
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) diameter; 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high
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For a similar example see The Estelle Doheny Collection, Christie's, Camarillo, California, 3 & 4 February 1988, lot 616W; and The Estelle Doheny Collection, Christie's, New York, 24 April 2003, lot 77.
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