A BACCARAT FACETED TRANSLUCENT GREEN OVERLAY WEIGHT*
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A BACCARAT FACETED TRANSLUCENT GREEN OVERLAY WEIGHT*

MID-19TH CENTURY

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A BACCARAT FACETED TRANSLUCENT GREEN OVERLAY WEIGHT*
MID-19TH CENTURY
The clear glass set with two interlocking millefiori trefoil garlands in red and white and green and white, each loop containing a silhouette cane of a cockerel, a squirrel, a goat, a stag, a horse and two birds, enclosing a circlet of shaded green, red and white canes, about a red, blue and white arrowhead cane center, cut with top and six side printies, above a row of finger flutes, overlaid in translucent-green, 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) diameter; 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high; together with a Baccarat dated scattered millefiori weight, dated on a single cane '1849', the clear glass set with assorted brightly coloured canes including silhouettes of a butterfly, a cockerel, a dog, love birds, a squirrel and a goat set amongst short-lengths of assorted latticinio tubing, 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) diameter; 1 in. (2.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 14 March 1989, lot 134, the overlay
The Homer Perkins Collection, Christie's, New York, 23 September 1998, lot 148, the overlay
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve. This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.

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