MID-19TH CENTURY

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A BACCARAT FACETED GARLANDED 'WALLFLOWER' AND MILLEFIORI BUD WEIGHT*
MID-19TH CENTURY
The flower composed of five ruby-red petals lined in opaque white, around a red, white and blue arrowhead and star cane center growing from a curved stem with two green leaves and a red, white, blue and green arrowhead millefiori bud, within a garland of alternating red, white and green and yellow, red and white millefiori canes, cut allover with triangular facets forming a polyhedron, star-cut base
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) diameter; 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve. This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.

Lot Essay

See The Charles William Gaylord Collection, L.H. Selman Ltd., Santa Cruz, 7 July 1995, lot 43 for a similarly composed piece faceted only on the sides and listed as unique. Also compare an anonymous sale, L.H. Selman Ltd., Santa Cruz, 16 November 1998, lot 18 for a fantasy flower weight with similar faceting to the present lot.

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