PROBABLY SANDWICH, MID-19TH CENTURY

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A THREE-COLOUR CROWN WEIGHT*
PROBABLY SANDWICH, MID-19TH CENTURY
The hollow glass set with assorted latticinio spiral ribbons in red, blue, green and white, radiating from a large central cobalt-blue, pink, green and white millefiori cane
2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm.) diameter; 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

See Paul Hollister, Glass Paperweights of The New-York Historical Society, New York, 1974, p. 113, pl. 95 for four examples of American crown weights. Here the author notes that 'the colored ribbons in random sequence, are from the Boston & Sandwich Glass Co., while the color-balanced arrangements... are from New England Glass Co'.

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