A SAINT LOUIS FACETED GLASS BOUQUET SCENT BOTTLE OR QUILL STAND

CIRCA 1848-1850

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A SAINT LOUIS FACETED GLASS BOUQUET SCENT BOTTLE OR QUILL STAND
Circa 1848-1850
Of faceted tapering form with collared neck, a flat bouquet of pink, white, coral, ochre and blue flowers and buds at the base, the periphery with a garland of alternating white and red, white and blue millefiori canes
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
Provenance
The Morton S. Kaye Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 10 December 1990, lot 64, color pl. VI.

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Lot Essay

For this rare composition, compare a pair of scent bottles and stoppers D. Tarshis, Objects of Fantasy: Glass Inclusions of the Nineteenth Century, New York, 2001, p. 108, no. 62.

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