CIRCA 1848
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A CLICHY MILLEFIORI AND SULPHIDE GLASS LETTER PRESS
Circa 1848
The knop set with a central pastry mould cane within edelweis and a millefiori garland at the periphery, the base enclosing a profile sulphide of Louis Napoléon, to dexter, cut with four oval printies and hobnail
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high
Circa 1848
The knop set with a central pastry mould cane within edelweis and a millefiori garland at the periphery, the base enclosing a profile sulphide of Louis Napoléon, to dexter, cut with four oval printies and hobnail
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Property of the New-York Historical Society; Sotheby's, New York, 18 January 1995, lot 160, accession no. 1965.374.
Literature
Paul Hollister, Jr., Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society, New York, 1974, p. 99, pl. 81.
Exhibited
The Albany Institute of History and Art; The Everson Museum of Art; The Munson-Williams Proctor Museum; The Hudson River Museum; The Arnot Museum, 1973-1974.
D. Tarshis, Objects of Fantasy: Glass Inclusions of the Nineteenth Century, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2001, p. 138, no. 77.
D. Tarshis, Objects of Fantasy: Glass Inclusions of the Nineteenth Century, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, 2001, p. 138, no. 77.
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