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A BACCARAT BUTTERFLY WEIGHT
Circa 1858
The clear glass enclosing an enameled gold foil colorful insect, with naturalistic body and antenae, the finely chased wings enameled front and back in translucent pale-blue, amber and ruby with black markings, star-cut base
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 1 July 1985, lot 222.
Exhibited
L. Kaplan (ed.), Presse-Papiers Français, Leo Kaplan Ltd., New York, 25 October 1986 and The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, May 1987, no. 18.
P. Jokelson and D. Tarshis, Baccarat: Paperweights and Related Glass, 1820-1860, Baccarat, Inc., New York, 30 May - 9 June 1990, no. 67.

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