A Baccarat mushroom weight , MID 19TH CENTURY | Christie's

Sale 6084

Ceramics

London

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18 May 1999

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Lot 493

A Baccarat mushroom weight

MID 19TH CENTURY

Price realised

GBP 748

Estimate

GBP 400 - GBP 600

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A Baccarat mushroom weight
Mid 19th Century
The brightly-coloured tuft set within a torsade of white gauze entwined with blue latticinio thread between mercury bands, star-cut base (very minor surface wear)
2.7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) diam.
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