Lot 111
  • 111

A Baccarat facetted and garlanded blue buttercup paperweight circa 1850

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • 7.5cm. diameter by 5cm. high, 3in. by 2in.
the flower with blue and white petals, yellow honeycomb stamen, one red bud and six leaves, within a garland of alternating green and white canes, cut with a top window and seven side printies, star-cut base

Condition

There is one sliced chip circa 0.4cm. x 0.2cm. to the edge of a side printie and one tiny chip to the undesrside of the base edge.
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