Lot 214
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A BACCARAT PATTERNED MILLEFIORI STARDUST CARPET GROUND WEIGHT 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
20,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • diameter 3 1/8 in.
  • 7.9 cm

Provenance

Leo Kaplan, Ltd., New York, February 1986
The Collection of Roy Moore, sold, Chrisitie's, London, February 11, 1980, lot 51
The Collection of Olga Drexel Dahlgren, sold, Sotheby's, New York, March 16, 1970, lot 36

Exhibited

Corning, New York, Corning Museum of Glass, Paperweight Collectors' Association Convention, May 1987

Literature

Paul Hollister, Jr., Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, 1969, p. 60, fig. 27
Paul Hollister, Jr. and Dwight P. Lanmon, Paperweights: "Flowers which clothe the meadows", 1978, p, 33, fig. 35
Paperweight Collectors' Association Bulletin, 1963, cover illustration

Condition

Height of dome: 2 3/16 in. (5.7 cm); approximately 3 bruises, largest is 3 /16 in. (.6 cm)
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