ID 960802
Lot 216 | A BACCARAT BUTTERFLY AND FLOWER WEIGHT
Estimate value
£ 2 500 – 4 000
MID-19TH CENTURY
The clear glass set with a large white wheatflower with blue spots with numerous green leaves growing from conjoined stalks, the butterfly with multi-coloured marbled wings, deep-purple body and antennae, and pale-turquoise eyes hovering over the flower, star-cut base
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The Neustadter Collection; sold Christie's, New York, 8-20 April 2016, lot 55.
| Manufactur: | Baccarat Glasshouse |
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| Medium: | Glass |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Category: | Paperweight |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Manufactur: | Baccarat Glasshouse |
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| Medium: | Glass |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Category: | Paperweight |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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