A BACCARAT BUTTERFLY AND FLOWER WEIGHT

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25.05.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 216 | A BACCARAT BUTTERFLY AND FLOWER WEIGHT
A BACCARAT BUTTERFLY AND FLOWER WEIGHT

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





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The Neustadter Collection; sold Christie's, New York, 8-20 April 2016, lot 55.
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