ID 960748
Lot 210 | A BACCARAT DATED CLOSE MILLEFIORI WEIGHT AND A BACCARAT CLOSE MILLEFIORI MUSHROOM WEIGHT
Estimate value
£ 1 500 – 2 500
THE FIRST DATED 1846, INITIALLED AND DATED ON A SINGLE CANE 'B 1846', THE SECOND MID-19TH CENTURY
The first of clear glass set with multi-coloured, tightly-packed assorted millefiori canes, the second with the tuft composed of numerous tightly-packed, multi-coloured elongated millefiori canes set within a mercury band and a torsade of white latticinio cable entwined with cobalt-blue ribbon, star-cut base
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) diameter, the dated weight
23/4 in. (7 cm.) diameter, the mushroom weight
Provenance
The dated weight: The Neustadter Collection; sold Christie's, New York, 8-20 April 2016, lot 13.
The mushroom weight: The Neustadter Collection; sold Christie's, New York, 8-20 April 2016, lot 49.
| 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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