Three antique paperweights and a hand cooler, mid-19th century image 1

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Lot 88^*

Three antique paperweights and a hand cooler, mid-19th century

Fine Glass and British Ceramics

5 June 2019, 10:30 BST

London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,083.75 inc. premium

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Three antique paperweights and a hand cooler, mid-19th century

Comprising a St. Louis two-colour crown paperweight with twisted red and green 'Xmas ribbons' alternating with entwined latticinio threads, 6.6cm diam, 4cm high, a St. Louis flat bouquet or posy weight, the three large florets formed from composite canes in shades of blue, pink and white, set among leaves, the base with fine strawberry-cutting, 7.1cm diam, 4.3cm high, a pinchbeck paperweight with a gilt metal base moulded with a young couple and military figures on horseback, 8.3cm diam, 4.5cm high, together with a St. Louis hand-cooler, facet-cut and set with an upright bouquet of three gentian-type flowers among numerous leaves, 16.6cm high (4)

Footnotes

Provenance
Christie's sales, 17 November 1992, lot 247, 4 June 1991, lots 299 and 307, and Sotheby's sale, 25 March 1991, lot 343
The Late Countess Poulett Collection

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