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Lot 90

A spaced millefiori scent bottle from the workshop of Friedrich Egermann, Haida, circa 1845

29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £765 inc. premium

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A spaced millefiori scent bottle from the workshop of Friedrich Egermann, Haida, circa 1845

In clear glass, the slightly tapered cylindrical form with a variety of complex canes in red, green, blue and opaque white, with embossed white metal mounts, 10.7cm high

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Provenance
Sotheby's sale, 2 July 1979, lot 177 (part)

A similarly decorated decanter and a sugar bowl and cover from the workshop of Friedrich Egermann, both of which contain several canes identical to those on the present lot, are illustrated and discussed by Peter von Brackel, Classic Paperweights from Silesia/Bohemia (2010), pp.206-9, figs.416-9. Compare also to the paperweight from the Egermann workshop on pp.212-3, figs.429-33.

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