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Lot 97

A rare European concentric millefiori basket paperweight, maker unknown, circa 1850

29 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare European concentric millefiori basket paperweight, maker unknown, circa 1850

The central white rose cane within four rows of various canes in pink, green, white, red and blue, including a row of white rose canes with distinctive blue centres, surrounded by a basket of alternating white and blue tubular staves, 6.7cm diam, 4.7cm high

Footnotes

A very similar basket weight with identical rose canes attributed to an unidentified European maker is illustrated by Paul Dunlop, the Dictionary of Glass paperweights (2009), p.319, fig.587.

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