Jim Peake
Head of Department
Lot 44*
A rare American garlanded buttercup paperweight from the New England Glass Co, circa 1852-80
23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,785 inc. premium
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A rare American garlanded buttercup paperweight from the New England Glass Co, circa 1852-80
Set in clear glass, the white and yellow flower with five distinctive angular cupped petals, on a stem with eight leaves and one closed striped bud, a solitary fallen leaf beside, within a garland of alternating dark blue and white composite canes, star-cut base, 7.9cm diam, 4.8cm high
Footnotes
Buttercup paperweights were produced by both Baccarat and the New England Glass Company, but are rare from both makers. It is considered one of New England's finest paperweights. An example on a jasper ground is illustrated by Paul Dunlop, The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights (2009), p.68, fig.73.
