Jim Peake
Head of Department
Lot 53
Two French millefiori paperweights and two American weights, circa 1850-80
23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,147.50 inc. premium
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Two French millefiori paperweights and two American weights, circa 1850-80
Comprising a Clichy patterned weight, the central white rose cane within two rows of purple and of pink and green canes, 5.6cm diam, 4cm high, a St. Mandé miniature concentric weight of distinctive grey tint, the central white rose cane within a 'Tricolore' arrangement of three rows of pale red, blue and white composite canes, 5.1cm diam, 3.2cm high, together with two New England Glass Co. patterned weights with filigree cushions, one with a row of white canes around a central pink complex cane, the outer row of alternating yellow and pink canes each with running rabbit silhouettes to the centres, 5.9cm diam, 4.1cm high, the other with a row of white complex canes around a central oversized silhouette of a running rabbit, the outer row with six spaced yellow canes also with running rabbit silhouettes to the centres, 5.9cm diam, 4.1cm high (4)
