Jim Peake
Head of Department
Lot 55*
Four American poinsettia paperweights from the Boston and Sandwich Glass Co, circa 1870-80
23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £892.50 inc. premium
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Four American poinsettia paperweights from the Boston and Sandwich Glass Co, circa 1870-80
The flowers distinctively scattered with 'dew', one in bright pink with a composite cane centre, on a stem with two leaves, 7.4cm diam, 4.2cm high, the others with white 'Lutz Rose' cane centres, including one in deep blue on a stem with two leaves, 7.6cm diam, 4.8cm high, and two faceted with a top window and six side printies, one in white flower on a stem with five leaves, 7.5cm diam, 4.7cm high, the other in red on a stem also with five leaves, 7.6cm diam, 4.5cm high (4)
Footnotes
Nicholas Lutz was apprenticed at St. Louis in France and worked for Christian Dorflinger in White Mills, Pennsylvania, before moving to Sandwich to work for the Boston and Sandwich Glass Co. in 1869. These poinsettia paperweights are typically attributed to Sandwich, but it is conceivable that some could have been made by brothers Francois or Nicholas Lutz during their time at Dorflinger, where they are known to have made flower paperweight stoppers for decanters.
