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Lot 197*

A Baccarat green snake paperweight, circa 1850

14 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Baccarat green snake paperweight, circa 1850

The coiled green serpent with mottled darker green or grey markings and red eyes and nostrils, set on an upset muslin ground, 8cm diam, 5.6cm high

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Provenance
Sotheby's sale, 3 March 1992, lot 134
The Late Countess Poulett Collection

A faceted weight containing a very similar snake was in the Baroness de Bellet Collection sold by Bonhams, 19 May 2010, lot 132

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