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Lot 198*

A Baccarat garlanded butterfly paperweight, circa 1850

14 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£700 - £1,000

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A Baccarat garlanded butterfly paperweight, circa 1850

The insect with mosaic and marbled wings, a purple thorax and darker head and antennae, within a garland of alternate green and white canes, star-cut base, 8cm diam, 5.5cm high

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Provenance
Sotheby's sale, 3 March 1992, lot 57
The Late Countess Poulett Collection

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