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Lot 204*

A very rare Baccarat stardust carpet-ground paperweight, circa 1850

14 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A very rare Baccarat stardust carpet-ground paperweight, circa 1850

Finely-constructed with a garland of five interlacing loops, each formed of canes of a different colour, the loops each containing a single composite cane predominantly white, the centre with a blue-and-white arrowhead cluster, all set on an intense white stardust carpet ground, 7.9cm diam, 5.4cm high

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Sotheby's sale, 15 December 1998, lot 450
The Late Countess Poulett Collection

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