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Lot 214*

A very rare Clichy moss-ground spaced millefiori paperweight, circa 1850

14 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A very rare Clichy moss-ground spaced millefiori paperweight, circa 1850

The grassy green ground scattered with white starheads and set with nineteen evenly-spaced and brightly-coloured canes, including a distinctive yellow pastry-mould cane and a pink-and-green Clichy rose, 7.4cm diam, 5.2cm high

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Provenance
Sotheby's sale, 3 March 1992, lot 135
The Late Countess Poulett Collection

Also known as a Prairie ground, the moss ground is possibly derived from a Roman or Egyptian glass mosaic pattern. This distinctive version of a carpet ground is unique to Clichy and is, understandably, among the most desirable paperweight ground colours.

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