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A rare American jasper-ground buttercup paperweight and a poinsettia weight, circa 1852-80

Fine Glass, Paperweights and British Ceramics
1 December 2021, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare American jasper-ground buttercup paperweight and a poinsettia weight, circa 1852-80

The first by the New England Glass Co, the mottled red and white ground inset with a white and yellow flower formed of five distinctive angular cupped petals, on a stem with five pointed leaves, 7.1cm diam, 4.6cm high, the other by the Boston and Sandwich Glass Co, with a blue flower on a leafy stem, the leaves with distinctive rows of 'dew', resting on a filigree cushion, 7.7cm diam, 5cm high (2)

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Livingston Collection

Buttercup paperweights were produced by both Baccarat and the New England Glass Company but are rare from both makers. It is considered one of New England's finest paperweights. A very similar example on a jasper ground is illustrated by Paul Dunlop, The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights (2009), p.68, fig.73. Compare also to the example sold by Bonhams on 23 June 2021, lot 44.

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