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Lot 262

Three French patterned millefiori paperweights, circa 1850

1 December 2021, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Three French patterned millefiori paperweights, circa 1850

Comprising a Pantin weight with a central star cane within two rows of spaced canes, one with alternating white and pink Clichy-style rose canes and pale pink stardust canes, within an outer garland of alternating pink and pale blue and all-white rose canes, 8cm diam, 5.7cm high, a St. Louis weight with a five spaced composite canes surrounding a central yellow cane, within an outer garland of alternating green and white and stardust canes, 6.6cm diam, 4cm high, the last with a row of seven white and pale green rose canes around a central green composite cane, the outer row formed of alternate green and white canes, 6.3cm diam, 4.8cm high (3)

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Provenance
Livingston Collection

For the rose canes in the Pantin weight see Paul Dunlop, The Dictionary of Glass Paperweights (2009), p.274, fig.424. The unidentified French weight is illustrated by Peter von Brackel, Classic Paperweights from Silesia/Bohemia (2010), p.256, fig.539.

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