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Three St Louis faceted bouquet paperweights, circa 1850
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London, United Kingdom
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Three St Louis faceted bouquet paperweights, circa 1850 One with an upright formal nosegay of coral-red, white, yellow and blue flowers nestling amongst leaves, cut with a top window and six side printies, the base cut with fine diamonds, 7.9cm diam, 5.4cm high, one with an upright bouquet of cane flowers around a central white flower with two red-and-green buds, among a profusion of green leaves, set within a blue and white spiral torsade, cut with all-over triangular facets, star-cut base, 7.5cm diam, 6cm high, and an amber-ground weight with a flat posy set with four tiny canes as flowers, cut with a rosette on top and six side printies, 7.5cm diam, 4.9cm high (3) Footnotes: Provenance Sotheby's, 1 July 1985, lot 276 (largest) With Asprey, 30 August 1985 (largest) With Asprey, 8 January 1985 (amber-ground) Sotheby's, 24 November 1986, lot 370 (torsade) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Three St Louis faceted bouquet paperweights, circa 1850 One with an upright formal nosegay of coral-red, white, yellow and blue flowers nestling amongst leaves, cut with a top window and six side printies, the base cut with fine diamonds, 7.9cm diam, 5.4cm high, one with an upright bouquet of cane flowers around a central white flower with two red-and-green buds, among a profusion of green leaves, set within a blue and white spiral torsade, cut with all-over triangular facets, star-cut base, 7.5cm diam, 6cm high, and an amber-ground weight with a flat posy set with four tiny canes as flowers, cut with a rosette on top and six side printies, 7.5cm diam, 4.9cm high (3) Footnotes: Provenance Sotheby's, 1 July 1985, lot 276 (largest) With Asprey, 30 August 1985 (largest) With Asprey, 8 January 1985 (amber-ground) Sotheby's, 24 November 1986, lot 370 (torsade) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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