A rare Baccarat faceted and garlanded turquoise buttercup paperweight, circa 1850
The flower with a row of six turquoise cupped petals around a row of five white inner petals and a yellow composite cane centre, five serrated lime-green leaves behind, the stem with a further pair of opposing leaves and a pointed red bud, all within an outer garland of alternate green pastry mould and white cogged canes, cut with two rows of seven printies around a central window, star-cut base, 7.7cm diam, 4.9cm high
Footnotes:
Literature
Paul Dunlop, Baccarat Paperweights: Two Centuries of Beauty (2013), p.73, fig.227

In good condition save for a shallow chip to the edge of one of the lower side printies approximately 5mm x 2mm in size. The surface of the dome and facets are otherwise totally smooth and virtually devoid of any visible wear. There is however typical wear underneath the footring as expected where this weight has been standing.