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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Provenance
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.