ANTIQUE BACCARAT QUEEN VICTORIA SULPHIDE AND MILLEFIORI GARLANDS ART GLASS PAPERWEIGHT, central Queen Victoria sulphide encircled by three exterior garlands with the interior comprised of stardust canes with green interiors, second alternating between white and azure blue complex canes and red and white star canes, final band consisting of white and red cogs, polished pontil mark. The Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat. 1845-1855. 2" H, 2 3/4" D.
Literature: Parallels Dunlop - Baccarat Paperweights, p. 121, fig. 391. Parallels - Glass Paperweights of the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, pl. 6, fig. 131.
Catalogue Note: Dunlop states this about a very similar weight, "A somewhat common sulphide of Queen Victoria facing dexter is made rare in this weight by the inclusion of three garlands."

Provenance:
From the collection of Tad McKeon, Loudon, TN.