ANTIQUE SAINT-LOUIS FOUR-COLOR 12-TWIST CROWN ART GLASS PAPERWEIGHT
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ANTIQUE SAINT-LOUIS FOUR-COLOR 12-TWIST CROWN ART GLASS PAPERWEIGHT, central blue and white complex cane, twelve filigree twists separating six red and green, and six blue and red opaque twists, all reaching from the central cane to the base, polished pontil mark. Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis. 1848-1855. 2 1/8" H, 2 5/8" D.
Literature: Parallels - Glass Paperweights of the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, pl. 35, fig. 6 and 334. Parallels Hollister/Lanmon - Paperweights: "Flowers which clothe the meadow.", p. 56, fig. 185. Parallels Hollister - Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society, pl. 32, bottom left. Parallels Rossi - A Collector's Guide to Paperweights, p. 35, top right.
Provenance:
Property from a Wooster, Ohio estate collection.
Condition
Undamaged with a few minor surface scratches.
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