ANTIQUE BACCARAT BUTTERCUP LAMPWORK AND MILLEFIORI PAPERWEIGHT, central aqua and white buttercup blossom with a yellow stamen, three green leaves and a red bud protruding from the underside, short green stem holding two additional green leaves, all encircled by an exterior garland of alternating white and red Stardust canes and multi-colored complex canes, rayed to the underside. The Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat. Circa 1850. 2 1/4" D.
Literature: Parallels Dunlop - Baccarat Paperweights, p. 72, fig. 224.
Provenance: From the Ben Fields collection, Forth Worth, TX.
L. H. Selman Ltd., Auction 53, lot 38.
Condition
Excellent condition with a few minor scattered surface scratches. Some light roughness to the base edge, as made.