ANTIQUE BACCARAT PANSY LAMPWORK ART GLASS PAPERWEIGHT, type III, the blossom having two amethyst petals over three butterscotch petals with amethyst tips, Stardust cane center, three green leaves issuing from behind the blossom, on green stem with seven leaves and a bud, polished pontil mark. The Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat. Circa 1850. 3" D.
Literature: Parallels Dunlop - Baccarat Paperweights, p. 88, fig. 285.
Provenance: From the Raymond Bally collection, Goshen, NY.
L. H. Selman Ltd.
Condition
Excellent condition overall with some crizzling/minor bruising to the pontil mark and base edge.