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 four leaves and a bud, rayed to the underside. The Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat. Circa 1850. 2 3/8" D.
Literature: Parallels Dunlop - Baccarat Paperweights, p. 88, fig. 285.
Provenance: From the Raymond Bally collection, Goshen, NY.
L. H. Selman Ltd., Auction 62, lot 31.
Condition
Virtually undamaged with a couple minute surface nicks.