ANTIQUE NEW ENGLAND POINSETTIA LAMPWORK ART GLASS PAPERWEIGHT, central green and white tube, large red ten-petal poinsettia, raised on a green stem supporting three green leaves with controlled bubble decoration and a matching bud, all above a white latticinio ground, polished pontil mark. New England Glass Co. 1870 - 1887. 3" D.
Literature: Parallels Hawley - The Art of the Paperweight: Boston & Sandwich and New England Glass Companies, p. 135, fig. 7.55.
Provenance: From the Raymond Bally collection, Goshen, NY.
L. H. Selman Ltd.
Condition
Good condition overall with some remnants of surface bruising, a few minor flakes to the table ring, surface likely having post-production polishing.