ANTIQUE SANDWICH POINSETTIA LAMPWORK PAPERWEIGHT, central white and green Lutz rose surrounded by a 12-petal cobalt blue poinsettia with controlled-bubble decoration, three green leaves protruding from the underside, short green stem supporting two additional leaves, polished pontil mark. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co., probably by Nicholas Lutz. 1870-1887. 2 3/4" D.
Literature: Parallels Hawley - The Art of the Paperweight: Boston & Sandwich and New England Glass Companies, p. 141, fig. 7.71.
Provenance: From the Raymond Bally collection, Goshen, NY.
L. H. Selman Ltd., Auction 27, lot 87.
Condition
Undamaged.