MID-19TH CENTURY, ALMOST CERTAINLY SAINT LOUIS

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A FRENCH GLASS ANIMAL PAPERWEIGHT
MID-19TH CENTURY, ALMOST CERTAINLY SAINT LOUIS
With a striped bird on a branch, a pink and blue latticinio garland at the periphery, the base diamond cut
3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

For a parrot weight of similar style attributed to Saint Louis, see P. Hollister and D.P. Lanmon, Paperweights: “Flowers which clothe the meadows”, Corning, 1978, p. 102, no. 230. Also compare the bird weight from the New York Historical Society Museum, P. Jokelson, One Hundred of the Most Important Paperweights, London, 1967, p. 174, pl. 78.

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