TWO BACCARAT BUTTERFLY WEIGHTS
MID-19TH CENTURY
The first set with a large white single clematis flower growing from a green stalk with numerous leaves about the flower, the butterfly with multi-colored marbled wings, deep-purple body and antennae, pale-turquoise eyes, hovering over the flower, star-cut base; the second a garlanded weight, the insect composed of a pale translucent purple body with multi-colored marbled wings, dark-blue antennae and eyes with a garland of alternating millefiori canes at the periphery, set on an upset muslin ground
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) diameter, the first; 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) diameter, the second
TWO BACCARAT BUTTERFLY WEIGHTS
MID-19TH CENTURY
The first set with a large white single clematis flower growing from a green stalk with numerous leaves about the flower, the butterfly with multi-colored marbled wings, deep-purple body and antennae, pale-turquoise eyes, hovering over the flower, star-cut base; the second a garlanded weight, the insect composed of a pale translucent purple body with multi-colored marbled wings, dark-blue antennae and eyes with a garland of alternating millefiori canes at the periphery, set on an upset muslin ground
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) diameter, the first; 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) diameter, the second
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