Live Auction 18793The Collector: Property from Four American Collections
A FRENCH GLASS ANIMAL PAPERWEIGHT
Lot 624 THE COLLECTION OF TERRY ALLEN KRAMER

A FRENCH GLASS ANIMAL PAPERWEIGHT

MID-19TH CENTURY, ALMOST CERTAINLY SAINT LOUIS

Closed16 October 2019

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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

Specialist note

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.