Live Auction 21922Three Private Collections: Belgravia, Berkshire and Guernsey
A BACCARAT SNAKE WEIGHT
Lot 214

A BACCARAT SNAKE WEIGHT

MID-19TH CENTURY

Closed25 May 2023

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GBP 4,000–6,000

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A BACCARAT SNAKE WEIGHT
MID-19TH CENTURY
The large red reptile with dark stripe and spotted markings, black and white eyes lying coiled on an iridescent green and beige sandy ground; together with a Continental glass snake weight
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) diameter, the Baccarat snake weight
3 in. (7.5 cm.) diameter, the Continental snake weight

The Neustadter Collection; sold Christie's, New York, 8-20 April 2016, lot 33.

Specialist note


For a similar example see, Patricia K. McCawley, Antique Glass Paperweights from France, London, 1968, p. 53, pl. 13, fig. 90 (b).