Two Baccarat anemone paperweights, circa 1850
The flowers with finely moulded cupped and pointed petals and stardust centres, the stems with eleven leaves, one flower edged in red, 7.1cm diam, 4.6cm high, the other in blue, 6.7cm diam, 5.1cm high, star-cut bases (2)
Footnotes:
Provenance
Sotheby's, 29 June 2004, lot 294 (red anemone)
Livingston Collection

The red anemone weight is in good condition save for a small horizontal linear bruise just above the footring approximately 9mm long, and a tiny adjacent linear bruise approximately 2mm long. The surface of the dome is totally smooth and devoid of any visible wear. There is some very light wear underneath the slightly irregular footring where the weight has been standing. A small number of tiny fleabite nicks visible to the cut star underneath can be seen with a lens but are of no significance.

The blue anemone weight is in good condition save for a moon to the side of the dome approximately 4mm across and a tiny half moon to the top of the dome approximately 2mm across. The surface of the dome is totally smooth and devoid of any visible wear. The footring is very thin but typical wear is visible as expected where it has been standing.