ANTIQUE BACCARAT PRIMROSE LAMPWORK AND MILLEFIORI ART GLASS PAPERWEIGHT, central five-petal flower in cobalt blue with medial opal loops, central white honeycomb cane, four leaves protruding from the underside, raised on a curved green stem supporting three additional leaves and a single blue bud, all encircled by an exterior garland of alternating white and red and red and white cogs, rayed to the underside. The Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat. 1848-1860. 2 1/4" H, 3" D.

Literature: Parallels Dunlop - Baccarat Paperweights, p. 93, fig. 298. Parallels Hollister - Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society, pl. 37, top right.

Provenance:
From the collection of Tad McKeon, Loudon, TN.