A Clichy double-overlay concentric millefiori mushroom paperweight, circa 1850


The tuft with five circles of canes in shades of green, white, pink and dark cobalt blue and including five pink-and-green Clichy roses, the outer row formed of 'moss ground' canes, contained in a basket of alternate purple and white staves, overlaid in cobalt-blue on white and cut with a top window and five side panels or printies, on a petal and star-cut base, 7cm diam, 4.7cm high
|ProvenanceChristie's sale, 17 November 1992, lot 258The Late Countess Poulett Collection