ANTIQUE BACCARAT PANSY PAPERWEIGHT

ANTIQUE BACCARAT PANSY PAPERWEIGHT, colorless, five-petal amethyst and yellow flower surrounding a Baccarat stardust cane, on a short green stem with two branches, left branch with four additional leaves and a bud, right branch with three additional leaves, three other leaves behind the flower, rayed base. France. 1840-1860. 3" D.
Very good condition with two minute surface bruises and scattered surface wear/scratching.
Literature: Parallels Dunlop - Baccarat Paperweights, p. 88, fig. 285.
Provenance: From the Ellen O'Brien collection, Sarasota, FL.
Condition Report: Very good condition with two minute surface bruises and scattered surface wear/scratching.