ANTIQUE SANDWICH POINSETTIA LAMPWORK PAPERWEIGHT

ANTIQUE SANDWICH POINSETTIA LAMPWORK PAPERWEIGHT, colorless, six green leaves, Lutz rose central cane, air-trap decoration, slightly concave polished base. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. Circa 1850. 2 1/2" D.
Nearly undamaged with some scattered minute flaking/roughness to the table ring, some possibly as made.
Literature: Parallels Hawley - The Art of The Paperweight: The Boston and Sandwich and New England Glass Companies, p. 141, fig. 7.71.
Provenance: From the Ellen O'Brien collection, Sarasota, FL.
Catalogue Note: Nicholas Lutz worked for Christian Dorflinger from approximately 1865 to 1870, and then arrived at Sandwich in 1871. While these poinsettia paperweights are generally attributed to either New England Glass Co. or Sandwich Glass Co, it is arguable that these poinsettia paperweights could have been made by either Francois or Nicholas Lutz during there time at Dorflinger. Similar paperweights can be found in "Dorflinger Glassware: The Collection of Ray LaTournous" on pages 76, 81, and 84.
Condition Report: Nearly undamaged with some scattered minute flaking/roughness to the table ring, some possibly as made.