A signed St. Louis concentric millefiori paperweight, circa 1850


The central dancing couple silhouette cane within six rows of different composite canes in green, red, blue and white, one of the outer rows including the signature cane 'SL', 7.9cm diam, 5.8cm high
|provenanceChristie's sale, 17 November 1992, lot 220The late Countess Poulett CollectionA similar example is illustrated by Paul Hollister, Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights (1969), fig.70.