A rare St. Louis concentric millefiori paperweight, circa 1850


The central white cane including in its middle the distinctive silhouette of a camel, within four rows of canes in yellow, turquoise, red and blue, one row of which contains twenty-two further camel silhouettes, all within an outer row or basket of pink-lined white tubes, 6.4cm diam, 4.4cm high
|ProvenanceChristie's sale, 4 June 1991, lot 288The Late Countess Poulett Collection