Five Boston and Sandwich Glass Co. flower paperweights, circa 1860


One with a weedflower with deep blue and blue-and-white striped petals and a composite cane centre, 7.8cm diam, 4.4cm high, another also with a weedflower with petals in pink and dark blue, 7.2cm diam, 5cm high, a small weight with a clematis-type flower with two-tone blue and white petals, 5.7cm diam, 4.1cm high, a weight with a turquoise poinsettia, the mottled centre with aventurine splashes, on a stem with five leaves, 7.5cm diam, 4.8cm high, and one other weight with a curious weedflower with pink, blue and white petals heightened with blue and yellow spots, 7.3cm diam, 4.7cm high (5)
|ProvenanceLeo Kaplan Collection