Fabulous Rare 1850 Antique Baccarat Single Primrose French Paperweight

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Fabulous Rare 1850 Antique Baccarat Single Primrose French Paperweight:
$1624.84

Baccarat Classical Period (1850s).

This is a stunning masterpiece. A rare, antiqueVictorian, circa 1850, single primrose patterned, Baccarat, French paperweight, with star cut decoration to the base. The encased single primrose is absolutelyexquisite, bright green leaves with a central single opaque flower/bud. The single budis surrounded by six red and white large petals, set to a beautiful misty/cloudy ground.

Condition wise this is in fabulous condition with nobruises or scratchesto it\'s dome. It has a polished concave star cut basewith some minute edge surface scratching commensurate with it\'s age, but nothing unusual.

Baccarat....

The La Compagnie des Cristalleries Baccarat is situated atBaccarat in Lorraine, and was founded in the year 1764. It became France\'smajor glass-making company by the year 1822.

The evolution of glass paperweightsoccurred during themid-19th centuryin France, transforming these everyday objects intodesirable works of art. Inspired by Italian glass workers in Murano, Frenchglass factories began to explore new techniques in the 1840s. Theirexperimental work produced striking decorative motifs, all encased in glassspheres that magnified the intricate detail of the pieces.

Gabriel d\'Artigues, the owner and director of Baccarat, was anotable and gifted glass artisan. Under his guidance the factory producedeverything from lighting fixtures to inkwells and paperweights. Paperweightswere of coursetheir most famous products. Some of the finest antiquepaperweights can be traced back to the Baccarat factory. Baccarat became famousfor making lead crystal paperweights based on the Italian millefiori pattern(\'millefiori\' can be loosely translated as \'a thousand flowers\').

By 1846, Baccarat had perfected the design of millefiori paperweights,often incorporating animal silhouette canes and making perimeter borders ofcanes around a central flower, fruit, or animal design in the crystalpaperweight. Canes were present in both floral and star shapes, but Baccaratalso came up with the \'silhouette cane\'. This referred to a silhouette of aperson or an animal that appeared in the center of the cane. Many paperweightshad a combination of floral, star-shaped and silhouette canes. Silhouette canescame handy in outlining the central design of the paperweight, whether it was aflower or piece of fruit. Arrows were also another common cane design in thepaperweights and came in many different colours. These are the main trademarkpatterns frequently found in Baccarat millefiori paperweights.

Like most Italian paperweights, close-knit concentric circles were made from the canes to form a plethora of designs in the Baccarat paperweights. Baccarat paperweights exist in the magnum size, the regular and the miniature. While the regular sized paperweights are very rare, the miniatures are fairly uncommon.

Dimensions as follows ....

Height: 1.75 inches or4.5 cm

Diameter:2.5 inchesor 6.3 cm

Weight:14.4 oz or 408 grams

As you\'realready probably aware, antiqueBaccaratpaperweightshave become hugely collectable andsought-after.When you put this magnificent paperweightup to thelight andyou can see through the primrose, it\'s really quite spectacular.This is only going to continue to become ever more desirableand appreciate in value.

This Baccarat paperweight would make a superb gift.

Thepaperweightwill be sent out recorded, specialdelivery with insurance.

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