A Pair of French Lead Glass Pedestal Paperweights c.1850-1880 sub-Curios black and red pigments and

black and red pigments and surviving from the nineteenth century

Period: Paleolithic

The gilt and gesso frame with stylised tendril borders and scrolling foliate cresting flanking marginal plates in the Louis XV style with the original heavy plate glass survives from nineteenth century Italy

embellished with oval windows

above a hinged writing slope

A Pair of French Lead Glass Pedestal Paperweights c.1850-1880 sub-Curios black and red pigments andOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1850 1880Heights: 8. 5Base Diameters: 3. 5The fine quality French lead crystal glass paperweights, having attractive speckled multi colour trumpet flowers with air trap stamens, polished and cut star designs, each with baluster stems on disc feet, surviving from nineteenth century France. In very good condition, there are no chips or cracks to report. There are a couple of internal firing