1969 Zodiac Carpet-ground




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1969 Zodiac Carpet-ground
A carpet ground of unusually-coloured complex millefiori canes: rich burgundy, pinkish-red and yellowish-brown. Randomly scattered across the canopy of canes in this paperweight are 11 small black & white signs of the zodiac - each one at the centre of a millefiori cane. There should be 12 - but one seems to have disappeared !
Dated 1969 on a single cane in black numerals on white (at 6 o’clock in the first picture). Polished, flat base with acid-etched Baccarat insignia.
(Edition sizes, number and year only appeared on the base in the 1970s, as did the “B” in the signature cane)
General | |
Condition | excellent; no surface scratches, scuffs or abrasions |
Diameter | 78mm - 3 1/16" |
Height | 55mm - 2 1/8" |
- Reference: MBA 03600
- Weight: 0.82kg