A small mid-19th Century scrambled filled with ruby & white twisted ribbons plus a couple of 3-colour ribbons (blue/ruby/white) The weight also contains lengths of spiraling pink/white and blue/white filigree, white latticinio and copper aventurine inclusions. Strangely enough there are no greens or yellows! Like many early Venetian paperweights, the surface is somewhat uneven, it has a slightly conical profile and a deep basal concavity with a cracked off pontil mark.
General
Condition
good; some fine surface scratches and one very tiny pinprick on the dome
Scrambled with Aventurine
Corkscrew Twists
