A Baccarat close-packed millefiori cane glass paperweight, the tight arrangement of assorted colourful canes including five Gridel silhouettes comprising a horse, stag, elephant, lovebirds and a dog, internally dated 1848 and initiated B to cane, 7 cm diameter, (small marks and percussive "bruise" to surface)

[The most famous Baccarat silhouettes were based on designs created by Joseph Emile Gridel in 1848. Gridel was nine years old when his uncle, Jean-Baptiste Toussaint was general manager of Baccarat. Toussaint was visiting the Gridel family and saw his nephew drawing, painting, and cutting out a menagerie of animals. These charming and simple cut-outs became the models for Baccarat’s silhouette cane moulds. In 1848, Toussaint gave his nephew a paperweight containing fifteen of the eighteen “Gridel” silhouette canes. The weight is still in the possession of the Gridel family.]