GILBERT POILLERAT (1902-1988) - Lot 160

GILBERT POILLERAT (1902-1988) Sulfur crystal paperweight with translucent red ground, seven hollowed-out pontils around the rim, the reverse with diamond-pointed decoration forming a grid, inlaid with a crystallo-ceramoid depicting the bust of the American writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). A chip on the base. Signed G.P for Gilbert Poillerat and dated 1969. France, Cristal d'Albret. A crystal paperweight with translucent red base, seven recessed pontils around the rim, the reverse side decorated with diamond points forming a grid, inlaid with a crystalloceram depicting the bust of the American writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). A chip on the base. Signed G.P for Gilbert Poillerat and dated 1969. France, Cristal d'Albret. H. 4.5 x D. 7.2 cm. - H. 1 3/4 x D. 2 13/16 in. Provenance Gilbert Poillerat Collection (1902-1988).