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Fabulous!  It's fantastic to see the Launay Hautin designs in real life.  Thanks for sharing

Link to Planche 31 in catalogue here:
https://www.glas-musterbuch.de/portal/p786
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  The flower ornament between the leaf  & scrolls a bit different than my cup, otherwise virtually the same. Very nice.
  Another Meissen piece in an American glass motif "peacock eye".

 
You recognised it from the photo?  I missed it completely. 

  The handled cup can be found in the Luaney & Hautin et Cie catalog of 1840 planche 31 no. 1486. Large polished pontil as the French seem to always do. Pedestal open salt in planche 17 no.1238 of the same catalog. A very nice line drawing can be had herehttps://opensalts.us/References/Books/NealBook/RP34W.jpg taken from the book "Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period 1825-1850" [ copyright not renewed= public domain]. The porcelain sugar bowl is a marked Meissen piece patterned after the French glass version in the above named catalog planche18 no.1210. Glass version pictured here https://glasscollection.cmog.org/search/2006.3.55 Meissen porcelain in American and European glass patterns well documented  by Jouchim Kunze in the Glass Club Bulletin no. 153, NEAG [ National Early American Glass Club]  from 1987.

  All three pieces purchased in a small antique shop one state north of my state while on vacation recently. Always on the lookout for the early stuff.

Hi again

How long is a piece of string !!!  To a Caithness collector it would be of less interest as its not a production piece, to a collector of Alistair MacIntosh weights is would be of more interest as it is the only piece of this design. Alistair is one of few designers at Caithness who not only designed weights but also executed the design.

Many of his one off designs use Murano glassmaking techniques such as incarmo and reticello so to someone who's collection is based  around the  technical aspects of paperweight making it would be of interest. Many of Alistairs designs using these techniques were not suitable for mass production hence only one copy of each exists.

Derek