paperweight
Object NamePaperweight with Concentric Mushroom
Factory
Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis
Made FromLead Glass
Date1848
Place MadeFrance, Saint-Louis
TechniqueCut
SizeOverall H: 5.3 cm, Diam (max): 7.8 cm
Accession Number72.3.171
Credit LineGift of Lucy Smith Battson
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Concentric Mushroom. Colorless lead glass, enclosing polychrome millefiori canes; cut. Domed, circular shape, enclosing "mushroom" of multi- colored millefiori canes arranged in concentric circles, outer row of red, white and blue canes with one odd cane inscribed "SL/1848"; circular bubble and torsade of a filigree cane with salmon-colored spiral threads encircling an opaque-white multi-ply spiral tape; concave base with cut star at center.Provenance
Source
Leigh "Lucy" M. Smith-Battson
1875-1899