paperweight

Object NameShot Glass with Paperweight Base

Maker Whitefriars Glass Ltd.

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1930

Place MadeEngland

TechniqueBlown, Fused Mosaid Glass Canes, Encased, Tooled, Cut, Polished, Mounted

SizeOverall H: 10.5 cm; Rim Diam: 5.7 cm

Accession Number79.2.247

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, pink, green and white lead glass; blown, millefiori, paperweight technique. Colorless bell-shaped bowl mounted on a small, domed paperweight base, enclosing concentric rings of millefiori canes: a large red, white and green "pastry-mold" cane at the center, encircled by a ring of green and white canes, a ring of orange and white canes, and a ring of pink and white canes; flat base with rough pontil mark.
Provenance

Former Collection Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1979-03-22