paperweight

Object NameSwirl Paperweight

Factory Cristallerie de Clichy

Made FromNon-lead (?) glass

Date1846-1850

Place MadeFrance, Clichy-la-Garenne

TechniqueMillefiori, furnace-worked, cased, polished

SizeOverall H: 4.7 cm, Diam: 7.5 cm

Accession Number72.3.157

Credit LineGift of Lucy Smith Battson

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Masterpieces of European and American Glass

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionSwirl Paperweight. Colorless, purple and white non-lead (?) glasses; enclosing a green, white and red millefiori cane; fused murrine; furnace-worked and cased. Domed, circular shape; enclosing a swirled ground of alternating purple and white rods; millefiori cane at center; polished, concave base.
Provenance

Source Leigh "Lucy" M. Smith-Battson - 1972