paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Primrose

Maker Baccarat

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1845-1850

Place MadeFrance

Techniquecut, lampworked

SizeOverall H: 4.3 cm, Diam (max): 6.5 cm

Accession Number72.3.97

Credit LineGift of Lucy Smith Battson

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; enclosing blue, white, yellow-green, and red millefiori canes and lampworked elements; cut. Domed, circular shape, with concave circular facets on top and sides; enclosing a five-petaled, blue-and-white flower ("primrose") and blue bud, with central cane consisting of a white-and-pink star at center, surrounded by rings of colorless stars encased in pale yellow; six ribbed yellow-green leaves, yellow-green stem; encircled by a ring of canes, alternating: crimped white canes with yellow-dotted centers, canes with green-and-white and red-white-and-blue arrows around a red-and-white "Maltese cross"; concave, star-cut base.
Provenance

Source Leigh "Lucy" M. Smith-Battson