paperweight
Object NamePaperweight with Butterfly
Artist
Paul Ysart
(Spanish, 1904-1991)
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1950-1960
Place MadeScotland, Perth
TechniqueLampwork, Fused Mosaic Glass Canes, Encased, Tooled, Cut, Polished, Filigree
SizeOverall H: 6 cm, Diam: 9.1 cm
Accession Number78.2.52
Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight
On ViewAmerican Gallery
Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Butterfly. Colorless, dark green, white, red-orange, orange lead glasses; fused murrine; flameworked and cased. Paperweight, enclosing a butterfly with green, white and orange millefiori wings encircled with a ring of similar millefiori canes alternating with radial lengths of white filigree rods, on an olive-green ground.Provenance
Source
Honorable Amory Houghton Jr.
(American, 1926-2020) - 1978-12-30
Source
Laura Houghton
- 1978-12-30
1200-1951
1200-1951
99 BCE-1951
1200-1951