paperweight
Object NameOrange Carpet Ground Paperweight
Factory
Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat
Made FromLead Glass
Date1848
Place MadeFrance, Baccarat
TechniquePaperweight, millefiori
SizeOverall H: 5.4 cm, Diam: 7.9 cm
Accession Number78.3.170
Credit LineGift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows
Baccarat: Paperweights and Related Glass, 1820-1860
Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight
On ViewAmerican Gallery
Physical DescriptionOrange Carpet Ground Paperweight. Colorless, red, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori; fused murrine; furnace-worked and cased. Paperweight, spaced concentric millefiori canes, including animal silhouettes, on a "carpet" ground of red and white millefiori canes.Provenance
Source
Laura Houghton
- 1978-12-30
Source
Honorable Amory Houghton Jr.
(American, 1926-2020) - 1978-12-30
Former Collection
Arthur L. Kramer
