paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Millefiori Carpet

Factory Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat

Made FromLead Glass

Date1848

Place MadeFrance, Baccarat

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori

SizeOverall H: 5.8 cm, Diam: 8 cm

Accession Number83.3.162

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Millefiori Carpet. Colorless, dark blue, white, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori; fused murrine; furnace-worked and cased. Domed, circular form, enclosing a "carpeted" dome of blue and white millefiori canes, with inset millefiori canes arranged in two spaced concentric rings around a central cane, including silhouette canes: butterfly, bird, goat, dog, squirrel, and stag, and a cane inscribed "B/1848" inset on the side; polished pontil mark; paper label inscribed "160" in ink.
Provenance

Source Clara S. Peck (d. 1983) - 1983-05-20