paperweight

Object NamePaperweight Hour Glass

Factory Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead glass, sand

Date1980

Place MadeFrance, Saint-Louis

TechniqueBlown, cased glass, murrine; asnd

SizeOverall H: 18.2 cm, Diam: 7.9 cm

Accession Number80.3.16

Credit LineGift of Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, opaque white, polychrome lead glasses; paperweight, millefiori, blown, threaded. Waisted double-bulb shape, with spiral white threads in the sides, containing loose sand; domed, circular paperweights at either end, incorporating numerous colorful millefiori canes arranged in concentric rings; one cane inscribed "SL/1980" in one of the paperweights; on the same paperweight, a circular gold paper label printed in black "CRISTAL/SAINT LOUIS/FRANCE"; polished, concave ends.
Provenance

Source Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis