bottle
Object NamePaperweight Bottle with Stopper
Factory
Cristallerie de Clichy
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1845-1855
Place MadeFrance, Clichy-la-Garenne
Techniqueblown, cut, with millefiori inclusions
SizeOverall H: 18.8 cm; a) H: 14.2 cm, Diam (max): 10.4 cm; b) H: 7.2 cm, Diam (max): 4.5 cm
Accession Number80.3.33
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Houghton Paperweight Fund
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless and brilliant blue lead glass; fused murrine; furnace-worked and cased; blown and cut, with millefiori inclusions. (a) Globular shape enclosing a domed paperweight in its base; "paperweight" with multi-colored millefiori arranged in three concentric circles around a cane, and with six C-loops of millefiori canes (one of pink "roses"), against a brilliant blue ground backed with opaque white; sides of the bottle with cut large oval facets and grooves separating them; grooves above forming a pentagon; panel-cut, baluster-shaped neck with flared rim; ground for a stopper; paper label inscribed "74" on the bottom. (b) Heavy knob, with four cut oval facets on the sides, cut flat on top; enclosing two concentric rings of millefiori canes around a white cane, on a brilliant opaque blue ground; panel-cut waisted shank above a tapered section.Provenance
Source
Spink & Sons, Ltd.
- 1980-07-12
