bottle

Object NamePaperweight Bottle with Stopper

Factory Cristallerie de Clichy

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1845-1855

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)

Modern

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Place Made

France, Clichy-la-Garenne

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

Provenance Remark

Provenance information not currently available online. Please check back in the coming weeks.