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paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Roses and Filigree

Factory Cristallerie de Clichy

Made FromLead Glass

Date1846-1855

Place MadeFrance, Clichy-la-Garenne

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori

SizeOverall H: 6.4 cm, Diam: 8.4 cm

Accession Number83.3.126

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Roses and Filigree. Colorless, opaque white, polychrome lead glass; fused murrine; furnace-worked and cased; paperweight, millefiori canes arranged in two spaced concentric circles around a central pink and green "rose" cane; the outer row of large canes including a pink and green, a yellow, and a white and purple "rose" cane; the canes separated by short lengths of opaque white filigree twists, backed by parallel lengths of filigree twists, polished pontil mark; paper label, inscribed "98" in ink.
Provenance

Former Collection Louis Lyons - 1961-08-24

Source Clara S. Peck (d. 1983) - 1961-08-24