paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Square Millefiori Canes

Manufacturerpossibly Cristallerie de Clichy

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1845-1855

Place MadeFrance, possibly Clichy-la-Garenne

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori, cut

SizeOverall H: 4.5 cm, Diam (max): 7.6 cm

Accession Number83.3.144

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Square Millefiori Canes. Colorless, red, white, blue, green lead glass; paperweight, millefiori, cut. Domed, circular form, with large cut circular facet on top, and two rows of smaller circular facets on the sides; enclosing an array of millefiori canes, mostly of square form; a red, green, white and yellow cane at the center, surrounded by four square canes formed of red and white tubes in a square white frame, spaced by pairs of red and white millefiori, encircled by two rows of square canes in alternating blue or white frames, encircled by a ring of red, green, white, and blue millefiori canes; set onto a "lacy" bed of white filigree twists, backed by a parallel length of white filigree twists; polished pontil mark; paper label inscribed "135" in ink.
Provenance

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