paperweight

Object NameParabelle Piedouche Paperweight

Artist Gary S. Scrutton (American, 1937-2014)

Studio Parabelle Glass

Made FromNon-lead glass, Light barium

Date1991

Place MadeUnited States, OR, Portland

TechniqueMillefiori paperweight

SizeOverall H: 6.3 cm, Diam (max): 7.4 cm

Accession Number91.4.56

Credit LineGift of L. H. Selman Ltd.

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionParabelle Piedouche Paperweight. Colorless, polychrome non-lead glasses, light barium, soda-lime glass; fused murrine; furnace-worked and cased; millefiori, paperweight. Domed circular shape with waisted sides and flat bottom; the top half of colorless glass; polychrome millefiori canes in a circular disk at the center, arranged in a pattern of concentric rings in the center and eight small circles of canes spaced evenly around the edge, all against a background of green and white "moss" canes; the central cane a red-and-green rose cane, encircled by a ring of white canes with green, white, and pink centers, and further encircled by a spaced ring of pink and green rose canes; circular rings of canes formed of six or seven matching canes around a central cane of contrasting color; a tiny cane visible from the bottom, underneath the millefiori disk, inscribed "PB1991" in individual rods, the outlined letters and numbers in blue against opaque white, arranged in a ring around a central opaque white rod with red triangle; lower sides with vertical hollow staves of alternating white-lined brownish-purple and opaque white; trailed, twisted opaque white torsade around the base; polished concave pontil mark on the bottom.
Provenance

Source L. H. Selman Ltd.