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Object NamePaperweight

Factory Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead Glass

Date1848

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori

SizeOverall H: 5.9 cm, Diam: 7.8 cm

Accession Number83.3.77

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France, Saint-Louis

Physical DescriptionPaperweight. Colorless, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori. Domed, circular form, enclosing millefiori canes arranged in concentric rings, with a central ribbed white cane containing purple silhouette figures of two dancing "devils"; encircled by a ring of pink, white, and green canes containing white silhouettes of dancing "devils", a ring of pink and white canes, a ring of ribbed white and red canes, a ring of green, blue, and white canes, a ring of green, blue and pink canes, with two canes inscribed "SL" and "1848" inserted; with a ring of blue overlaid white rods at the outside, which are brought together at the base; polished pontil mark; paper label inscribed "29." in ink.
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