paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Flowers

Factory Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1845-1855

Techniquepaperweight, lampworked, cut

SizeOverall H: 5.5 cm, Diam: 8.9 cm

Accession Number83.3.163

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass

Place Made

France, probably Baccarat

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Flowers. Colorless, polychrome lead glasses; paperweight, lampworked, cut. Domed, circular form, with a circular window cut on the top, and six on the side; enclosing a symmetrical floral arrangement, with a white buttercup with yellow stamens at the center; two flowers on opposite sides with petals formed of red and blue pastry-mold canes around star-and-whorl canes, on green stems, with pink buds, and green leaves; and two flowers with petals formed of blue and white "crow's foot" canes around central green and white arrow canes, on green stems, with white buds and green leaves; star-cut base; paper label, inscribed "163" in ink.
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