paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Spaced Concentric Millefiori

Factory Cristallerie de Clichy

Made FromLead Glass

Date1845-1855

Techniquepaperweight; millefiori

SizeOverall H: 5.5 cm, Diam: 7.1 cm

Accession Number83.3.141

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Roses in Glass

Place Made

France, Clichy-la-Garenne

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Spaced Concentric Millefiori. Colorless, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori. Domed, circular form enclosing polychrome millefiori canes arranged in two spaced, concentric rings, separated by short lengths of opaque white filigree, encircling a central pink and green "rose" cane; the outer row of canes also includes a pink and green, and white and green rose canes; backed by parallel lengths of opaque white filigree rods; polished pontil mark; paper label inscribed "122" in ink.
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