paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Butterfly

Factory Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat

Made FromLead Glass

Date1845-1855

Place MadeFrance, Baccarat

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori

SizeOverall H: 5.7 cm, Diam: 8 cm

Accession Number83.3.66

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Butterfly. Colorless, opaque white, blue, red, green lead glass; paperweight, millefiori. Domed, circular form, enclosing millefiori canes arranged in concentric circles: a series of spaced red and white canes containing green butterfly silhouettes, a ring of red, white and blue arrow canes, and a central large cane with red and white cogwheel canes surrounding a band of green shamrocks, and a central red and white cogwheel; on a "lacy" bed of short lengths of opaque white twist filigree; polished pontil mark; paper labels inscribed "BACCARAT/IRISH Ex. 1848" and another inscribed "13" in ink.
Provenance

Source Clara S. Peck (d. 1983) - 1955-01-01-1983-05-20

Former Collection Arthur Ackermann & Son, Inc. - 1955-01-01