paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Flowers

Maker New England Glass Company (1818-1878)

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1852-1874

Place MadeUnited States, MA, Cambridge

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori, lampwork, cut

SizeOverall H: 4.4 cm, Diam: 7.2 cm

Accession Number83.4.71

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori, lampwork, cut. Domed, circular form, with a cut quatrefoil facet, with oval grooves between, on top, and a band of circular facets, alternating one large with two small, around the side; enclosing a lampworked nosegay of three millefiori flowers on four green leaves; encircled by two rings of canes, one alternating blue (canes with white canes, the outer of pink and white with black center containing a white silhouette (of a rabbit?); floating above a double-spiral opaque white ground; polished pontil mark; paper label inscribed "94" in ink.
Provenance

Source Clara S. Peck (d. 1983) - 1961-04-07-1983-05-20

Former Collection Maude B. Feld (1901-1995) - 1961-04-07