paperweight
Object NamePaperweight with Blue Flower
Maker
Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat
Made FromLead Glass
Date1845-1855
Place MadeFrance
Techniquepaperweight, millefiori, lampwork, cut
SizeOverall H: 4 cm, Diam: 6.5 cm
Accession Number83.3.167
Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori, lampwork, cut. Domed, circular form, with circular window cut on top, and six more circular windows on the side; enclosing a cupped flower with blue outer petals, white lobed inner petals, with yellow star stamens; red bud, green stem, and six stamped green leaves; encircled by a ring of green canes alternating with white canes; base with cut, deep, radial grooves.Provenance
Source
Clara S. Peck
(d. 1983) - 1983-05-20
