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Object NamePaperweight with Blue Flower

Maker Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat

Made FromLead Glass

Date1845-1855

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)

Modern

Place Made

France

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.
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