paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Millefiori Basket or Mushroom

Factory Cristallerie de Clichy

Made FromLead Glass

Date1845-1855

Place MadeFrance, Clichy-la-Garenne

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori

SizeOverall H: 5.6 cm, Diam: 7.2 cm

Accession Number83.3.173

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Roses in Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Millefiori Basket or Mushroom. Colorless, opaque white, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori. Domed, circular form, enclosing a white-staved basket of millefiori canes arranged in concentric rings, with a pink and green "rose" at the center, encircled by purple canes, green "moss" canes, pink canes, blue canes alternating with white canes, and an outer ring of green canes; polished pontil mark; paper label inscribed "159" in ink.
Provenance

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