paperweight
Object NameMarbrie Paperweight
Factory
Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis
Made FromLead Glass
Date1845-1855
Place MadeFrance, Saint-Louis
Techniquetrailed, pulled, millefiori
SizeOverall H: 5.4 cm, Diam: 8.1 cm
Accession Number86.3.23
Credit LineGift of Lucy Smith Battson
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionMarbrie Paperweight. Colorless, opaque white, translucent red, green and blue lead glasses; trailed, pulled, millefiori. Domed, circular shape, of colorless glass enclosing a dome of opaque white glass, on which red and green threading has been trailed and pulled into looping; a pink, blue and white millefiori cane positioned at the top; polished concave pontil mark.Provenance
Source
Leo Kaplan
(d. 2013) - 1986-05-22
Source
Leigh "Lucy" M. Smith-Battson
- 1986-05-22
Former Collection
Dan Turner
Corning Inc.
25 BCE-99 CE