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Object NamePaperweight
Factory Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis
Made FromLead Glass
Date1845-1855
Place MadeFrance, Saint-Louis
TechniquePaperweight, encased overlay, lampwork, cut
Accession Number54.3.175
Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPaperweight. Colorless, turquoise blue, white polychrome lead glasses; paperweight, encased overlay, lampwork, cut. Domed, circular form, encasing a double overlay (turquoise blue on white) with circular windows (large window on top, six smaller windows in a ring around it); enclosing an upright floral bouquet, with large red flower in the center, smaller orange, white and blue lampworked flowers and three millefiori flowers amid the foliage at the side; polished, concave base, inscribed "4.3175" in red paint.
Provenance
Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954-06-01
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