paperweight

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)

Modern

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