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Object NamePaperweight
Maker
Cristallerie de Clichy
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1845-1850
Place MadeFrance, Clichy-la-Garenne
Techniquemillefiori canes
SizeOverall H: 3.5 cm, D: 5.5 cm
Accession Number54.3.192
Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; enclosing polychrome millefiori canes. Domed, circular form; enclosing one ring of five white cog wheel canes alternating with two spring green-with-pink-center crimped canes, encircling a central lavender crimped cane enclosing a white crimped center with pink cluster of small canes of center; opaque turkey-red ground; concave, polished base.Provenance
Source
Ellen D. Sharpe
- 1954-06-01