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Object NamePaperweight

Factory Cristalleries de Baccarat

Factory/Alternate Dupont

Made FromLead Glass

Date1930

Place MadeFrance, Baccarat

TechniqueMillefiori canes

SizeOverall H: 4.4 cm, D: 7.1 cm

Accession Number54.3.207

Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; enclosing polychrome millefiori canes. Domed, circular form, enclosing a six-lobed pattern of millefiori canes; the loop of white/pink canes each enclosing single white/green/pink/blue canes; white/blue canes at the apexes, connecting the lobes to a hexagonal pattern of blue/ pink/green canes; a ring of green/pink/white "butterfly" canes at the center, encircling a single red/white/green cane; concave, polished base.
Provenance

Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954-06-01