paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Grapes

FactoryAttributed to Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead Glass

Date1845-1855

Techniquepaperweight, lampworked, cut

Accession Number55.3.124

Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Place Made

France, Saint-Louis

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Grapes. Colorless, purple, green, amber lead glass; paperweight, lampworked, furnace-worked and cased; cut. Domed, circular form, with a small cut circular facet on top, ringed by seven more, and with six larger circular facets on the side; enclosing a bunch of purple-blue grapes hanging from an amber branch, with three green leaves; polished concave base.
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