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Object NamePaperweight Ashtray

Maker Whitefriars Glass Ltd.

Made FromLead Glass

Date1978

TechniqueAssembled, Fused, Drawn, Cut, Encased, Blown

SizeOverall H: 3.6 cm, Diam: 11.9 cm

Accession Number96.2.6

Credit LineGift of The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

England, Middlesex, Wealdstone

Physical DescriptionThick-walled ashtray of circular shape with straight sides made of colorless and transparent to opaque polychrome glass canes. The exterior of the side is decorated with a band of cut fluting. A cushion of closely packed millefiori canes is fused into the center of the dish, forming a convex shape on the interior and a slightly convex, protruding circle under the base. A date cane is prominently located near the center in the interior of the vessel. It consists of the white symbol of Whitefriars Glass Litd in the center surrounded by a white circle, with a semi-circle of 6 white and blue star shapes above and the date "1976" below. Box: square two-part bottom board, paper and maroon fabric lining. Grey tweed exterior, gold inner box with fabric lining. Lid board and paper/tweed exterior with gold letters "WHITEFRIARS / hand-made crystal".
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