paperweight

Object NameCrown Paperweight

Factory Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1846-1850

Place MadeFrance, Saint-Louis

Techniquemillefiori cane, furnace-worked, cased, polished

SizeOverall H: 5.3 cm, Diam (max): 7.9 cm

Accession Number72.3.110

Credit LineGift of Lucy Smith Battson

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Masterpieces of European and American Glass

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionCrown Paperweight. Colorless lead glass; enclosing pink, blue and white millefiori cane, and chartreuse-green, blue and white filigree elements; fused murrine; furnace-worked and cased. Hollow, domed circular shape; enclosing a "crown" of alternating twisted white, blue and chartreuse ribbons with opaque white twist filigree rods; millefiori canes at top, center; polished, concave base.
Provenance

Source Leigh "Lucy" M. Smith-Battson - 1972