paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Mushroom

Maker Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat

Made FromLead Glass

Date1845-1855

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori, overlay, cut, gilt

Accession Number55.3.89

Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France, Baccarat

Physical DescriptionColorless, blue, opaque white, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori, overlay, cut, gilt. Domed, circular form, turquoise blue over white overlay, with the remains of gilt scrolls on the surface; one cut circular facet window on top and five on the side; enclosing a concentric millefiori mushroom, with a turquoise and dark blue cane at the center, encircled by a ring of red canes, a ring of white canes, a ring of blue and green canes, a ring of pink canes, and a ring of white canes; cut concave base with cut star.
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