paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Mushroom

MakerAttributed to Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead Glass

Date1845-1855

Place MadeFrance, Saint-Louis

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori, cut

Accession Number56.3.138

Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori, cut. Paperweight, enclosing a domed mushroom of millefiori canes arranged in concentric rings, with a central pink and white star cane in a ribbed green-lined-white tube at the center; encircled by 3 rings of canes; encircled near the base by a torsade; polished concave base with cut star.
Provenance

Former Collection Honorable Amory Houghton Jr. (American, 1926-2020) - 1956-06-18

Source Laura Houghton - 1956-06-18

Former Collection Arthur L. Kramer