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Object NamePaperweight
Maker
Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat
Made FromLead Glass
Date1845-1850
Place MadeFrance, Baccarat
Techniquemillefiori canes
SizeOverall H: 5.5 cm, Diam: 8.2 cm
Accession Number56.3.151
Credit LineGift of Amory Houghton, Sr.
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; enclosing polychrome millefiori canes. Domed, circular form; enclosing a central ring of white canes enclosing a large red/white/green pastry-mold cane, near the periphery are five rings of yellowish-green/white canes, with a ring of red/white/green canes connecting the five smaller rings; concave, polished base, inscribed in diamond point: "A bientot/ April 1st 1941/Lily Pons."Provenance
Former Collection
Amory Houghton Sr.
- 1956
