paperweight
Object NamePaperweight with Mushroom
Maker
Cristallerie de Clichy
Made FromLead Glass
Date1845-1855
Place MadeFrance, Clichy
Techniquepaperweight, millefiori, cut
Accession Number55.3.74
Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori, cut. Domed, pentagonal form, with cut circular window on top and five circular facets on the side; enclosing a mushroom with striped pink and white sides, and millefiori canes arranged in concentric rings on top, around a central pink-and-green rose cane at the center; the rings of canes including a ring of purple, green and red canes, encircled by a ring of green and pink canes, a ring of blue and green canes alternating with white and red canes, a ring of pink canes, and a ring of green "moss" canes; polished concave base with cut petals.Provenance
Source
Laura Houghton
- 1955-12-30
Former Collection
Honorable Amory Houghton Jr.
(American, 1926-2020) - 1955
