paperweight

Object NameDecanter with Paperweight Base and Stopper

Maker Whitefriars Glass Ltd.

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1920-1950

Place MadeEngland, London

TechniqueFused Mosaic Glass Canes, Encased, Tooled, Cut, Polished, Blown, Ground

SizeOverallH: 18.3 cm, Diam: 6.8 cm

Accession Number84.2.65

Credit LineGift of the Charles H. and Alice Wendt Voorhees Collection

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, polychrome lead glass; blown, paperweight technique, millefiori. (a) Bulbous sides, with slender neck and flared rim; ground for a stopper, waisted near the base; the bottom containing a concentric millefiori paperweight, with seven rings of polychrome canes, the outer ring yellow, white and amethyst; ring around the bottom, where the bottle sides overlap the paperweight base; rough pontil mark. (b) Domed form, containing a concentric array of millefiori canes in five rings, the outer row lavender, white and (one) red; tapered stem; ground tapered shank, with ground end.
Provenance

Former Collection Charles H. and Alice Wendt Voorhees Collection - 1984-05-04

Source Elizabeth Voorhees Webster - 1984-05-04

Source Donald Webster - 1984-05-04