compote

Object NameCompote with a Crown Paperweight Base

Manufacturer Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1845-1855

Place MadeFrance, Saint-Louis

TechniquePaperweight, millefiori, filigree, blown, overlay, cut

SizeOverall H: 15.2 cm; Rim Diam: 13.7 cm; Base Diam: 7.5 cm

Accession Number58.3.205

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Charles Sawyer

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

On ViewEuropean Gallery

Physical DescriptionCompote with a Crown Paperweight Base. Colorless, green, blue, white lead glasses; fused murrine; furnace-worked and cased; blown; cut. Shallow, circular bowl, with everted rim and trailed white filigree on the edge; blue overlay on colorless, with cut rounded panels on the sides; tall, panel-cut, baluster stem, with capstan below; domed, circular, hollow "crown" paperweight base, incorporating green- blue-and-white spiral tapes alternating with white filigree twists, with a millefiori cane on top; polished, concave base with central drilled hole.
Provenance

Source Mrs. Charles Sawyer - 1958