paperweight

Object NamePaperweight

Maker Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead Glass, Paper Labels

Date1845-1855

TechniquePaperweight, millefiori

SizeOverall H: 5.4 cm, Diam: 8.3 cm

Accession Number86.3.7

Credit LineGift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton, by exchange

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Spink & Sons)

Place Made

France, Saint-Louis

Physical DescriptionColorless, opaque white, blue, red lead glasses; paperweight, millefiori. Domed, circular form, enclosing a domed array of ribbed white tubes with red linings and central blue and white flowers; a central millefiori cane of pink, white and blue ribbed tubes arranged in concentric rings; polished concave base; three paper labels glued on the bottom: a blue circular label printed "95" in white; a circular pink printed label inscribed "SPINK & SON/Exhibition/May 1977/LONDON" and inscribed "21" in red ink; a circular label printed in purple "SPINK & SON/Exhibition/June 1982/LONDON" and "115" in black ink.
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