paperweight
Object NamePaperweight
Maker
Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis
Made FromLead Glass, Paper Labels
Date1845-1855
Place MadeFrance, Saint-Louis
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)
Exhibitions
Title Unknown (Spink & Sons)
Title Unknown (Spink & Sons)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
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.Provenance
Source
Leo Kaplan
(d. 2013) - 1986-02-19
Source
Laura Houghton
- 1986-02-19
Source
Honorable Amory Houghton Jr.
(American, 1926-2020) - 1986-02-19
