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)
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
