paperweight

Object NamePaperweight

Factory Cristalleries de Baccarat

Factory/Alternate Dupont

Made FromLead Glass

Date1930

Place MadeFrance, Baccarat

Techniquemillefiori canes

SizeOverall H: 4.5 cm, D: 6.7 cm

Accession Number54.3.209

Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; enclosing polychrome millefiori canes. Domed, circular form, enclosing seven circles of canes, six arranged in a circle about the center ring, each ring with a single, center cane; center ring of pale green/white/pink canes, with central red/white/green cane; two outer rings of blue/ white/red canes with central pink/white/blue canes, one with white/blue canes, with central blue/white/pink cane, one with pink/white/green canes with central pink/white cane, one with pink/white canes with central blue/white/pink cane, and one with pink/blue canes with central white/pink cane; concave, polished base.
Provenance

Source Ellen D. Sharpe - 1954-06-01