paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Pompon

MakerAttributed to Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead Glass

Date1845-1855

Place MadeFrance, Saint-Louis

Techniquepaperweight, lampworked

Accession Number55.3.83

Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, pink, green, white, yellow lead glass; paperweight, lampworked. Domed, circular form enclosing a "fuzzy" white pompon with yellow stamens, on a green stem, with four ribbed green leaves, and a green and white bud; on a double-spiral pink ground; polished flat base.
Provenance

Source Laura Houghton - 1955-12-30

Former Collection Honorable Amory Houghton Jr. (American, 1926-2020) - 1955

Former Collection Arthur L. Kramer