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Object NamePaperweight

Factory Cristallerie de Clichy

Made FromNon-lead glass

Dateabout 1845-1855

Techniquemillefiori canes

SizeOverall H: 5.6 cm, Diam: 7.4 cm

Accession Number56.3.140

Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France, Clichy-la-Garenne

Physical DescriptionPaperweight. Colorless non-lead glass; enclosing polychrome millefiori canes and two-colored filigree rods. Domed, circular form; enclosing 17 multi-colored millefiori canes (two of which are "Clichy roses," one white, one pink) each separated from the next by green and white twisted filigree rods; parallel placement of long white filigree canes underneath; concave, polished base.
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