paperweight
Object NamePaperweight
Factory
Perthshire Paperweights
Made FromNon-lead Glass
Dateabout 1970
Place MadeScotland, Crieff
TechniqueFused Mosaic Glass Canes, Encased, Tooled, Cut, Polished
SizeOverall H: 5.4 cm, Diam: 7.8 cm
Accession Number83.2.20
Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPaperweight. Colorless, polychrome non-lead glass; paperweight, millefiori. Domed, circular form, enclosing a variety of millefiori canes arranged in concentric circles, around a purple and white cane at the center: a ring of lavender and white canes, a ring of amber canes, a ring of lavender canes, a ring of green canes, a ring of lavender canes, a ring of yellow canes, with blue and white twists arranged radially, intersecting the outer four rings of canes; set onto a mottled purple ground; printed paper label inscribed "PERTHSHIRE / PAPERWEIGHTS / CRIEFF / SCOTLAND" and interlaced double P monogram; paper label inscribed "172" in ink.Provenance
Former Collection
Clara S. Peck
(d. 1983) - 1983-05-20
