paperweight
Object NamePaperweight
Maker
Cristallerie de Clichy
Made FromLead Glass
Date1845-1855
Place MadeFrance, Clichy-la-Garenne
Techniquepaperweight, millefiori, cut
SizeOverall H: 4 cm, Diam: 5.6 cm
Accession Number83.3.104
Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless, opaque white and polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori, cut. Domed, circular form, with a cut circular window on top, and ten on the side, arranged in two alternating rows of five each; enclosing minute millefiori canes arranged in concentric circles, with a pink and green rose at the center, on a ground of scattered lengths of white filigree twists, backed by parallel lengths of similar rods; polished pontil mark, with paper label inscribed "65" in ink.Provenance
Source
Clara S. Peck
(d. 1983) - 1957-10-26-1983-05-20
Former Collection
Alfred Marks
- 1957-10-26
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