paperweight

Object NamePaperweight

Factory Cristallerie de Clichy

Made FromLead Glass

Date1845-1855

Place MadeFrance, Clichy-la-Garenne

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori, cut

SizeOverall H: 3.2 cm, Diam: 5.4 cm

Accession Number83.3.125

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori, cut. Domed, polygonal form, with large cut circular window on top, and concave pentagonal and hexagonal facets on the side; enclosing two rings of millefiori canes, the inner of red and white "edelweiss" canes, the outer of red canes interspersed with pairs of green canes, encircling a central blue and white cane; polished pontil mark; paper label inscribed "77" in red ink.
Provenance

Source Clara S. Peck (d. 1983) - 1983-05-20