paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Flowers

MakerAttributed to Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead Glass

Date1845-1855

Techniquepaperweight, lampworked, overlay, cut

SizeOverall H: 5.4 cm, Diam: 7 cm

Accession Number55.3.114

Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows

Place Made

France, Saint-Louis

Physical DescriptionColorless, white, pink, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, lampworked, overlay, cut. Domed, circular form, encasing a double overlay of white over pink, with one cut circular window on top and six on the side; enclosing an upright floral bouquet, with a large white lampworked flower with crimped petals and red and yellow center on top, and red and blue and two millefiori flowers on the sides, amid numerous green leaves, polished concave base with cut star.
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