paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of a Saint

Factory Cristallerie de Clichy

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Date1845-1855

Place MadeFrance, Clichy-la-Garenne

TechniquePaperweight, millefiori; encased molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 4.9 cm, Diam: 7.9 cm

Accession Number55.3.127

Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Sulphide of a Saint. Colorless, dark blue, polychrome lead glasses; white sulphide; paperweight, millefiori, encased molded sulphide. Domed, circular form, enclosing a white molded sulphide of a man wearing a bishop's mitre, holding a crozier in one hand, a book in the other; encircled by a ring of millefiori canes (pink- and-green Clichy roses alternating with sets of six star canes), set into a brilliant blue, white-lined ground; polished concave base, inscribed "140" in yellow paint.
Provenance

Source Laura Houghton - 1978-07-11

Former Collection Honorable Amory Houghton Jr. (American, 1926-2020) - 1955