paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Bird

Factoryprobably Cristallerie de Clichy

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1845-1855

Place MadeFrance, probably Clichy-la-Garenne

TechniquePaperweight, lampwork, millefiori, filigree

SizeOverall H: 5 cm, Diam: 7.9 cm

Accession Number55.3.78

Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Bird. Colorless, white, green, pink lead glass; paperweight, lampworked, millefiori, filigree. Domed, circular form, enclosing a stylized white bird with green and pink spots, green and pink wings, green beak and eyes, and yellow-green tail; hovering over (a six-petaled white "gardenia" with central white star and pink whorl millefiori cane; with eight green leaves and stem; on a bed of short lengths of white filigree backed with parallel lengths of white filigree rods; polished flat base.
Provenance

Source Laura Houghton - 1955-12-30

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

Former Collection Arthur L. Kramer