paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Man and Woman

Maker Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead Glass

Date1847

Techniquemillefiori, paperweight

SizeOverall H: 5.3 cm, Diam: 8 cm

Accession Number56.3.122

Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France, Saint-Louis

Physical DescriptionColorless, polychrome lead glasses; millefiori, paperweight. Domed, circular shape, enclosing a domed cushion of millefiori canes, with a large red and white cane at the center with black silhouettes of a man and a woman, encircled by rings of millefiori canes, including a ring of pale violet canes, a ring of red and white canes with square centers, a ring of red, green and white canes, a ring of red and white canes, a ring of blue and green canes, and a ring of green and yellow canes at the outside, drawn together to a point on the underside; one white and blue cane in the outer row inscribed "SL/1847"; polished, concave base.
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