paperweight
Object NamePaperweight
Maker
George Bacchus & Sons
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1850-1880
Place MadeEngland
TechniqueFused Mosaic G lass Canes, Encased, Tooled, Cut, Polished
SizeOverall H: 15.1 cm, Diam: 9.3 cm
Accession Number83.2.17 B
Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless, red, white, blue lead glass; paperweight, millefiori, cut. Oval ball, containing millefiori canes, with a red, white and blue cane at center, surrounded by two rings of lacy white and blue canes, and an outer ring of pink, blue and white canes, encircled by a twisted red and white tape torsade; mounted on a panel-cut stem composed of a true baluster above an inverted baluster, with an air bubble in the center, on a drawn, panel-cut, elaborately ogee-cut foot; star-cut base; paper labels inscribed "56A" and "56B" in ink.Provenance
Source
Clara S. Peck
(d. 1983) - 1954-12-14-1983-05-20
Former Collection
C. W. Lyon Inc.
- 1954-12-14
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