paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Concentric Millefiori Mushroom

Manufacturer Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead Glass

Date1848

Place MadeFrance, Saint-Louis

TechniquePaperweight, millefiori, cut

SizeOverall H: 5.5 cm, Diam (max): 7.9 cm

Accession Number55.3.71

Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Concentric Millefiori Mushroom. Colorless, polychrome lead glasses; fused murrine; furnace-worked and cased; cut. paperweight, millefiori, cut. Domed, circular form, cut circular concave facet on top; encircled by a ring of seven smaller circular facets, and six large circular facets on the sides; enclosing a mushroom of millefiori canes arranged in five concentric rings encircling a horse silhouette cane; one cane inscribed "SL/1848" between the two outer rows; the mushroom encircled at the base with a blue and white filigree torsade; the base polished, concave, with a small cut star.
Provenance

Source Laura Houghton - 1955

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