paperweight

Object NamePaperweight

Made FromLead Glass

Date1852-1880

TechniquePaperweight, lampwork, millefiori

Accession Number54.4.65

Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

United States

Physical DescriptionPaperweight. Colorless, pink, green, white, aventurine lead glasses; paperweight, lampwork, millefiori. Domed, circular shape, enclosing a large 14-petaled pink flower with millefiori center and gold aventurine spots on the petals; four pincered green leaves above, and two attached to the stem below; above a white double-spiral filigree background; flat base rim; polished concave center.
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