paperweight

Object NameShot Glass with Paperweight Base

FactoryProbably James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd.

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1950

Place MadeEngland, probably Wealdstone

TechniqueBlown, Fused Mosaic Glass Canes, Encased, Tooled, Cut, Polished

SizeOverall H: 5.5 cm, Diam: 5.9 cm

Accession Number78.2.45

Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionShot Glass with Paperweight Base. Colorless, polychrome lead glasses; fused murrine; furnace-worked and cased; blown. Shot glass with paperweight base enclosing pink, white and chartreuse concentric millefiori canes.
Provenance

Source Laura Houghton - 1978-12-30

Source Honorable Amory Houghton Jr. (American, 1926-2020) - 1978-12-30

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