paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Flowers

MakerAttributed to Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead Glass

Date1845-1855

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori, lampworked, cut, stained

Accession Number56.3.173

Credit LineGift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France, Saint-Louis

Physical DescriptionColorless, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori, lampworked, cut, stained. Domed, circular form, with large cut circular facet on top and six circular facets on the side; enclosing a spray of five millefiori "flowers" with green leaves and stems, encircled by a ring of canes, white and pink canes alternating with yellow, blue and white canes; cut cross-hatched base, stained amber.
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