paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of Queen Elizabeth II

Factory Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat

Made FromLead Glass

Date1977

Place MadeFrance, Baccarat

Techniquepaperweight,millefiori;encased molded sulphide,cut

SizeOverall H: 5.4 cm, Diam: 9.3 cm

Accession Number79.3.1

Credit LineGift of Spink and Son Ltd.

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Heads of State

Not On View

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Sulphide of Queen Elizabeth II. Colorless, amethyst, green, pink lead glasses; paperweight, millefiori; encased molded white sulphide, fused murrine; furnace-worked; cut. Domed, circular form; cut circular facet on top, and five on the sides; encasing a molded white female portrait head (Queen Elizabeth II) facing dexter; encircled by a ring of millefiori canes (five rose canes separated by sets of four smaller green and white canes), set onto a domed
Provenance

Source Spink & Sons, Ltd.