Maltese Cross

Object NamePaperweight

Maker Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead glass, paint

Date1845-1855

Place MadeFrance, Saint-Louis

TechniquePaperweight, millefiori, cut

SizeOverall H: 4.6 cm, Diam: 7 cm

Accession Number82.3.42

Credit LineGift of Arthur Rubloff

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, red, opaque white lead glasses; paperweight, millefiori, cut. Domed, circular shape with cut rectangular facets covering the top, and a row of circular facets around the side; enclosing a design of four triangular pads of opaque white glass arranged in a cross pattern, with their points touching; encircled by a ring of green and white millefiori canes; set on a dome of white-lined tomato-red; polished pontil; inscribed in white paint: "658 531.1978".
Provenance

Source Arthur Rubloff