paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of Queen Victoria

Factory Cristallerie de Clichy

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Dateabout 1845-1855

Techniquepaperweight, sulphide, millefiori, cut

SizeOverall H: 4.7 cm, Diam: 7.3 cm

Accession Number83.3.120

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France, Clichy-la-Garenne

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Sulphide of Queen Victoria. Colorless, amethyst, polychrome lead glasses; paperweight, sulphide, millefiori, cut. Domed, circular form, with cut circular window on top, five cut circular windows on the side with deep, rounded, vertical grooves in between; enclosing a molded sulphide of the young Queen Victoria facing left, encircled by a ring of canes, with six green, red, and white canes interspersed with sets of three white "Edelweiss" canes; set onto a purple (black) background, with white and purple layers behind; polished pontil mark; paper label inscribed "91" in ink.
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