paperweight
Object NamePaperweight with Millefiori Mushroom
Factory
Cristalleries de Baccarat
Made FromLead Glass
Date1845-1855
Place MadeFrance, Baccarat
Techniquepaperweight, millefiori
SizeOverall H: 4.6 cm, Diam: 7.7 cm
Accession Number83.3.143
Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori. Domed, circular form, enclosing a mushroom made of concentric rings of matching millefiori canes: a central red swirl, blue swirl and greenish star cane, encircled by a ring of red and white stars with blue centers, a ring of white stardust and green swirl canes, a ring of canes matching the central cane, and an outer ring of blue, white, and red canes, with one cane inscribed "SL/1848" inserted; encircled by a double-series opaque white twist torsade at the base; polished pontil mark; paper label inscribed "132." in ink.Provenance
Source
Clara S. Peck
(d. 1983) - 1983-05-20
