paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Moss Ground

Factoryprobably Cristallerie de Clichy

Made FromLead Glass

Date1845-1855

Place MadeFrance, probably Clichy-la-Garenne

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori

SizeOverall H: 5 cm, Diam: 7.2 cm

Accession Number83.3.57

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Moss Ground. Colorless, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori. Domed, circular form, enclosing a variety of millefiori canes arranged in two hexagons around a single pink and green "rose" cane; the outer row contains a pink "rose" cane; set into a green and white "moss" ground.
Provenance

Source Clara S. Peck (d. 1983) - 1956-01-21-1983-05-20

Former Collection Gimbels - 1956-01-21