paperweight

Object NamePaperweight

Factory Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead Glass

Date1845-1855

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori

SizeOverall H: 5.1 cm, Diam: 7.3 cm

Accession Number83.3.86

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France, Saint-Louis

Physical DescriptionColorless, opaque white, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori. Domed, circular form, enclosing a domed "carpet" of millefiori canes, with an unusual square cane of red, white and blue, encircled by a ribbed pastry mold of red and white, at the center, encircled by a ring of pale blue and pink canes; three circular panels composed of green, pink, blue and white spaced around the central cane; surrounded by red and white star canes; polished pontil mark; paper label inscribed "41." in ink.
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