paperweight
Object NamePaperweight
Factory
Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis
Made FromLead Glass
Date1845-1855
Place MadeFrance, Saint-Louis
Techniquepaperweight, millefiori
SizeOverall H: 5.1 cm, Diam: 7.3 cm
Accession Number83.3.86
Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
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.Provenance
Source
Clara S. Peck
(d. 1983) - 1950-01-01-1983-05-20
Former Collection
Arthur Ackermann & Son, Inc.
- 1950-01-01
1950-1960
