paperweight

Object NamePaperweight

Factory Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat

Made FromLead Glass

Date1845-1855

Place MadeFrance, Baccarat

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori, overlay, cut

Accession Number55.3.113

Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent turquoise blue, opaque white, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori, overlay, cut. Domed, circular form, with blue-on-white double overlay, with six cut concave oval facets on the sides, a circular concave facet on the top, and a ring of small concave circular facets around the base; enclosing colorful millefiori canes arranged in two intersecting trefoil loops, with single millefiori canes in the loops and in the center; polished concave base; inscribed "252" in black ink on the bottom.

Provenance

Source Laura Houghton - 1978-07-21

Source Honorable Amory Houghton Jr. (American, 1926-2020) - 1978-07-21