paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Pompon

MakerAttributed to Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead Glass

Date1845-1855

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori, lampworked, cut

Accession Number55.3.98

Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France, Saint-Louis

Physical DescriptionColorless, pink, green, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori, lampworked, cut. Domed, circular form, enclosing a large pink multi-petaled pink millefiori pompon, with tiny millefiori cane at the center, on a curved green stem, with a pink and green bud, and four green leaves; encircled by a ring of millefiori canes, alternating blue, white and red lobed canes with white, pale blue, pink and green star canes; polished concave base with cut star.
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