paperweight
Object NamePaperweight with Pompon
MakerAttributed to
Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis
Made FromLead Glass
Date1845-1855
Place MadeFrance, Saint-Louis
Techniquepaperweight, millefiori, lampworked, cut
Accession Number55.3.98
Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
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.Provenance
Source
Laura Houghton
- 1955-12-30
Former Collection
Honorable Amory Houghton Jr.
(American, 1926-2020) - 1955
Former Collection
Arthur L. Kramer
