paperweight
Object NamePaperweight
Factoryprobably
Cristallerie de Clichy
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1845-1855
Place Madeprobably France, Clichy-la-Garenne
TechniquePaperweight, millefiori
SizeOverall H: 5 cm, Diam: 8.3 cm
Accession Number56.3.110
Credit LineGift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows
On ViewAmerican Gallery
Physical DescriptionPaperweight. Colorless, blue, pink, white, green lead glass; paperweight, millefiori. Domed, circular form, enclosing a six-loop garland of alternating pink and white millefiori canes, with green-and- pink canes within the loops, blue, pink and white canes outside, and with a white, green and red cane at the center; on a brilliant blue ground with white inner lining; polished concave base.Provenance
Source
Laura Houghton
- 1956-06-18
Former Collection
Honorable Amory Houghton Jr.
(American, 1926-2020) - 1956
Former Collection
Arthur L. Kramer
1900-1930
