paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of St. Louis

Maker Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Date1967

Place MadeFrance

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori, encased molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 4.1 cm

Accession Number67.3.23

Credit LineGift of Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, purple, yellow, white lead glasses, white sulphide; paperweight, millefiori; encased, molded sulphide. Domed, circular form, with cut concave circular facet on top, and five on the sides; encasing a molded white sulphide portrait bust of a man (St. Louis) facing dexter; encircled by a ring of purple, white and yellow millefiori canes; the reverse of the sulphide printed in blue "1767/SL/1967"; concave, wavy base.
Provenance

Former Collection Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis - 1967

Source Gérard Ingold Compagnie des Cristalleries de St. Louis - 1967