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Object NameWafer Tray

Maker Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead Glass

Date1845-1850

Place MadeFrance, Saint-Louis

Techniqueblown, engraved

SizeOverall H: 8.7 cm, Diam: 8.4 cm

Accession Number72.3.102

Credit LineGift of Lucy Smith Battson

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; enclosing polychrome millefiori canes and filigree; blown, engraved. Shallow tray top, with salmon and opaque white filigree trailed rim; sides of bowl engraved with floral band and swags; mounted on an angular knop, above a domed, circular paperweight base, enclosing scattered millefiori canes, a green, red and white cane at center; polished, concave base.
Provenance

Former Collection Leigh "Lucy" M. Smith-Battson - 1972