paperweight
Object NamePaperweight with Garland
Factory
Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1845-1855
Place MadeFrance, Baccarat
TechniqueCut
SizeOverall H: 5 cm, Diam (max): 8.1 cm
Accession Number72.3.162
Credit LineGift of Lucy Smith Battson
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Masterpieces of European and American Glass
On ViewAmerican Gallery
Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Garland. Colorless lead glass; enclosing polychrome millefiori canes; cut. Domed, circular shape, with cut, concave, circular facets on top (one facet) and sides (six facets); enclosing millefiori canes arranged as two interlaced trefoils: one of blue and white canes, the other of red, white and green canes, each loop enclosing a cane: blue, white and green, and pink and white; pink and white star cane in center, encircled by a ring of green, white and pink star canes; on an "upset muslin" ground; concave, ground base.Provenance
Source
Leigh "Lucy" M. Smith-Battson
1852-1880
