Millefiori Paperweight

Object Name: 
Millefiori Paperweight

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Object Name: 
Millefiori Paperweight
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
78.3.143
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.5 cm, Diam (max): 7.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1845
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Primary Description: 
Paperweight with Millefiori Canes. Glass; fused murrine; furnace-worked and cased. Ground, enclosing scattered millefiori canes and filigree rods including several silhouette canes and one inscribed "POB/1845".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (American, 1926-2020), Source
1978-12-30
Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory), Source
1978-12-30
Category: 
Paperweights
Color: 
colorless
multicolored
polychrome
Technique: 
ground glass
cased
fused
millefiori glass
filigree
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (2)

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2006-11-16 through 2007-03-18
West Bridge Exhibit
Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1978-04-26 through 1978-10-21
 

Publications (4)

The Evolution of the Paperweight (2014-06) illustrated, p. 8;
Worlds within: The Evolution of the Paperweight (2007-01) illustrated, p. 2;
Povestea Obictelor: Prespapierul din sticla (2007-01) illustrated, p. 95, top left; BIB# AI98015
Paperweights: Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows (1978) illustrated, pp. 26, 124, #2; BIB# 20097