Paperweight

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Object Name: 
Paperweight
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Saint-Louis
Accession Number: 
56.3.114
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1845-1855
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Primary Description: 
Colorless, yellow green, white, blue lead glass; paperweight, millefiori. Domed, circular form, enclosing six swirled loops of millefiori canes, three of dark blue, pink and white, alternating with three of white stars with blue and white star centers; encircling a red, white and blue central cane; set into a lime-green ground backed with opaque white; polished, concave base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory), Source
1956-06-18
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (American, 1926-2020), Former Collection
1956-06-18
Category: 
Paperweights
Color: 
Colorless, yellow green, white
colorless
yellow green
Technique: 
paperweight, millefiori
paperweights

Publications (1)

The Paperweight Collection of the Honorable Amory Houghton (1978) Cover; BIB# AI68290