Paperweight

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Object Name: 
Paperweight
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Saint-Louis
Accession Number: 
55.3.70
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.5 cm, Diam: 7.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1845-1855
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Primary Description: 
Paperweight. Colorless, polychrome lead glasses; paperweight, millefiori, cut. Domed, circular form, enclosing a mushroom of millefiori canes arranged in concentric circles, encircled by an orange and white filigree torsade near the base; polished, concave base with cut star.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (American, 1926-2020), Former Collection
1955
Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory), Source
1955
Category: 
Paperweights
Color: 
multicolored
colorless
Technique: 
cutting
millefiori glass
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (1)

The Paperweight Collection of the Honorable Amory Houghton (1978) p. 10, fig. 4; BIB# AI68290