Paperweight with Floral Bouquet

Object Name: 
Paperweight with Floral Bouquet

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Object Name: 
Paperweight with Floral Bouquet
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Baccarat
Accession Number: 
78.3.182
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 9.05 cm, Diam: 6.03 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1845-1855
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Primary Description: 
Paperweight with Floral Bouquet. Colorless, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, flat floral bouquet, with a red pompon at the center, and four small flowers in a cross arrangement, with green stems and leaves; star-cut bottom.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory), Source
1978-12-30
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (American, 1926-2020), Former Collection
1978-12-30
Category: 
Paperweights
Color: 
Colorless, polychrome
colorless
Technique: 
paperweight, lampworked, cut
paperweights

Publications (1)

The Paperweight Collection of the Honorable Amory Houghton (1978) p. 13, fig. 5; BIB# AI68290