Paperweight with Flowers

Object Name: 
Paperweight with Flowers

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Object Name: 
Paperweight with Flowers
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Saint-Louis
Accession Number: 
69.3.79
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.7 cm, Diam: 7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1845-1855
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Primary Description: 
Colorless, green, white, polychrome lead glasses; paperweight, lampwork, encased overlay, cut. Domed, circular form, enclosing a double overlay of green aventurine over white, enclosing an upright floral bouquet, with large red flower in the center, with white, blue, and millefiori flowers among the green leaves on the side; polished, concave base, with cut star.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory), Source
1969-12-29
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (American, 1926-2020), Former Collection
1969
Category: 
Paperweights
Color: 
Colorless, green, white,
colorless
green
Technique: 
paperweight, lampwork, encased overlay, cut
paperweights
lampworking

Exhibitions (1)

Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1978-04-26 through 1978-10-21

Publications (2)

Paperweights: Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows (1978) illustrated, pp. 90, 152, #220; BIB# 20097
The Paperweight Collection of the Honorable Amory Houghton (1978) cover; BIB# AI68290