Millefiori Paperweight

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Object Name:

Department

European

Category

Paperweights

Maker(s)

Bigaglia, Pietro ((Italian, 1786-1876)), Glassmaker

Place Made:

Italy, Venice

Date:

1845

Color

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colorless

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multicolored

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polychrome

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Technique

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ground glass

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cased

fused

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millefiori glass

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filigree

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glass

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 4.5 cm, Diam (max): 7.2 cm

Accession Number:

78.3.143

Credit Line:

Gift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Location:

On Display

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".

Provenance

Houghton, The Honorable Amory (Donor), Source to 1978-12-30

Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory) (Donor), Source to 1978-12-30

Exhibitions (1)
Publications (2)

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass 2006-11-16 through 2007-03-18

West Bridge Exhibit

Publications

Worlds within: The Evolution of the Paperweight (2007-01) illustrated, p. 2;

Paperweights: Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows (1978) pp. 26, 124, #2; BIB# 20097

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