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Paperweight with Sulphide of St. Rene
 
Print
 
Object Name: 
Paperweight
Department
European
Category
Paperweights
Maker(s)
Cristallerie de Clichy, Factory
Place Made: 
France, Clichy-la-Garenne
Date: 
about 1845-1855
Color
Colorless, blue, polychrome
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colorless
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blue
Technique
paperweight, millefiori, cut
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paperweights
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millefiori glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.2 cm, Diam: 8.8 cm
Accession Number: 
82.3.69
Location: 
On Display
Description
Paperweight. Colorless, blue, and polychrome glasses; paperweight, millefiori, cut. Domed, circular shape with cut circular facet on the top and five on the side; enclosing a five-loop garland of white star canes with red, green, and blue concentric centers, around a striped red and white cane; on a transparent blue ground; polished pontil mark with cut sunburst on the bottom.
Provenance
Spink & Sons, Ltd., Source to 1982-07-06

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Publications

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, p. 155, P27; BIB# 35679

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