Paperweight with Flowers

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Object Name:

Department

European

Category

Paperweights

Maker(s)

Cristallerie de Clichy, Factory

Place Made:

France, probably Clichy-la-Garenne

Date:

about 1845-1855

Color

Colorless, polychrome

AAT

colorless

Physical Attributes Facet (ref)
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  - color (ref)
    - colorless (ref)

Technique

paperweight, lampwork

AAT

paperweights

Objects Facet (ref)
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  - Furnishings (ref)
    - furnishings (ref)
      - paperweights (ref)

Dimensions:

Overall H: 5.7 cm, Diam: 7.9 cm

Accession Number:

83.3.153

Credit Line:

Bequest of Clara S. Peck

Location:

On Display

Description

Paperweight with Flowers. Colorless, polychrome lead glasses; paperweight, lampwork. Domed, circular form, enclosing a bouquet of three flowers with millefiori centers and matching buds: on the left a pale blue flower, above, or pink-and-white striped flower, and on the right, a purple striped flower, with light green leaves; the stems tied with a ribbed pink ribbon; polished pontil mark; paper label inscribed "146" in ink.

Provenance

Peck, Clara S., Source to 1983-05-20

Jokelson, Paul ((d. 2002)), Former Collection to

Exhibitions (1)
Publications (4)

Exhibitions

Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass 1978-04-26 through 1978-10-21

Publications

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, pp. 152-153, P21; BIB# 35679

The Clara S. Peck Collection (1984) illustrated, p. 3, fig. 2;

Paperweights: Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows (1978) pp. 77, 142, #144; BIB# 20097

Antique French Paperweights (1955) illustrated, p. 98, #C184; BIB# 19563

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