Paperweight Hour Glass

Object Name:

Department

Modern

Maker(s)

Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis, Factory

Place Made:

France, St. Louis

Date:

1980

Color

Colorless, op.white,polychrome

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colorless

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polychrome

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Technique

Blown, cased glass, murrine; asnd

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cased glass

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 18.2 cm, Diam: 7.9 cm

Accession Number:

80.3.16

Credit Line:

Gift of Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Location:

On Display

Description

Colorless, opaque white, polychrome lead glasses; paperweight, millefiori, blown, threaded. Waisted double-bulb shape, with spiral white threads in the sides, containing loose sand; domed, circular paperweights at either end, incorporating numerous colorful millefiori canes arranged in concentric rings; one cane inscribed "SL/1980" in one of the paperweights; on the same paperweight, a circular gold paper label printed in black "CRISTAL/SAINT LOUIS/FRANCE"; polished, concave ends.

Provenance

Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis, Source to

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