Paperweight with Millefiori Basket or Mushroom

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Object Name:

Department

European

Maker(s)

Cristallerie de Clichy, Factory

Place Made:

France, Clichy-la-Garenne

Date:

1845-1855

Color

Colorless, white, polychrome

AAT

colorless

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white

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Technique

paperweight, millefiori

AAT

paperweights

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 5.6 cm, Diam: 7.2 cm

Accession Number:

83.3.173

Credit Line:

Bequest of Clara S. Peck

Location:

Not on Display

Description

Paperweight with Millefiori Basket or Mushroom. Colorless, opaque white, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori. Domed, circular form, enclosing a white-staved basket of millefiori canes arranged in concentric rings, with a pink and green "rose" at the center, encircled by purple canes, green "moss" canes, pink canes, blue canes alternating with white canes, and an outer ring of green canes; polished pontil mark; paper label inscribed "159" in ink.

Provenance

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

Exhibitions (1)

Exhibitions

Roses in Glass

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass 2002-03-21 through 2002-09-23

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