Paperweight with Overlay 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, light blue

AAT

colorless

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

Technique

paperweight, millefiori, cut

AAT

paperweights

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

AAT

millefiori glass

Materials Facet (ref)
- Materials (ref)
  - materials (ref)
    - inorganic material (ref)
      - glass (ref)
        millefiori glass (ref)

Dimensions:

Overall H: 5.1 cm, Diam: 8.3 cm

Accession Number:

83.3.74

Credit Line:

Bequest of Clara S. Peck

Location:

On Display

Description

Colorless, light blue, opaque white, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, millefiori, cut. Domed, circular form, with blue overlay on opaque white, with large cut circular facet on top, and five on the side; enclosing a "mushroom" of close-set millefiori canes, the sides composed of alternating blue and white swirled stones; polished pontil mark; paper label, inscribed "24" in ink.

Provenance

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

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