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Paperweight with Spaced Millefiori on Muslin Ground

Paperweight with Spaced Millefiori on Muslin Ground

 
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Object Name: 
Paperweight with Spaced Millefiori on Muslin Ground
Department
European
Category
Paperweights
Maker(s)
Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat, Factory
Place Made: 
France, Baccarat
Date: 
1847
Color
Colorless,op. white,polychrome
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colorless
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polychrome
Technique
paperweight, millefiori, filigree
AAT
paperweights
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millefiori glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.2 cm, Diam: 8 cm
Accession Number: 
56.3.121
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Paperweight with Millefiori Mushroom. Colorless, opaque white, polychrome lead glasses; fused murrine; furnace-worked and cased; cut; paperweight, millefiori, filigree. Domed, circular form, enclosing a domed cushion of "muslin" (short jumbled lengths of white filigree) and colored rods, with millefiori canes (including several animal silhouettes) arranged in spaced concentric circles around a central cane; polished, concave base, inscribed "193" in yellow paint.
Provenance
Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory), Source
1956-06-18
Houghton, The Honorable Amory, Source
1956-06-18

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Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2006-11-16 through 2007-03-18
West Bridge Exhibit

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