Stardust Carpet Ground Paperweight

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Object Name:

Department

European

Category

Paperweights

Maker(s)

Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat, Manufacturer

Place Made:

France, Baccarat

Date:

1848

Color

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polychrome

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    - multicolored (ref)
      - polychrome (ref)

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colorless

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white

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    - neutrals (ref)
      - white (ref)

Technique

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millefiori glass

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    - inorganic material (ref)
      - glass (ref)
        millefiori glass (ref)

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paperweights

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  - Furnishings (ref)
    - furnishings (ref)
      - paperweights (ref)

Material

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lead glass

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 5.5 cm, Diam (max): 7.7 cm

Accession Number:

55.3.121

Credit Line:

Gift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Location:

On Display

Description

Stardust Carpet Ground Paperweight. Colorless, opaque white, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, fused murrine; furnace-worked and cased. Domed, circular form, enclosing a domed "carpet" of white star millefiori canes, with inset polychrome millefiori canes, including several with silhouette canes, arranged in spaced concentric rings; one "B/1848" cane set in the side; polished, concave base.

Provenance

Houghton, The Honorable Amory (Donor), Source to 1955-12-30

Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory) (Donor), Source to 1955-12-30

Kramer, Arthur L., Former Collection to

Exhibitions (3)
Publications (6)

Exhibitions

Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows

Venue(s)

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

Baccarat: Paperweights and Related Glass, 1820-1860

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass 2006-11-16 through 2007-03-18

West Bridge Exhibit

Publications

The illustrated encyclopedia of glass (2011) illustrated, p. 197; BIB# 128671

Rare Beauty Under Glass (2008-05-08) illustrated

The Encyclopedia of Glass (2001) illustrated, p. 162; BIB# 69319

Baccarat: Paperweights and Related Glass, 1820-1860 (1990) illustrated, #57; BIB# 33477

Paperweights: Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows (1978) pp. 31, 126, #17; BIB# 20097

Les presse-papiers francaise de cristal. French crystal paperweights (1948) fig. 3; BIB# 27987

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