Stardust Carpet Ground Paperweight

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Object Name:

Department

Modern

Maker(s)

Dunlop, Paul H. ((b. 1953)), Designer

Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis, Factory

Place Made:

France, Saint Louis

Date:

1992

Color

Colorless, Multi-colored

AAT

colorless

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Technique

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handmade

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  - handmade (ref)

Dimensions:

Overall H: 7.8 cm, Diam: 8.6 cm

Accession Number:

92.3.64

Credit Line:

Gift of The Dunlop Collection

Location:

On Display

Description

Stardust Carpet Ground Paperweight. Colorless and multi-colored lead glass; hand-made; fused murrine; furnace-worked and cased. Spherical shape of colorless glass enclosing a snowflake-like pattern of stars interspersed with random millefiori canes, one with "1992 SL"; lower part has a basket-like shape and two canes with twisted blue and white rods around the upper and lower edges of "basket". Marked on base "18/50".

Provenance

Dunlop Collection, Source to

Exhibitions (1)

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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