Aventurine Crown Paperweight

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Object Name:

Aventurine Crown Paperweight

Maker(s):

Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis, Manufacturer

Attributed to

Place Made:

France, Saint-Louis

Accession Number:

63.3.35

Dimensions:

Overall H: 5.7 cm, Diam (max): 7.9 cm

Location:

On Display

Date:

1846-1855

Credit Line:

Gift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Primary Description:

Aventurine Crown Paperweight. Colorless, polychrome lead glass; Fused murrine; furnace-worked and cased; filigree, millefiori. Domed, hollow form, enclosing an array of twisted green aventurine-striped white ribbons, arranged in a melon-ribbed pattern, with a pink, white and blue millefiori cane at the top; polished concave base.

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Department:

Provenance:

Houghton, The Honorable Amory, Source

1963-06-13

Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory), Source

1963-06-13

Applethwaite-Abbot, Mrs., Former Collection

1952-10-21

Jokelson, Paul (d. 2002), Former Collection

1963-05-20

Category:

Color:

Technique:

millefiori glass

Material:

Exhibitions (2)

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Venue(s)

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

West Bridge Exhibit

Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows

Venue(s)

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

Publications (8)

The Evolution of the Paperweight (2014-06) illustrated, p. 8;

Paperweight Literature from the Time when "B" Meant "Bristol" (1993) illustrated, p. 19;

A Collector's Guide to Paperweights (1990) illustrated, p. 32; BIB# 98767

Paperweights from The Corning Museum of Glass (1987) illustrated, #6; BIB# 34353

Paperweights: Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows (1978) illustrated, p. 56, 148, #186; BIB# 20097

Important French paperweights, the property of Paul Jokelson, Esq. of Scarsdale, NY (1963-05-20) lot 15; BIB# 12108

Antique French Paperweights (1955) illustrated, p. 186, #SL314; BIB# 19563

Well-known collection of coloured glass and paperweights (Part 2), formed by the late Mrs. Applewhaite-Abbott (1952-10-21) lot #383; BIB# 12092