Paperweight with Flowers

Object Name: 
Paperweight with Flowers

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Object Name: 
Paperweight with Flowers
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, probably Clichy-la-Garenne
Accession Number: 
83.3.153
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.7 cm, Diam: 7.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1845-1855
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Clara S. Peck
Primary Description: 
Paperweight with Flowers. Colorless, polychrome lead glasses; paperweight, lampwork. Domed, circular form, enclosing a bouquet of three flowers with millefiori centers and matching buds: on the left a pale blue flower, above, or pink-and-white striped flower, and on the right, a purple striped flower, with light green leaves; the stems tied with a ribbed pink ribbon; polished pontil mark; paper label inscribed "146" in ink.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Peck, Clara S. (d. 1983), Source
1966-01-15
to
1983-05-20
Jokelson, Paul (d. 2002), Former Collection
James Graham and Sons, Former Collection
1966-01-15
Category: 
Paperweights
Color: 
Colorless, polychrome
colorless
Technique: 
paperweight, lampwork
paperweights

Exhibitions (1)

Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1978-04-26 through 1978-10-21

Publications (5)

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, pp. 152-153, P21; BIB# 35679
The Clara S. Peck Collection (1984) illustrated, p. 3, fig. 2; BIB# AI13749
The Clara Peck Collection (1983) illustrated, p. 3 (fig. 2); BIB# AI11335
Paperweights: Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows (1978) illustrated, pp. 77, 142, #144; BIB# 20097
Antique French Paperweights (1955) illustrated, p. 98, #C184; BIB# 19563