Paperweight with Flowers

Object Name: 
Paperweight with Flowers

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Object Name: 
Paperweight with Flowers
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, Saint-Louis
Accession Number: 
57.3.185
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1845-1855
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Primary Description: 
Colorless, polychrome lead glass; paperweight, lampwork. Domed, circular form, enclosing an upright bouquet of four flowers, one red, one white, one blue, and one amber, with yellow or white centers, amid numerous green leaves; encircled near the base by a green and white spiral torsade; polished concave base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (American, 1926-2020), Former Collection
1957
Lindon, Maurice, Former Collection
Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory), Source
1957
Category: 
Paperweights
Color: 
Colorless, polychrome
colorless
Technique: 
paperweight, lampwork
paperweights