Paperweight
Paperweight
Manufacturer
Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint-Louis
(French, founded 1586)
Place of OriginSaint-Louis-lès-Bitche, France
Dateabout 1840
DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 1 5/8 × 3 3/16 in. (4.1 × 8.1 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1917.502
Not on View
DescriptionEncased millefiori decoration. Colorless dome of unusually low profile enclosing flat bouquet of six millefiori canes, yellow stems, and dark green "bleeding" leaves; red and white jasper ground; on side, a torsade of yellow, blue and white, spiraling to right.
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