New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Paperweight

Manufacturer Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat (French, founded 1764)

CultureFrench

Date1920-1934

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Base: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Donald A. Kilmer in memory of Donald A. Kilmer

Object number90.56

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 2, Section 3 Sh1

DescriptionColorless dome-shaped paperweight with a pansy. Flower has two purple upper petals, three amber/yellow lower petals lined with opaque white, purple tips and applied fine veining. Central white stardust cane with red & white whorl center. Purple & amber/yellow bud, stems and ten green leaves. Polished concave colorless base cut with sixteen-point star.

Published ReferencesGeraldine J. Casper, GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS OF THE BERGSTROM-MAHLER MUSEUM, pl. 48, Nos. 367 & 881, ppl. XXXII-XXXIV, for close design parallels, same configuration as No. 881. Paul Hollister, Jr., THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS, pp. 62-63 & 270-271. Hollister notes that Baccarat made copies of its classic pansy weights & that amber was used instead of butter yellow.