Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2013.

Paperweight

Manufacturer Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis (French, founded 1767)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1845-1855

MediumSculpted glass and millefiori canes

DimensionsBase: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
Overall: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Lewis Keyes

Object number2008.5.2

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-4, Case 30

ProvenanceCollection of Lewis Keyes, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Bequest of Lewis Keyes, 2008 Published ReferencesPaul Hollister, Jr., _The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights_ (Santa Cruz, CA; Paperweight Press, 1987) ISBN: 978-0933756106. Similar example Paul Hollister and Dwight Lanmon, _Paperweights: Flowers which clothe the meadows_ (New York: Dover Publications; 3RD edition, 1981) ISBN: 0486241572, 978-0486241579. Similar example Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 94-95.