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Paperweight
St Louis Glass Factory (St Louis Glass Factory, Bitche Lorraine)
Paperweight, glass, a green stem with five leaves and four millefiori flowers resting on a pad of clear glass covered with an amber-coloured stain, set in a solid dome of clear glass with a ground flat base, the surface of the dome cut into hexagonal facets.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51037
Creation/Production
St Louis Glass Factory
Date: 1845-1860 ca
Acquisition
Gift, 24/12/1968
Given by A.R. Llewellin-Taylour
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.7
diam
(cm): 6.4
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 2
Techniques
glass cane
forming
Applied Art
fused
decoration
Applied Art
embedded in glass
forming
Applied Art
stained
decoration
Applied Art
cut
decoration
Applied Art
Material
glass
metal oxides
Location
In store
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