French Clichy glass paperweight, 19th century
French Clichy glass paperweight, 19th century
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Description
French Clichy glass paperweight, 19th century, a spaced millefiore in clear glass, set with six cane wreaths made up of star-rod bundles surrounding a central cane wreath with a pastry-mold cane in the centre.
Notes: The millefiori (‘thousand flowers’ in Italian) paperweight technique was most likely developed concurrently by glassworkers in Venice, France and Bohemia during the 1830s; the earliest extant examples date to the 1840s. However, France soon emerged as the centre of production, with three manufactories in particular producing a range of weights of exceedingly high quality: Baccarat, Saint Louis, and Clichy
| item details | |
|---|---|
| Material and Technique | Glass with millefiori cane decoration |
| Origin | French |
| Period | 19th Century |
| Diameter | Approx. 7.8cm. (3in.) |
Product REF: Y642
