Object Details
- Clichy
- Description (Brief)
- In the 1700s, paperweights made from textured stone or bronze were part of the writer’s tool kit, which also included a quill pen and stand, inkpot, and blotter. By the mid-1800s, decorative paperweights produced by glassmakers in Europe and the United States became highly desired collectibles.
- Decorative glass paperweights reflected the 19th-century taste for intricate, over-the-top designs. Until the spread of textiles colorized with synthetic dyes, ceramics and glass were among the few objects that added brilliant color to a 19th-century Victorian interior. The popularity of these paperweights in the 1800s testifies to the sustained cultural interest in hand craftsmanship during an age of rapid industrialization.
- The French firm, Verrerie de Clichy, began operation after merging with another local glassworks in 1837. The height of paperweight production at the firm was 1846 to 1857.
- This rare, unrecorded Clichy glass paperweight has a five-petal white flower with a yellow center suspended in a clear ball.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Florence E. Bushee
- 1845-1850
- ID Number
- CE.65.463
- catalog number
- 65.463
- accession number
- 264964
- collector/donor number
- 80
- Object Name
- paperweight
- Physical Description
- glass, transparent (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/16 in x 3 in; 5.23875 cm x 7.62 cm
- place made
- France: Île-de-France, Clichy-la-Garenne
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
- Paperweights
- Art
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_596665
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-48a7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
