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Paneled Carpet Ground Paperweight with Sulphide Portrait of Empress Josephine

Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louisc.1845-1855

Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass

Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass
Neenah, Wisconsin, United States

This complex paperweight design uses closely arranged millefiori canes placed in alternating colored panels of red and blue separated by a row of white canes, subtly suggesting the French flag. They surround and accentuate the central figure of Empress Josephine.

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  • Title: Paneled Carpet Ground Paperweight with Sulphide Portrait of Empress Josephine
  • Creator: Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis
  • Date: c.1845-1855, c.1845-1855
  • Physical Dimensions: h4.9 x w7.2 cm
  • Type: Paperweight
  • External Link: Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass
  • Medium: Glass
  • Object ID: PW 1958.125.125
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Evangeline H. Bergstrom
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass

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