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Description
Mille-fiori glass paper weight; centre of yellow flowers with red centres; middle of red flowers with green centres; outer of white flowers with green centres, alternated by a green or blue flower per two white flowers.
Classification
DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT Writing Equipment (see also COMMERCE) paperweight
Measurements
H34 x Dia60 mm
Media/Materials description
Glass
History and use
This glass paperweight is part of the Ben Ronalds collection of fine ceramics and glassware. It is in the millefiori style, a glass-making technique characterised by small flower-like patterns. It is a unique piece in this collection as most of the glass objects within the collection are vases.
Over his lifetime, Ronalds acquired a world-class collection of Royal Worcester and comparative pieces from other ceramics and glassware manufacturers.
Benjamin Charles Ronalds (born 1892, died 1970) migrated to Australia in 1911 from England, having served an apprenticeship in the glass trade. In Brisbane, he worked with Oxlades glaziers before opening the Decorative Glass Company in West End from 1924, and his success supported his passion, formed in 1946, to collect Royal Worcester porcelain. Over the next almost 25 years he built up a remarkable collection of that factory’s products. As well as collecting locally, he made several trips overseas, and many interstate to Melbourne and Adelaide.
His collection of over 800 pieces was donated to the Queensland Museum in 1976.
Over his lifetime, Ronalds acquired a world-class collection of Royal Worcester and comparative pieces from other ceramics and glassware manufacturers.
Benjamin Charles Ronalds (born 1892, died 1970) migrated to Australia in 1911 from England, having served an apprenticeship in the glass trade. In Brisbane, he worked with Oxlades glaziers before opening the Decorative Glass Company in West End from 1924, and his success supported his passion, formed in 1946, to collect Royal Worcester porcelain. Over the next almost 25 years he built up a remarkable collection of that factory’s products. As well as collecting locally, he made several trips overseas, and many interstate to Melbourne and Adelaide.
His collection of over 800 pieces was donated to the Queensland Museum in 1976.
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Registration number
H12104
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