Chrysanthemum Paperweight

The New York Botanical Garden in association with Lunt Silversmiths, a leader in innovative silver design, has developed a distinctive collection of tableware, decorative accessories, and gifts inspired by some of the finest examples of botanical art in the Rare Book Collections of the Garden’s LuEsther T. Mertz Library. Combining beautiful 18th-century botanical imagery with a modern sensibility, these exquisitely crafted pieces are objects to be treasured as heirlooms.

The silver-plate chrysanthemum paperweight is inspired by color woodcuts by Kanezumi Imai from Kikka Meiji-sen, or Catalog of Select Chrysanthemums, a very rare nursery catalog published in Tokyo in 1891. Measuring 5” wide, the plump chrysanthemum is beautifully detailed and captures the loveliness of a flower treasured by the Japanese. It comes in a handsome gift box with The New York Botanical Garden logo.