Painted Trillium

Object NamePaperweight

Artist Paul Stankard (American, b. 1943)

Made FromGlass

Date1974

Place MadeUnited States, NJ, Mantua

Techniquepaperweight technique, flameworked

SizeOverall H: 4 cm, Diam: 5.8 cm

Accession Number74.4.147

Credit LineGift of Reese Palley

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent amethyst, translucent chartreuse green, opaque white and reddish brown glass; lampworked elements. Bulbous body with colorless upper area and lower amethyst base area; green stamen; three petal white flower with reddish brown accents; six green alternating green pointed petals and protruding green stem; marked on base with white inlaid cane: "PS"; also scratch-engraved: "1974/©/A529".
Provenance

Source Reese Palley - 1974-08-19