paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of Chief Sitting Bull

Factory Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat

Maker Gilbert Poillerat (French, 1902-1988)

Made FromLead Glass, Sulphide

Date1976

Place MadeFrance, Baccarat

TechniquePaperweight, cut

SizeOverall H: 4.2 cm, Diam: 7.5 cm

Accession Number78.3.23

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jokelson

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Sulphide of Chief Sitting Bull. Colorless lead glass; paperweight, molded encased sulphide, furnace-worked; cut. Domed, circular form, with a large cut circular facet on top, and eight oval facets on the side; enclosing a molded orange sulphide portrait of an Indian, full-face, impressed "GP76/Sitting Bull [script]/CA" on the plinth; cut rays on the flat base; cut circular depression in the center, etched "CR. ALBRET - FRANCE-" in a circle.
Provenance

Source Mrs. Paul Jokelson - 1978-10-31

Source Paul Jokelson (d. 2002) - 1978-10-31