paperweight
Object NamePaperweight with 18th Century People
Made FromGlass, gold-colored metal
Dateabout 1850
Place MadeEurope
Techniquecast; cast and painted metal, sheet metal
SizeOverall H: 4.5 cm, Diam: 8.4 cm
Accession Number83.3.170
Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAmerican Gallery
Physical DescriptionPaperweight with 18th Century People. Colorless lead glass; painted gold-colored metal, pewter; cast; cast and painted metal, sheet metal. Low, domed, circular, ovoid lens, set on top of and cemented to a shallow sheet metal cup of pewter (?), enclosing a cast scene of men and women in 18th-century dress, from left to right, a woman in a gray dress; a seated man, wearing a blue coat and short brown pants; a seated woman wearing a copper-colored dress and green skirt; a man with his head in her lap, and kneeling on a cushion, wearing a dark gold coat and yellow pants; a man wearing a copper- colored coat and gray vest; and a woman wearing a gold-colored dress and pink skirt; with a landscape, trees and buildings in the background; paper label inscribed "170" in ink.Provenance
Source
Clara S. Peck
(d. 1983) - 1983-05-20
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