paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of Queen Victoria

Maker Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Date1845-1855

Techniquepaperweight, sulphide, lampworked

SizeOverall H: 4.1 cm, Diam: 6.2 cm

Accession Number83.3.169

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

France, Saint-Louis

Physical DescriptionColorless, red, green lead glass; paperweight, sulphide, lampworked. Domed, circular form, enclosing a small molded sulphide of the young Queen Victoria, inscribed in blue script at the base "Victoria"; framed by a laurel wreath tied with a red bow; polished pontil; paper label, inscribed "169" in ink.
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