paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of Apollo Belvedere

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Dateabout 1830-1850

Place Madeprobably France

Techniqueencased, cut, molded sulphide

SizeOverall H: 6.5 cm, Diam: 8.8 cm

Accession Number84.3.147

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide. Large circular knob mounted on a square pedestal base; top of the knob with a circular, slightly convex panel, revealing a molded sulphide portrait of a man, facing dexter, with a quiver of arrows over his shoulder ("Apollo Belvedere"), reverse plain; sides cut with short, slanted ribs, alternately plain or with fine grooving; a horizontal groove cut below the ribbing, and a band of linked facets below that; short waisted stem above a stepped circular base with a band of flat facets; on a thick, square base with chamfered sides; underside of the base covered with large strawberry diamonds.
Provenance

Source Louis Lyons - 1984-04-06
Purchased from Louis Lyons in 1984 using funds from the Clara S. Peck Endowment Fund. Catalogue cards say that these objects were a bequest of Clara S. Peck (by exchange), and the purchase recommendation says the museum planned to use funds acquired by deaccessioning duplicate paperweights, including some given by Mrs. Amory Houghton and Mrs. Leigh M. Battson. Several paperweights bequeathed by Clara S. Peck in 1983 were also deaccessioned around that time.