doorknob
Object NameDoorknob
Made FromLead glass, sulphide, brass
Date1844
Place MadeFrance
Techniqueencased, cut, molded sulphide, sheet-metal mounts
SizeOverall H: 4.8 cm, Diam: 5.7 cm
Accession Number84.3.121
Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, white sulphide; encased, cut, molded sulphide, sheet-metal mounts. Circular shape, with rounded end and tapered, short shank; enclosing a molded sulphide bust-length portrait of a man (Marquis de Lafayette), facing sinister, wearing a heavy coat; inscribed "1844" [?] on the shoulder; reverse plain; octagonal, rough-cut flange; in a two-part brass collar, one a ring, the other of loose L-shaped collar with incised line on the outside, cut threading inside; inscribed on the side in white paint "13.33.8".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.
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.
about 1830-1850
about 1820-1840
about 1820-1840
about 1820-1840
