paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Dahlia

Made FromLead (?) glass

Date1845-1855

Techniquepaperweight, lampworked

SizeOverall H: 6.2 cm, Diam: 8.1 cm

Accession Number83.3.122

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows

Place Made

probably France

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Dahlia. Colorless, yellow, red, green lead glass (?); paperweight, lampworked. Domed, circular form, enclosing a large, domed, multi-petaled flower with red-striped, waffled petals, with pink stamens and green center; three green leaves; polished pontil mark; paper label, inscribed "93" in ink.
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about 1962-1968