paperweight
Object NamePaperweight with Medieval Figures on Horses
Made FromGlass, gold-colored metal
Date1850
Place MadeEurope
Techniquecast; cast and sheet metal
SizeOverall H: 4.7 cm, Diam: 8.3 cm
Accession Number83.3.116
Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass, gold-colored metal, tinned iron; cast; cast and sheet metal. Low, domed, circular, ovoid lens, set on and glued to a tinned sheet-iron cup which holds a cast gold- colored scene of people on horseback in Medieval dress, a lady wearing a long, flowing veil, riding side-saddle, along with five other people, riding through a forest; the scene mostly matte, partly burnished; green felt applied to the bottom; paper label inscribed "86" in red ink.Provenance
Source
Clara S. Peck
(d. 1983) - 1983-05-20
