paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of Queen Victoria

Factory Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Dateabout 1845-1855

Place MadeFrance, probably Baccarat

Techniquepaperweight, sulphide, cut

SizeOverall H: 4.4 cm, Diam: 8.4 cm

Accession Number83.3.79

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Heads of State

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Sulphide of Queen Victoria. Colorless, transparent red, white sulphide lead glass; paperweight, sulphide, cut. Low, polygonal form, with polygonal cut amider on top, and triangular and diamond facets on the side; applied tapered red disk base; enclosing a molded portrait bust of the young Queen Victoria, and inscribed in an arc above: "VICTORIA I REINE DE LA GRANDE BRETAGNE"; polished flat base; paper label inscribed "31" in ink.
Provenance

Source Clara S. Peck (d. 1983) - 1969-03-11-1983-05-20

Former Collection Mary Rich DeWaters - 1969-03-11