paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Maker Cristal d'Albret

Made FromLead glass, ceramic

Date1967

Place MadeFrance

Techniquehand-formed, cut

Accession Number92.3.40

Credit LineGift of Ronald Wolcott

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Heads of State

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, green, opaque white lead glass, ceramic; hand-formed, cut. Hexagonal shape with one circular facet on top and six around sides, enclosing a white ceramic bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt on a green background. Sulphide marked "ROOSEVELT" and "OS 1967"; waffle design cut on base, circular gold paper label on bottom with "CRISTAL/d'ALBRET" around "MADE/IN/FRANCE" and "Cristal d'Albret, France" scratched low on one side.
Provenance

Source Roland Wolcott

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