paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Woodrow Wilson

Maker Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat

Made FromLead glass, ceramic

Date1971

Place MadeFrance

Techniquehand-formed, cut

SizeOverall H: 5.7 cm, W: 11 cm, D: 11 cm

Accession Number92.3.43

Credit LineGift of Roland Wolcott

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, turquoise, opaque white lead glass, ceramic; hand-formed, cut. Hexagonal shape of colorless glass with a circular facet on top and six around the sides, enclosing a ceramic portrait bust of Woodrow Wilson which is signed "M.RENARD 1971" and is on a turquoise ground; base cut in a sunburst pattern and marked with acid-stamped Baccarat trademark of "BACCARAT/FRANCE" around a decanter and two glasses, flaring foot.
Provenance

Source Roland Wolcott

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