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Object NamePaperweight

Maker Atelier Musee du Verre

Made FromGlass, Copper (?), Wire

Date1995

TechniqueFormed from three superimposed gathers; first, decorated

SizeOverall H: 7.0 cm, Diam: 8.6 cm

Accession Number95.3.69

Credit LineGift of Ecomusee de la region Fourmies-Trelon

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

France

Physical DescriptionColorless glass, red and copper-colored wire; glass, copper(?) wire; formed from three superimposed gathers; first and second gathers decorated with wire; base ground and polished. Paperweight: dome-shaped. Base plain, slightly concave. Interior contains two layers of wire, one loosely applied to onion-shaped innermost gather, other applied after object had been cased with second gather. Minute bubbles of air trapped on surface of wires create silver highlights. Glass contians several bubbles up to 0.3 cm across.
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