paperweight
Object NamePaperweight with Iridescent Finish
Studio
Lundberg Studios
Made FromSilver nitrate glass
Date1973
Place MadeUnited States, CA, Davenport
Techniqueoff-hand formed
SizeOverall H: 5.5 cm, Diam: 8 cm
Accession Number74.4.106
Credit LineGift of L. H. Selman Ltd.
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Iridescent Finish. Opaque silver nitrate glass with silver-blue iridescent finish; off-hand formed; blown, applied decoration, iridized, furnace-worked and cased. Flattened spherical-shape; opaque copper carbonate red and opaque orange hooked threading having three pulls upward and three pulls downward; three circular opaque red tessera with iridescent blue stars in center marvered in atop three downward pulls; ground and polished base; scratch-engraved inscription on base: "Lundberg 12/73".Provenance
Source
L. H. Selman Ltd.
