paperweight
Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of Athena
Made FromLead glass, sulphide
Date1845-1855
Place MadeFrance
Techniquepaperweight, molded sulphide, millefiori
SizeOverall H: 5.6 cm, Diam: 7.9 cm
Accession Number83.3.84
Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless, blue, green, white lead glass; paperweight, molded sulphide, millefiori. Domed, circular form, enclosing a molded sulphide head of Athena, a female figure wearing a helmet with the figure of an owl mounted above the ear; encircled by a ring of millefiori canes, alternately lime-green and blue; polished concave base.Provenance
Source
Clara S. Peck
(d. 1983) - 1944-07-01-1983-05-20
Former Collection
Arthur Ackermann & Son, Inc.
- 1944-07-01
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