paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of Pope Pius XII

Maker Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat

Made FromLead glass, sulphide

Date1960

Techniquepaperweight, cut; encased, molded white sulphide

SizeOverall H: 4.1 cm, Diam: 7.1 cm

Accession Number78.3.145

Credit LineGift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

France

Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent dark red lead glasses; paperweight, cut; encased, molded white sulphide. Paperweight, enclosing a sulphide of Pope Pius XII on a red ground, the top and sides with cut circular facets.
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