paperweight
Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of a Pistol
Made FromNon-lead glass, sulphide
Dateabout 1860-1880
Place Madeprobably Bohemia
Techniqueencased, molded sulphide
SizeOverall H: 4.2 cm, Diam: 8.1 cm
Accession Number84.3.99
Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Exhibition of Sulphides and Sulphide-related Materials
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless, transparent ruby non-lead glass, white sulphide; encased, molded sulphide. Domed, circular shape, enclosing a molded sulphide of a pistol, pointed to the left; on a transparent red background; wide flat base with polished pontil mark.Provenance
Source
Louis Lyons
- 1984-04-06
Purchased from Louis Lyons in 1984 using funds from the Clara S. Peck Endowment Fund. Catalogue cards say that these objects were a bequest of Clara S. Peck (by exchange), and the purchase recommendation says the museum planned to use funds acquired by deaccessioning duplicate paperweights, including some given by Mrs. Amory Houghton and Mrs. Leigh M. Battson. Several paperweights bequeathed by Clara S. Peck in 1983 were also deaccessioned around that time.
Purchased from Louis Lyons in 1984 using funds from the Clara S. Peck Endowment Fund. Catalogue cards say that these objects were a bequest of Clara S. Peck (by exchange), and the purchase recommendation says the museum planned to use funds acquired by deaccessioning duplicate paperweights, including some given by Mrs. Amory Houghton and Mrs. Leigh M. Battson. Several paperweights bequeathed by Clara S. Peck in 1983 were also deaccessioned around that time.
1850-1910
about 1830-1850