paperweight

Object NamePaperweight

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Dateabout 1960-1980

Place MadeChina, probably Boshan

Techniquepaperweight, millefiori, trailed, ground

SizeOverall H: 8 cm, W: 8.3 cm, D: 3.5 cm

Accession Number88.6.44

Credit LineGift from Estate of Zachary Taylor

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, opaque red, yellow, blue, and white non-lead glasses; paperweight, millefiori, trailed, ground. Slightly domed, circular form, made to stand upright on the edge; ground flat on one edge, ground flat on the back; rectangular millefiori canes with red and white veins arranged in a radiating pattern, with interspersed blue, yellow and white "eyes", to suggest the tail of a peacock; scrambled yellow, white, red and blue canes behind a molded, raised "neck" on the front, with applied red "head" and three radial yellow projections extending from the head; oval paper sticker on the back, printed "MADE / IN CHINA".
Provenance

Source Estate of Zachary Taylor - 1988-02-08