paperweight

Object NameMantle Ornament Paperweight and Base

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1900-1930

Place MadeEurope

SizeOverall H: 14.4 cm, W: 7.5 cm

Accession Number83.3.158 B

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless, polychrome non-lead glass; blown, paperweight. Ball supported on a stand with bird knop; (a) the stand formed as a conical colorless cup on short stem, flared at the base; ball knop fitted with swirled pieces of colorful glass; applied S-shaped pink neck with red comb, applied two-layer wings on either side, with colorful glass chips, and applied and pincered striped pink tail; capstan stem and disk foot, one with paper label inscribed "PR/153" in ink; (b) the ball, with cut flat base, filled with two layers of colorful glass chips, with five bubbles piercing and rising from them.
Provenance

Source Clara S. Peck (d. 1983) - 1983-05-20