paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Portrait of Henvry IV

Made FromLead glass, gold foil

Dateabout 1820-1840

Place MadeFrance

Techniqueencased, cut, enameled, metal foil

SizeOverall H: 6.5 cm, Diam: 8.8 cm

Accession Number84.3.145

Credit LineClara S. Peck Endowment Fund

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; encased, cut, enameled metal foil. Large, flat knob mounted on a flat base; top with a circular, slightly convex panel, revealing a stamped, gold foil, enameled medal, with ring above a crown with a five-armed white cross below, a molded gold male portrait, facing sinister, in the center (Henry IV), encircled by a blue ring with gold dots, with a green wreath behind the cross; sides of the knob with raised cut flat rope work, sides concave, with the rope-work band continuing across the area; knob with cut steps below; short, cylindrical stem, above a tapered, circular base with cut panels; on a step-cut, thick octagonal foot, with petal-cut rim; the underside covered with large cut strawberry diamonds.
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).