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Object NamePaperweight
Made FromNon-lead glass
Date1845-1855
Place MadeBohemia
Techniquecut, engraved
SizeOverall H: 4.6 cm, Diam (max): 7.7 cm
Accession Number81.3.3
Credit LineGift in honor of Ray Blockman and Ira Jacobson
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass with millefiori canes and colored powdered glass inclusions; cut, engraved. Low, domed, circular form; surface cut: star cut on the top of a ten-sided polygon, with three bands of cut triangles below, each centered with a rough-cut circle, and each point with rough cut circles; cut circular base, with engraved monogram "MAV"; enclosing a "jasper" ground of yellow-green and other colors; millefiori canes set randomly into the ground.Provenance
Source
L. H. Selman Ltd.
- 1980-12-19
Source
Alan Zell
- 1980-12-19
