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Gila Monster

Object NamePaperweight

Factoryprobably Cristallerie de Pantin

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1878-1880

Place MadeFrance, Pantin

TechniquePaperweight, lampwork

SizeOverall H: 8.7 cm, Diam: 10.8 cm

Accession Number83.3.172

Credit LineBequest of Clara S. Peck

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionPaperweight, "Gila Monster". Colorless, red, green, yellow, white lead glasses; lampworked; furnace-worked and cased. Domed, circular form, enclosing a lampworked animal (reptile?) with yellow-spotted black skin, finned back, spatulate tail, red eyes; with two plants alongside, both with arching green leaves, one with a white flower, the other a red flower, both with yellow stamens; on a mottled green ground with tan "sand" and granular white underneath; polished pontil mark; paper label, inscribed "97" in ink.
Provenance

Source Clara S. Peck (d. 1983) - 1961-05-12-1983-05-20

Former Collection Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC - 1961-05-12