paperweight

Object NamePaperweight with Flowers

Artist Paul Stankard (American, b. 1943)

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Date1986

Place MadeUnited States, NJ, Mantua

TechniqueLampwork, paperweight

SizeOverall H: 5.2 cm, Diam: 8.3 cm

Accession Number86.4.68

Credit LineBequest of Ellen D. Sharpe, by exchange

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Not On View

Physical DescriptionPaperweight with Flowers. Colorless and polychrome non-lead glasses; Flameworked and cased. Domed, circular shape of colorless glass, enclosing a bouquet of flowers, fruit and foliage, with two sprays of tiny red flowers with yellow stamens, three sprigs with blueberries, and, in the center, a trailing arbutus plant with four pink flowers; inserted circular cane in the side, with a dark brown "S" on white, and incised "B45 1986" at the right side; polished, concave base.
Provenance

Source Ellen D. Sharpe

Source Leo Kaplan (d. 2013)