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Object NamePaperweight

Maker Joseph W. Becker

Maker Douglas J. Becker

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1988

Place MadeUnited States

Techniquegathered, trailed, fumed, cut

SizeOverall H: 5.6 cm, L: 8.3 cm

Accession Number89.4.149

Credit LineGift of Joseph W. Becker and Douglas J. Becker

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass, polychrome canes; gathered, trailed, fumed, cut. Globular shape, enclosing a second gather, with large circular facet on one side cutting through the inner gather, a smaller one on the back, and a third on the bottom forming the foot, of colorless glass with random trailing on the surface, fumed yellowish coating; inside, another gather with polychrome random threading and spots and iridescent surface, forming an ovoid envelope within the clear glass; inside, three large air bubbles; scratched script signature on the bottom facet: "Douglas J. Becker / 1988 / Joseph W. Becker".
Provenance

Source Douglas J. Becker - 1989-12-20

Source Joseph W. Becker - 1989-12-20