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Object NamePaperweight with Sulphide of Woodrow Wilson

Maker Cristalleries de Baccarat

Made FromLead glass, ceramic

Date1971-1972

Place MadeFrance

Techniquehand-formed, cut

Accession Number92.3.44

Credit LineGift of Roland Wolcott

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, turquoise, opaque white lead glass, ceramic; hand-formed, cut. Hexagonal shape with flat circular facet cut on top and six around sides, enclosing a sulphide bust of Woodrow Wilson marked "M.RENARD 1971" on a turquoise ground, cut in sunburst pattern underneath and with acid-stamped trademark of "BACCARAT/FRANCE" around a decanter and glasses, flaring foot.
Provenance

Source Roland Wolcott