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Paperweight

Paperweight

 
Print
 
Object Name: 
Paperweight
Place Made: 
United States
Date: 
1900-1940
Color
Opalescent, opaque white
AAT
opalescence
Technique
AAT
paperweights
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.5 cm, Diam: 8 cm
Accession Number: 
78.4.162
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Opalescent and opaque white non-lead glasses; paperweight of foggy opalescent glass enclosing an opalescent white dome.
Provenance
Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory), Source
1978-12-30
Houghton, The Honorable Amory, Former Collection
1978-12-30

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