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Paperweight

Paperweight

 
Print
 
Object Name: 
Paperweight
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
United States
Date: 
1969
Color
Colorless, blue
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colorless
Technique
paperweight, cut, enameled, engraved
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paperweights
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enameling
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cut glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.9 cm, W: 7.2 cm, D: 7 cm
Accession Number: 
78.4.180
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless, blue non-lead glass; paperweight, blue sphere inside dome, flat face inscribed "JULY 1969" commemorating the manned landing on the moon.
Provenance
Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory) (Donor), Source to 1978-12-30
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (Donor), Former Collection to 1978-12-30

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