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Object Name:

Paperweight

Department

Modern

Place Made:

United States

Date:

1969

Color

Colorless, blue

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colorless

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Technique

paperweight, cut, enameled, engraved

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paperweights

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      - paperweights (ref)

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enameling

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  - coating (ref)
    - enameling (ref)

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cut glass

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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), Source

1978-12-30

Houghton, The Honorable Amory, Former Collection

1978-12-30

Publications (1)

Publications

Paperweight Pals (2012) illustrated, pp. 4, 21; BIB# 130749

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