Paperweight with 3 Swans

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Object Name:

Department

Modern

Category

Paperweights

Place Made:

Europe

Date:

1950

Color

Colorless, blue, white, orange

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colorless

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blue

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white

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Technique

paperweight, lampwork

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paperweights

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 6.3 cm, Diam: 8.1 cm

Accession Number:

83.3.178

Credit Line:

Bequest of Clara S. Peck

Location:

On Display

Description

Colorless, blue, opaque white, orange, black non-lead glass; paperweight, lampwork. Domed, circular form, enclosing three crudely lampworked white swans, with raised wings, orange beaks, and black eyes; swimming in a blue "pond", backed with opaque white; polished flat base with fake wear; paper label with illegible number inscribed in ink.

Provenance

Peck, Clara S., Source to 1983-05-20

Publications (1)

Publications

Paperweight Pals (2012) illustrated, pp. 17, 22; BIB# 130749

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