Paperweight for Elks Club

Object Name:

Department

American

Maker(s)

Corning Inc., Maker

B & C Factory, Maker

Place Made:

United States

Date:

1920-1930

Color

Colorless, opaque white,purple

AAT

colorless

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AAT

purple

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Technique

paperweight technique

Dimensions:

Overall H: 6.1 cm, Diam: 9.3 cm

Accession Number:

86.4.199

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Dimitroff

Location:

Not on Display

Description

Colorless, opaque white, purple, black, blue non-lead glasses; paperweight technique. Domed, circular shape; colorless dome on top of a rounded cushion of opaque white; decoration on top of the white, consisting of "BPOE 1071" in blue letters in an arc above a purple ring; inside the ring, a head of an elk in black, ringed by blue numerals "1" through "12"; ground, flat base, with colorless area showing through at the center, and a conical depression.

Provenance

Dimitroff, Peetie (Mrs. Thomas), Source

Dimitroff, Thomas P., Source

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