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Paperweight with Sulphide of John Quincy Adams

Paperweight with Sulphide of John Quincy Adams

 
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Object Name: 
Paperweight with Sulphide of John Quincy Adams
Department
American
Maker(s)
New England Glass Company, Maker
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Cambridge
Date: 
1852-1860
Color
Colorless, white sulphide
AAT
colorless
Technique
encased, molded sulphide
Accession Number: 
84.4.43
Credit Line: 
Clara S. Peck Endowment
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Colorless non-lead glass, white sulphide; encased, molded sulphide. Domed, circular form, enclosing a molded sulphide portrait of a man (John Quincy Adams), facing dexter, wearing a heavy coat; the reverse plain; polished pontil mark.
Provenance
Lyons, Louis, Source
1984-04-06
Peck Endowment, Clara S., Source
1984-04-06

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Exhibitions

Heads of State
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2003-03-20 through 2003-09-01
West Bridge Show

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