2 Paperweights

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Object Name: 
2 Paperweights
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NJ, Millville
Accession Number: 
83.4.64
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1900
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Clara S. Peck
Primary Description: 
Colorless, white, blue, red non-lead glass; paperweight, frit. Globular balls, with three circular facets cut in the sides; mounted on heavy disk feet; enclosing vertical depictions of a three-masted ship in white, sailing in powder-blue water, one (A) with a blue pennant, the other (B) with a red pennant; polished pontil mark; paper labels inscribed "35A" and "35B" in ink.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Peck, Clara S. (d. 1983), Source
1950-11-30
to
1983-05-20
Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC, Former Collection
1950-11-30
Category: 
Paperweights
Color: 
Colorless, white, blue, red
colorless
blue
white
Technique: 
paperweight, frit
paperweights

Objects in Set (2)

Paperweight
Artist:Kane, Michael
Date:1900
Accession Number:83.4.64 A
Paperweight
Artist:Kane, Michael
Date:1900
Accession Number:83.4.64 B