Apple Paperweight

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Object Name: 
Apple Paperweight
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, Cambridge
Accession Number: 
2011.2.3
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.1 cm, Diam: 8.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1981-1986
Credit Line: 
Gift of Anita León honoring Betty H. E. Sawyer
Primary Description: 
Colorless, translucent blue and green glass; hot-worked, applied decoration, iridized, ground. Apple paperweight decorated with dots of various shades of translucent blue and green; iridized. Base ground.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Leon, Anita, Source
2011-07-21
Category: 
Paperweights
Color: 
blue
green
Technique: 
hot-worked
applied decoration
iridized
grinding
Material: 
glass