The Lucky Ones

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Object Name: 
Paperweight
Title: 
The Lucky Ones
Accession Number: 
2006.4.129
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4 cm, Diam (max): 6.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
2005
Credit Line: 
Gift of the artist
Primary Description: 
Colorless and multi-colored glass; flameworked, cased, hot-worked. Domed paperweight with a scene of the ocean front and three turtles entering the sea.
Provenance: 
Karolczuk, Jesse Taj (American, b. 1975), Source
2009-08-27
Category: 
Material: 
Inscription: 
Taj / 06
signature
Murrine cane slice Embedded in the underside of the weight Circular white cane slice with black and blue text in script
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2006-11-16 through 2007-03-18
West Bridge Exhibit
Paperweight Pals (2012) illustrated, cover, pp. 16, 22; BIB# 130749