Paperweight

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Object Name: 
Paperweight
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
78.4.180
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.9 cm, W: 7.2 cm, D: 7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1969
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Primary Description: 
Colorless, blue non-lead glass; paperweight, blue sphere inside dome, flat face inscribed "JULY 1969" commemorating the manned landing on the moon.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory), Source
1978-12-30
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (American, 1926-2020), Former Collection
1978-12-30
Category: 
Paperweights
Color: 
Colorless, blue
colorless
Technique: 
paperweight, cut, enameled, engraved
paperweights
enameling
cut glass

Publications (1)

Paperweight Pals (2012) illustrated, pp. 4, 21; BIB# 130749