Paperweight with 3 Swans

Object Name: 
Paperweight with 3 Swans

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Object Name: 
Paperweight with 3 Swans
Place Made: 
Europe
Accession Number: 
83.3.178
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6.3 cm, Diam: 8.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1950
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Clara S. Peck
Primary Description: 
Colorless, blue, opaque white, orange, black non-lead glass; paperweight, lampwork. Domed, circular form, enclosing three crudely lampworked white swans, with raised wings, orange beaks, and black eyes; swimming in a blue "pond", backed with opaque white; polished flat base with fake wear; paper label with illegible number inscribed in ink.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Peck, Clara S. (d. 1983), Source
1983-05-20
Category: 
Paperweights
Color: 
Colorless, blue, white, orange
colorless
blue
white
Technique: 
paperweight, lampwork
paperweights

Publications (1)

Paperweight Pals (2012) illustrated, pp. 17, 22; BIB# 130749