Paperweight with Bee

Object Name: 
Paperweight with Bee

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Object Name: 
Paperweight with Bee
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NJ, Mantua
Accession Number: 
90.4.275
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.1 cm, Diam: 7.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1982
Credit Line: 
Anonymous Gift
Primary Description: 
Colorless, white and blue glass; flameworked and cased.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Anonymous Source
1990-12-14
Anonymous Source
1990-12-14
Category: 
Paperweights
Studio Glass
Color: 
colorless
blue
white
Technique: 
lampworked
Material: 
glass
Copyright: 
© Paul Stankard

Exhibitions (1)

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2006-11-16 through 2007-03-18
West Bridge Exhibit

Publications (1)

Paperweight Pals (2012) illustrated, pp. 20, 22; BIB# 130749