Paperweight with Horse and Female Rider

Object Name: 
Paperweight with Horse and Female Rider

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Object Name: 
Paperweight with Horse and Female Rider
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, WV, Scott Depot
Accession Number: 
2001.4.261
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.6 cm, W: 8 cm, D: 6.4 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1980
Credit Line: 
Gift of Margaret Pace Willson
Primary Description: 
Colorless, opaque white, translucent red and black glass; applied decoration, applied gold foil, hot-worked and cased. Square shape paperweight with internal decoration of a gold foil background, with a white horse and red rider in the foreground and a black border framing the decoration.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Willson, Margaret Pace, Source
2001
Category: 
Paperweights
Color: 
Colorless, Translucent red Opaque, White, Dark Bluish Black, Gold
colorless
white
Technique: 
Furnace Worked, applied, cased
Material: 
glass
gold leaf
Inscription: 
Robert Willson
Signature
: 
edge near base script
Copyright: 
© Robert Willson

Exhibitions (2)

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2006-11-16 through 2007-03-18
West Bridge Exhibit
Robert Willson: A Texan in Venice
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2003-05-15 through 2003-11-09
 

Publications (1)

Robert Willson -- Bringing Life to Solid Glass. (2011) p. 18; BIB# AI84204