Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Flower, bouquet paperweight
Object Number:
1965.298
Date:
1852-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. ( 5.7 x 7.9 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper labels affixed to base: "425" and "99"
Description:
Lead glass paperweight of flattened spherical shape with double overlay of opaque white and lavender cut with closely spaced circular and elliptical punties; white "mushroom" on the inside with flower bouquet on top and millefiori border.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this paperweight was manufactured by John L. Gilliland & Co. of Brooklyn, New York. Paul Hollister attributes it to the New England Glass Company of Cambridge, Massachusetts (see "Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society," p. 117).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
