Collection Highlights
At the Battle of Palo Alto
Date:
1846
Object Number:
PR.068.24
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Miniature paperweight seal
Object Number:
1965.455
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 7.3 x 4.4 cm )
Marks:
etched: on seal end: "Kramer, Smolensk [transliterated from Cyrillic]"
etched: on seal end: "C. N." or "C.W."
handwritten in ink: on paper label affixed to side of paperweight: "L.42[?] / 3.78"
handwritten in ink: on paper label affixed to seal end: "6
Description:
Colorless lead glass miniature paperweight seal with hexagonal top joined to faceted, knopped stem with a wafer of opaque white glass; top contains five pale yellow, blue, maroon, orange, and white flowers around a central crimson and white flower; seal end inscribed with Cyrillic letters and Gothic initials.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
