Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.5
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object Number:
1945.308
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass, textile, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 3.5 x 8.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: on paper label affixed to reverse: "JENNY LIND"
Description:
Colorless lead glass paperweight; circular shape with colored lithographic portrait of a woman affixed to base and visible through rounded top; base is covered in black textile to which is affixed a green paper label with "JENNY LIND" inscribed in gold.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
