Collection Highlights
Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant
Date:
1656
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1656.D
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object Number:
1965.138
Date:
1845-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 3 in. ( 4.1 x 7.6 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper label affixed to base: "73"
Description:
Lead glass paperweight; circular, with flat top and faceted sides; sulphide profile portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette on a translucent lime green ground.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
