Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight fragment: fruit
Object Number:
1965.118
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 1.9 x 7 cm )
Description:
Colorless, circular glass paperweight base, with fragment of blown glass fruit form embedded in top.
Gallery Label:
Paperweights of this type were a specialty of the New England Glass Company (see "Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society," p. 127).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
