Collection Highlights
Ye book of copperheads
Date:
1863
Object Number:
LIB.XS.E647.L52.1863
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight: fruit
Object Number:
1965.124
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. ( 5.7 x 7.3 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper labels affixed to base: "110" and "8 / 123"
Description:
Blown glass paperweight in the form of a red and yellow pear fused to a colorless, circular ("cookie") base.
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.
