Collection Highlights
A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
Date:
1670
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1670.Den
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight: sulphide
Object Number:
1965.438
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 4.1 x 6.7 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on lower edge of sulphide: "Victoria - Albert"
Description:
Lead glass paperweight of flattened spherical shape enclosing sulphide double profile portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on pale translucent cranberry ground.
Gallery Label:
Both Clichy of France and New England Glass Company of Massachusetts have been suggested as possible manufacturers of this paperweight.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
