Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Aquamarine paperweight/doorstop
Object Number:
1965.296
Date:
1913-1918
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 × 5 in. (15.9 × 12.7 cm)
Marks:
incised: on base: "1984H L.C. Tiffany. Favrile."
Description:
Aquamarine glass sphere intended for use as a doorstop, made to resemble a fishbowl with goldfish swimming inside; footed ovoid, with internal motif of two diaphanous, three-dimensional, lettuce green fish swimming among streamers of faintly iridescent aquatic material.
Bibliography:
Gray, Nina. “The work of Tiffany Studios.” The Magazine Antiques, Vol. 167, no.1, January 2005, p.194-201.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
