Collection Highlights
Memorial sample card
Date:
Object Number:
1947.490a
Medium:
Watercolor and hair on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Flower-Poinsettia paperweight
Object Number:
1965.288
Date:
1845-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 5.4 x 6.7 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper label affixed to base: "65. / 411"
Description:
Colorless lead glass paperweight in the form of a sphere with flat base; internal motif of poinsettia or dahlia-like flower with two layers of red petals, a coiled yellow center, and five green leaves and stem, all placed above a bold latticinio ground.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
