Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
1859
S-225
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Paperweight: fruit
Object name
Paperweight: fruit
Date
1860-1880
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 2 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. ( 5.7 x 7.3 cm )
Description
Blown glass paperweight in the form of a red and yellow pear fused to a colorless, circular ("cookie") base.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number
1965.124
Marks
handwritten in ink: on paper labels affixed to base: "110" and "8 / 123"
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).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
