Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Study for Havell pl. no. 26
c. 1825
1863.17.26
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight: sulphide
Object name
Paperweight: sulphide
Date
ca. 1850
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 1 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 4.1 x 6.7 cm )
Description
Lead glass paperweight of flattened spherical shape enclosing sulphide double profile portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on pale translucent cranberry ground.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number
1965.438
Marks
handwritten in ink: on lower edge of sulphide: "Victoria - Albert"
Gallery Label
Both Clichy of France and New England Glass Company of Massachusetts have been suggested as possible manufacturers of this paperweight.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is su