Collection Highlights
Coach
ca. 1770
1911.25
Wood, iron, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object name
Paperweight
Date
1845-1850
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 1 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 4.4 x 7 cm )
Description
Lead glass paperweight of flattened spherical shape enclosing sulphide profile portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette on a rose ground.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number
1965.135
Marks
handwritten in ink: on lower edge of sulphide: "Lafayette"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
