Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
ca. 1866
1921.20
Steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object name
Paperweight
Date
1861-1880
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 2 x 2 3/4 in. ( 5.1 x 7 cm )
Description
Lead glass paperweight with shallow circular punty cut on top and six long, very deeply cut oval punties on sides; aquamarine blue carpet ground of crimped canes around a central cane of white and blue; perimeter of white canes tucking into the center of the base.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number
1965.162
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
