Collection Highlights
Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C.
ca. 1797
1907.32
oil on linen, lined to fiberglass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mantle Ornament paperweight
Object name
Mantle Ornament paperweight
Date
1890-1910
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 15.6 x 8.6 cm )
Description
Colorless lead glass paperweight in the form of a flattened sphere mounted atop a pedestal consisting of stem with hollow ball knop and flat pad foot with pontil mark; internal motif of flat pink poinsettia dotted with goldstone, five green leaves, and stem.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number
1965.141
Gallery Label
This paperweight may have been created by Nicholas Lutz during his later years at the Mt. Washington Glass Co. in New Bedford, Massachusetts, or at the Union Glass Co. in Somerville, Massachusetts (see "Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society," p. 134). Lutz worked at the Mt. Washington factory from 1892 until 1895 and at the Union factory from 1895 until his death in 1904.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
