Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Paperweight
Object name
Paperweight
Date
1850-1870
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 1 x 3 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 8.9 cm )
Description
Colorless lead glass plaque paperweight; hexagonal shape with beveled top edge and acid-finished profile portrait of a man pressed intaglio into base; "HENRY CLAY" inscribed below portrait.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1948.397
Marks
pressed: below portrait: "HENRY CLAY"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
