Apple Paperweight

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Object Name: 
Apple Paperweight
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Cambridge
Accession Number: 
78.4.68
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.2 cm; Base Diam: 9.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1860-1880
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton
Primary Description: 
Red-orange, yellow-green, black, colorless non-lead glasses; blown. Hollow apple paperweight on a colorless pad foot.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Houghton, Laura (Mrs. Amory), Source
1978-12-30
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (American, 1926-2020), Former Collection
1978-12-30
Category: 
Paperweights
Color: 
Red-orange, yellow-green,black
black
Technique: 
blown

Publications (2)

The Corning Museum of Glass and the Finger Lakes Region (1993) illustrated, p. 37, #57; BIB# 35681
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, p. 168, P52; BIB# 35679