Paperweight with Rose

Object Name: 
Paperweight with Rose

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Object Name: 
Paperweight with Rose
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, probably MA, New Bedford
Accession Number: 
83.4.62
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.6 cm, Diam (max): 11.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1870-1890
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Clara S. Peck
Primary Description: 
Colorless, pink, green, yellow lead glasses; paperweight, lampwork. Large domed, circular form, enclosing a multi-petaled mottled pink rose with yellow center; on green stem, with two pink buds and eight green leaves; rough pontil mark; paper label inscribed "27." in ink.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Peck, Clara S. (d. 1983), Former Collection
1950-02-23
to
1983
C. W. Lyon Inc., Former Collection
1950-02-23
Category: 
Early American
Paperweights
Color: 
yellow
colorless
pink
green
Technique: 
lampworking
paperweights
Material: 
lead glass

Publications (5)

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999) illustrated, p. 44; BIB# 63967
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: 32 Ready-to-Mail Full-Color Postcards (1998) illustrated, #22; BIB# 61155
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, p. 165, P48; BIB# 35679
The Clara S. Peck Collection (1984) illustrated, p. 6, fig. 6; BIB# AI13749
The Clara Peck Collection (1983) illustrated, p. 6 (fig. 6); BIB# AI11335