Paperweight with Sulphide of Queen Victoria

Object Name: 
Paperweight with Sulphide of Queen Victoria

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Object Name: 
Paperweight with Sulphide of Queen Victoria
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, probably Baccarat
Accession Number: 
83.3.79
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.4 cm, Diam: 8.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1845-1855
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Clara S. Peck
Primary Description: 
Paperweight with Sulphide of Queen Victoria. Colorless, transparent red, white sulphide lead glass; paperweight, sulphide, cut. Low, polygonal form, with polygonal cut amider on top, and triangular and diamond facets on the side; applied tapered red disk base; enclosing a molded portrait bust of the young Queen Victoria, and inscribed in an arc above: "VICTORIA I REINE DE LA GRANDE BRETAGNE"; polished flat base; paper label inscribed "31" in ink.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Peck, Clara S. (d. 1983), Source
1969-03-11
to
1983-05-20
DeWaters, Mary Rich, Former Collection
1969-03-11
Category: 
Paperweights
Color: 
Colorless, transparent red
colorless
Technique: 
paperweight, sulphide, cut
paperweights
crystallo ceramie

Exhibitions (1)

Heads of State
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2003-03-20 through 2003-09-01
West Bridge Show

Publications (2)

Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (1992) illustrated, p. 151, P18; BIB# 35679
Story of Glass Coloring Book (1981) illustrated, p. 38, bottom row, center; BIB# 67749