Artist/Maker
Baccarat
Artist/Maker
Clichy
Subject
George Washington
(American, 1732 – 1799)
Paperweight
1845-1850
Place madeFrance, Europe
Glass
Overall: 2 x 3 1/8 in. ( 5.1 x 7.9 cm )
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
1965.92
This paperweight was made either by Baccharat or Clichy (see "Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society," p. 168).
DescriptionLead glass paperweight of flattened spherical shape enclosing sulphide profile portrait of George Washington above a deep cobalt blue over white ground.ClassificationsGLASS
