New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Contemporary Studio

Manufacturer Kent F. Ipsen (American, 1933 - 2012)

CultureAmerican

Date1991

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Base: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

InscribedMark in diamond-point script lower side: "IPSEN/1991".

Credit LineGift of Reneé and Arthur Diamonstein

Object number91.10

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DescriptionPaperweight of colorless glass. High-domed gather encasing spiral "batts" of multi-colored glass incorporating clear blue, opaque white and yellow with trapped air bubbles (giving appearance of aventurine). Batts trail off into slender blue streaks near the top. One large ellipsoid bubble to one side near the top. Rough pontil scar. Lightly polished. Rest of bottom ground and polished.