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Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Fish Paperweight/Bookend
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Fish Paperweight/Bookend

Manufacturer Amalric Walter (French, 1870 - 1959)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1925
MediumPâte de verre
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Base: 1 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (4.1 x 18.7 cm)
InscribedImpressed on one side: "AWALTER NANCY" and on the other: "MALRIC" with a funny "M".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6351
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 2, Section 4 Sh2
DescriptionPaperweight/bookend of pate de verre glass. Fish "swimming" on stylized waves on a rectangular block. In shades of blue and green.

Published ReferencesNoel Daum, LA PATE DE VERRE, (Editions Denoel: Paris, 1984), ill. 199. Jean Hurstel. "Amalric Walter, créateur de la pâte de verre," LE PAYS LORRAIN: JOURNAL DE LA SOCIÉTÉ D'HISTOIRE DE LA LORRAINE & DU MUSÉE LORRAIN. Vol. 81. 09/2000:pp. 183-194; ill. 190.
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