Environmental Paperweight
Artist
Paul Stankard
(American, b. 1943)
Date1992
MediumGlass
DimensionsOverall: 2 x 3 1/4 in. (5.1 x 8.3 cm)
Base: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Base: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift of Mike Belkin
Object number92.2
Terms
- Bee
- Flowers
- Berries
- Human figures
- Colorless
- Pink
- Blue
- Mantua, NJ
On View
On viewLabel TextPaul J. Stankard American (b. 1943) Environmental Paperweight, 1992 Encased flame-worked glass Gift of Mike and Annie Belkin of Novelty, Ohio 92.2 The glass bouquet within this paperweight represents blue forget-me-nots and a fruiting raspberry stalk. From the side the viewer can catch a glimpse of the root people (anthropomorphic figures) that the artist put on the underside of the paperweight to symbolize life under the earth. Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 04/18/2002
Paul Stankard
Libbey Glass Co.
Val St. Lambert
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770