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Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.
John Quincy Adams Paperweight
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.

John Quincy Adams Paperweight

Manufacturer Unknown
Date1825-1875
MediumGlass
DimensionsOverall: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number90.21
Terms
  • Colorless
On View
On view
DescriptionColorless glass dome-shaped paperweight enclosing a sulphide bust portrait of John Quincy Adams (profile to sinister). The basal ring is irregular, à la The New England Glass Co., but the profile is most like that associated with The Boston & Sandwich Glass Company.

Label TextJohn Quincy Adams Paperweight Attributed to the Cristalleries de Baccarat, France, ca. 1848-1855 Glass with sulphide inclusion Museum Purchase 90.21 This simple portrait of American statesman and president John Quincy Adams was made for the American market about the time of Adams' death in 1848, probably as a memorial keepsake. President Zachary Taylor, who died in 1850 while in office, was also commemorated in a mid-19th-century French paperweight. Edited By: GLY
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