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About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Lyman, Fenton & Co.

Title

Paperweight

Place

Bennington (Object made in:)

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c. 1849–1858

Medium

Earthenware

Inscriptions

Impressed on base in a circle: "Lyman, Fenton & Co./Bennington [Vt]/Fenton's/enamel/Patent/1849"

Dimensions

7.3 × 11.3 × 6.7 cm (2 7/8 × 4 7/16 × 2 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Amelia Blanxius Collection, gift of Emma B. Hodge and Jene E. Bell

Reference Number

1912.39

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