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Maker(s):Baccarat
Culture:French
Title:Paperweight: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Date Made:1955
Type:Household Accessory
Materials:sulphide
Place Made:France
Measurements:1 11/16 x 2 13/16 in. diameter; 4.2863 x 7.1438 cm
Narrative Inscription:  on base of portrait: GP 1954, etched on rim of base: BACCARAT 1955
Accession Number:  SC 1970.17.168
Credit Line:Bequest of Mrs. Alfred T. Wheeler (Elizabeth Thornton, class of 1918)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
bust of man on transparent green underlay, six punties around, one punty above; portrait; man; political event/figure

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