Benjamin Franklin Sulphide Paperweight

circa 1850
glass
3 1/4 in. x 3 1/4 in. (8.26 cm x 8.26 cm)
The Henry Melville Fuller Collection, 1998.1.197

Clichy Glasshouse
French, active 1837–1885

1985 Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, "Heirlooms: Historical Art and Decorative Arts from New Hampshire Collectors." Sept. 7 - Oct. 13.

1993 Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, "Paperweights from the Henry Melville Fuller Collection." March 20 - June 13.

1995 George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Springfield, MA, "Enchantments in Crystal: Paperweights from the Henry Melville Fuller and the Elizabeth Wheeler Collections." April 23 - June 25.

1996-1997 Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, "Art Glass from the Currier's Permanent Collection and Paperweights from the Collection of Henry Melville Fuller." Oct. 16, 1996 - April 15, 1997.

1999 Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, "Worlds of Beauty and Enchantment: The Henry Melville Fuller Collection of Paperweights." March 13 - June 14.

Leo Kaplan Ltd., New York, NY
Purchased by Henry Melville Fuller, March 30, 1985
Gift to Currier Gallery of Art, 1998