Place MadeFrance
DateCirca 1875-1900
Mediumbronze
Dimensions5 1/4 × 3 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (13.3 × 8.3 × 13.3 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.3896
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA desk ornament or paperweight made of cast metal in the form of the classic fouled sea-monster dolphin. The motif has a sphere suspended between the two pairs of flukes and surmounted by fleur de lis. The casting is bronze and the dolphins and the fleur de lis is gilded. The sphere is painted midnight blue. The motif is mounted on a platform with gilded trim. [Similar to 2001.100.3803].On View
Not on view
Mount Washington Glass Company
Circa 1870-1900
Cary, Floyd Francis
Sherman, Charles R.
Sherman, Charles R.
Cary, Floyd Francis
