Paperweight
Manufacturer: Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)
Manufacturer: New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)
Date: 1855-1865
Dimensions:
1 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (4.5 × 6.1 cm)
Medium: glass
Place of Origin: Cambridge or Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1917.463
DescriptionColorless glass.
Solid, tooled. Encloses a milky white ground embedded with four lengths of canes crossing each other in the middle, with one millefiori cane in the center. The canes are spirally twisted red and opaque white, two each of different rods. The ends of the alternate canes terminate in two millefiori canes and one millefiori cane of assorted colors. Irregular concave pontil mark, polished, surrounded by flat, polished basal ring.
Solid, tooled. Encloses a milky white ground embedded with four lengths of canes crossing each other in the middle, with one millefiori cane in the center. The canes are spirally twisted red and opaque white, two each of different rods. The ends of the alternate canes terminate in two millefiori canes and one millefiori cane of assorted colors. Irregular concave pontil mark, polished, surrounded by flat, polished basal ring.
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