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Paperweight

Manufacturer: New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)
Date: 1852-1874
Dimensions:
2 1/4 × 3 1/16 × 2 7/8 in. (5.7 × 7.7 × 7.3 cm)
Medium: colorless glass
Place of Origin: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1917.486
DescriptionColorless glass with a greenish tinge. Solid, tooled. Encloses a ten-petal deep violet-pink flower ("poinsettia"), millefiori-cane center, five green-veined leaves, and a short green stem, above a double-spiral white latticinio ground. Rough, unground pontil mark.
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