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Paperweight
Manufacturer: Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)
Date: 1893
Dimensions:
H: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.); Base L: 10.2 cm (4 in.); Base W: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)
Medium: Colorless non-lead glass.
Classification: Glass
Object number: 1978.61
DescriptionPressed upside down and annealed. Black-and-white image of the New York State Building at the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, applied to underside of paperweight by a photographic process, then coated with opaque white enamel and fired in a muffle or kiln to form a thin, solid protective coating over the image.
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