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ManufacturerPossibly Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

ManufacturerProbably New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

Place of Originprobably Cambridge or possibly Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States

Date1860-1874

Dimensions1 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (4.5 × 6 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.442

Not on View

DescriptionColorless glass. Solid, tooled. High dome. Encloses a scrambled millefiori pattern of canes and lengths of latticinio cane of assorted types and colors. Fairly deep, concave, polished pontil mark.

Published ReferencesHollister, Paul, The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, New York, Potter, 1969, pp. 198-200.

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 552, no. 916.