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

Place of OriginUnited States, probably Sandwich, Massachusetts

Date1855-1875

Dimensions1 11/16 × 2 13/16 in. (4.3 × 7.2 cm)

Mediumcolorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.443

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DescriptionSolid, tooled. Encloses a scrambled millefiori pattern of canes and fragments and lengths of latticinio cane of assorted colors and forms. Shallow, polished pontil mark.

Published ReferencesSmith, Francis Edgar, American Glass Paperweights, Wollaston, MA, author, 1939, pp. 59, pl. 13, top; pp. 97-98, pl. 24, right.

Hollister, Paul, The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, New York, Potter, 1969, pp. 214-216.

Cloak, Evelyn Campbell, Glass Paperweights of the Bergstrom Art Center, New York, Crown, 1969, p. 130, no. 3; pl. 45, no. 3.

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. 553, no. 918.