Paperweight Doorknob

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Paperweight Doorknob

Place of Originpossibly Southern New Jersey, United States

Date1885-1910

Dimensions2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)

Mediumopal glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.447

Not on View

DescriptionSolid, tooled. Encloses embedded chips of blue and light red glass. Brass fixture with square hole to accept shaft of door set probably affixed by glue.

Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 556, no. 926.