Paperweight

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

Place of OriginCambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Date1850-1865

Dimensions1 15/16 × 2 7/8 × 2 13/16 in. (5 × 7.3 × 7.1 cm)

Mediumcolorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.457

Not on View

DescriptionSolid, tooled. Encloses a central cane with a star, surrounded by four closed concentric rings of millefiori canes, the outer circle predominantly pale yellow; the second red, white, and blue; the third white; and the inner circle predominantly dark blue. Deep, concave, polished pontil mark.

Published ReferencesHollister, Paul, The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, New York, Potter, 1969, pp. 198-199, 200-201, fig. 192B (pattern).

Roger Dodsworth, in Klein, Dan and Ward Lloyd, eds., The History of Glass, London, Orbis, 1984, repr. p. 182.

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. 549, no. 909.