Paperweight
Paperweight
Manufacturer
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
(American, 1826-1888)
Place of OriginSandwich, Massachusetts, United States
Date1852-1870
Dimensions1 11/16 × 2 1/2 in. (4.3 × 6.3 cm)
Mediumcolorless glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1917.465
Not on View
DescriptionSolid, tooled. Medium dome. Encloses a scrambled millefiori pattern of canes and lengths of latticinio of assorted types and colors. Large, slightly concave, polished pontil mark.
Published ReferencesHollister, Paul, The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, New York, Potter, 1969, pp. 213 (1825), 216 (pattern).
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. 554, no. 921.
1860-1880
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