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

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

Place of OriginCambridge or Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States

Date1855-1874

Dimensions1 7/8 × 2 1/2 in. (4.7 × 6.4 cm)

Mediumcolorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.482

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DescriptionColorless with greenish tinge. Solid, tooled. Encloses a scrambled millefiori pattern of canes and lengths of latticinio cane of assorted colors and forms. Small, slightly concave, polished pontil mark.

Published ReferencesHollister, Paul, The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, New York, Potter, 1969, pp. 198-200, 214-216 (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. 552, no. 917.