Paperweight

Expand

IIIFView PDF

Paperweight

Place of OriginMidwest or Southern New Jersey, United States

Date1890-1910

Dimensions2 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (6.4 × 4.8 cm)

Mediumcolorless non-lead glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.509

Not on View

DescriptionColorless non-lead glass with a greenish tinge; solid, except for a large central stamen bubble and four smaller bubbles around the periphery, tooled. Egg form. Encloses two layers of multicolored chips of glass punched to form a stylized flower. One side cut flat and polished to form base.

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. 558, no. 932.