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Paperweight or Doorstop

Place of Originprobably Eastern United States

Date1890-1900

Dimensions4 7/16 × 4 1/2 in. (11.2 × 11.4 cm)

Mediumcolorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.522

Not on View

DescriptionSolid, except for a large bubble stamen in the center and four small bubbles around the periphery, tooled. Encloses a stylized flower of four large petals of pink-over-white glass with chips of red, white, and blue scattered on the pink, on a background of chips of red, white, and blue glass.

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. 557, no. 930.