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Paperweight Canes

Manufacturer Gillinder and Sons (American, 1861-1930)

Place of OriginUnited States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Date1861-1871

Dimensionsdiameter largest: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm)
diameter smallest: 3/16 in. (0.4 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.535

Not on View

DescriptionThirty-six canes of assorted lengths and diameters of various colors and configurations.

Published ReferencesBarber, Edwin AtLee, "Mosaic and Millefiori Glass," Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum, no. 51, July 1915, p. 31.

Hollister, Paul, Jr., "New Light on 'Gilliland,' Cambridge, and Gillinder Paperweights," Antiques, vol. 94, October 1968, pp. 562-564, repr. fig. 4.

Hollister, Paul, The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, New York, Potter, 1969, pp. 225-226, repr. fig. 209.

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. 550, no. 911, colorpl. 911, p. 573.

Exhibition HistoryWheaton Village Millville, NJ. 1992.