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Place of OriginUnited States, probably Millville, New Jersey

Date1905-1910; possibly somewhat later

DimensionsH: 8.6 cm (3 13/32 in.); Max Diam: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)

MediumColorless glass with a slightly greenish tinge.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of C. Justus Wilcox

Object number

1927.101

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 3

DescriptionSolid, tooled. Encloses a yellow rose with eighteen petals formed by a crimp and three yellowish green leaves and a short green stem to create a so-called Millville rose. Flat base ground and polished.

Published ReferencesMinns, Edward W., "Paperweight Making as Done at Millville," American Collector, November 1938, pp. 8-9 (assorted roses and crimps).

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "American Glass: 1608-1940," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 4, no. 3, Summer 1961, pp. 51-70, repr. p. 70.

Cloak, Evelyn Campbell, Glass Paperweights of the Bergstrom Art Center, New York, Crown, 1969, p. 132, pl. 46, no. 393 (footed weight of this type).

Hollister, Paul, Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society, New York, Potter, 1974, pl. 113, top left (paperweight of this type).

Papert, Emma, The Illustrated Guide to American Glass, New York, Hawthorn, 1972, repr. p. 24.

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. 562, no. 941, colorpl. 941, p. 572.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, The New England Glass Company, 1818-1888, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1963, p. 59, no. 251.