Paperweight

Image Not Available

Expand

IIIFView PDF

Paperweight

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Company (American, 1892-1919)

Date1900-1910

DimensionsH: 9.0 cm (3 17/32 in.); Max Diam: 8.3 cm (3 9/32 in.)

MediumColorless lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Dan Gustina

Object number

1933.175

Not on View

DescriptionSolid, except for a bubble stamen in the center and four bubble stamens around the sides, tooled. Encloses a stylized flower consisting of two rows of four petals each, one row above the other, the petals formed by chips of amethyst, red, and white glass. The hollow-center stamen projects through the bottom of the base. Small, concave iron-oxide pontil mark with hole in center, surrounded by rough-ground base.

Published ReferencesCloak, Evelyn Campbell, Glass Paperweights of the Bergstrom Art Center, New York, Crown, 1969, p. 138, no. 719; pl. 49, no. 719 (variant of this type).

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. 559, no. 935.