Paperweight
Paperweight
Manufacturer
B. F. Leach Glass Company
American, 1896-1898
Date1896-1898
DimensionsMax Diam: 3 1/16 in. (7.75 cm); H: 2 29/32 in. (7.4 cm)
MediumColorless non-lead glass with a greenish tinge; solid, except for a large bubble in the center, tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Dan Gustina
Object number
1933.317
Not on View
Collections
Published ReferencesBulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, vol. 32, no. 5, September-October 1938, p. 74.
- Glass
Bergstrom, Evangeline H., Old Glass Paperweights, Chicago, Lakeside, 1940, p. 117, no. 83.
Leonardson, S. E., "Fowlerton Paperweights, B. F. Leach Glass Co.," Hobbies, February 1944, p. 50.
Hollister, Paul, The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights, New York, Potter, 1969, pp. 251-252 (Leach).
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. 934.
1890-1910
1905-1910; possibly somewhat later
1850-1870, or later
1890-1910
1880-1910
Late 4th-5th century CE
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