Paperweight
Paperweight
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Company
(American, 1892-1919)
ArtistPossibly
George Barber
ArtistPossibly
Ralph Barber
Dateabout 1910
DimensionsH: 5.3 cm (2 3/32 in.); Max Diam (base): 8.15 cm (3 7/32 in.)
MediumColorless glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Howard Basore
Object number
1968.88
Not on View
DescriptionSolid, tooled. Encloses twisted cane: top, red and white; middle, red, white, and blue; and below, white, red, and yellow-green; then blue and white, all formed by lamp work. Two blue panels bear the names G. WALCUTTER and TOLEDO, O., above and below on opaque white panel with the word GROCER in red, all the letters being formed by lamp work. All of this pattern is above a dome of multicolored chips of glass. Flat base rough ground.
Published ReferencesNo references to this paperweight have been found, but others made in this style and manner appear in Wilson, Kenneth M., "Paperweights, Paperweight Makers' Tools, and Paperweight Making at Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum," Annual Bulletin of the Paperweight Collectors Association, 1978, pp. 33-39, fig. 6.
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. 564, no. 946.
1890-1900
1890-1910
1890-1900
1890-1910
250-150 BCE
1880-1910
9th-11th century CE (?)
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