New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Paperweight

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Co. (American, 1888-)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1860

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (3.8 x 5.4 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Florence L. Smith

Object number52.18.87

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 2, Section 3 Sh1

DescriptionPaperweight of blown glass. Clear. Geometrically arranged apples and pears on a latticino ground. Polished pontil. See also GAN.64.56.

Exhibition HistoryTHE KATE TYLER SMITH COLLECTION Published ReferencesWOMAN'S DAY, Aug. 1963, similar one illustrated from the Ford Museum as Sandwich. Hollister, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS, pg. 306, Fig. 201. Cloak, GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS OF TEH BERGSTROM ART CENTER, No. 139, p. 126