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

Paperweight

Manufacturer Gillinder & Sons (American, 1867 - 1930)
CultureAmerican
Date1876
MediumPressed glass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Paul Brandwein
Object number78.384
Not on view
DescriptionPaperweight of clear pressed glass. Oval, vertical and flat. Deep intaglio. Impressed into bottom is a view of "Independence Hall". Bottom and side are acid etched. A souvenir sold at Gillinder Glass factory on the Centennial Exposition grounds.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1884
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.
Gillinder & Sons
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
1876
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1880
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1880
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Gillinder & Sons
ca. 1880