Memorial Hall Paperweight
ManufacturerPossibly
Gillinder & Sons
(American, 1867 - 1930)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1876
MediumPressed glass, acid etched
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Base: 3 7/8 x 5 3/8 in. (9.8 x 13.7 cm)
Base: 3 7/8 x 5 3/8 in. (9.8 x 13.7 cm)
InscribedSee description.
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Paul Brandwein
Object number78.383
Not on view
DescriptionPaperweight of clear pressed glass. Oval and flat. Deep intaglio impressed into bottom view of "Memorial Hall" and above "1776-1876". Bottom and side acid etched. Horizontal view. A souvenir sold at Gillinder Glass Factory on the Centennial Exposition grounds.Label TextAmerican, possibly Gillinder & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Memorial Hall Paperweight, ca. 1876 Pressed glass, acid-etched Inscribed: MEMORIAL HALL / 1776-1876 Gift of Mrs. Paul Brandwein 78.383 Memorial Hall served as the fine arts building at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. The American displays there not only included contemporary paintings by such now familiar artists as Jasper Cropsey, Eastman Johnson, Winslow Homer, and Louis Comfort Tiffany, but also portraits of Washington by Charles Willson Peale, John Trumbull, and Rembrandt Peale.Exhibition History"First in the Hearts of His Countrymen: America Remembers George Washington 1732-1799," Chrysler Museum of Art, Nov. 23, 1999 - Summer 2001.
ca. 1876