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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 Libbey Glass Co. (American, 1888-)
CultureAmerican
MediumGlass
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (4.4 x 5.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.4039
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 2, Section 3 Sh1
DescriptionPaperweight of clear glass. Five evenly placed pears and green leaves on a latticino bed. See also 52.18.87.

Published ReferencesWOMAN'S DAY, Aug. 1963, similar one illustrated from Ford Museum as Sandwich.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Libbey Glass Co.
ca. 1860
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New England Glass Company
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Libbey Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Libbey Glass Co.
ca. 1850-1865
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1950-1960
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Compagnie des Cristalleries des Saint-Louis
1980
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Cristallerie de Saint-Louis
ca. 1845-1855
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New England Glass Company
c. 1860