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 7/16 x 2 1/4 in. (3.7 x 5.7 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Florence L. Smith

Object number52.18.86

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 2, Section 4 Sh1

DescriptionPaperweight of blown glass. Hollow, crown type. Diagonally twisted ribbons of yellow, red, blue and white from a central blue, pink and white cane. Some grime inside. Polished pontil with central hole as blown item.

Published ReferencesWOMAN'S DAY, Aug. 1963, a similar one is illustrated from the Ford Museum as Sandwich. Hollister, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS, pg. 202, called New England.