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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 Union Glass Co.
Designer John Degenhart
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1920
MediumGlass
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 x 3 in. (7 x 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.7537
On View
Not on view
DescriptionAn orange-red speckled flower with central air bubble rising form a bright speckled mostly yellow, some orange-red, white, blue, green mushroom type bottom in clear, greenish tint metal. Not "oily" as other Union weight.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Union Glass Co.
ca. 1920
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Union Glass Co.
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
St. Clair Glass Co.
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
St. Clair Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
St. Clair Glass Co.
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Union Glass Co.
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
John Gentile
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Louis Comfort Tiffany
ca. 1904
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
St. Clair Glass Co.
No Date
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
André Thuret
ca. 1935-1940
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Verly's
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Paul Stankard
ca. 1969