Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880-1920
Medium:
Glass, enamel
Dimensions:
: 3/4 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.; 1.905 x 10.16 x 5.715 cm
Description:
Clear glass with a white enamel bottom that reads through the glass: 100 William Street/ New York/ The Roessler & Hasslacher Chemical Co.; with a central image of a factory complex and the company seal.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.157
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
47163
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1882
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
: 7/8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
Clear glass with a white enamel bottom that reads through the glass in black: Warner, DeForest & Co./ Ladies, Gents & Youths Knit Underware./ New York Office 253 Church St. Works Amsterdam, N.Y.; with a central image of a large factory complex.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.156
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
47162
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1882
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
: 1 1/4 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
Clear glass with a white enamel bottom that reads through the glass in black: Hoyt's/ Madison Square Theatre/ 350th Performance/ "A Trip To Chinatown"; with a central image of a female dancer.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.155
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
47161
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
: 1 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.; 2.54 x 10.16 x 6.35 cm
Description:
Clear glass with a white painted bottom that reads through the glass in black: McKey & Co./ Importers and Manufacturers/ Boston, Mass/ Bottlers' Supplies.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.154
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
47160
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
: 7/8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
Clear glass with a white enamel bottom that reads through the glass in black: Hartshorn's Self-Acting Shade Rollers/ Notice Script Name of/ Stewart Hartshorn ( hand written signature reproduced)/ On The Label and Get The Genuine/ Hartshorn; with a drawing of shade rollers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.153
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
47159
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
: 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
Clear glass paperweight with a white glass or enamel insert in the bottom that has a drawing of shoes and reads: The Heckel Pat. Turn Shank/ Gives comfort to the foot and retains stylish shape of shoe/ The Name/ "John Heckel"/ Stamped on every shank/ Beware of Imitations./ MFRD by John Heckel/ Rochester/ NY/ Patd May 23, 1893/ Shoes with Heckel's Pat. Shank/ Shoe without a Steel Shank. Two of two identical see 2002.1.64
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.152
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
47158
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880-1940
Medium:
Glass, paper, leather
Description:
Clear glass paperweight with a leather covered card glued to the bottom that reads through the glass " 'Hang sorrow:care will kill a cat, and therefore let's be merry'/ Charles Logue, Jr./ representing/ D.S. Andrus & Co./ 17 West Third Street/ agents for/ Steinway Pianos and Domestic Sewing Machines." with a picture of a cat's head on the left.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.32
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
47157
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1957
Medium:
Plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 3 1/4 in. ( 7.6 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Hexagonal faced dodecahedral (12 sided) calender paperweight with one month on each face. For the year 1957, advertises Squibb Pharmaceuticals and lists different medications on each face.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.31
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1957
eMuseum Object ID:
47156
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880-1940
Medium:
Slate, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Slate paperweight with a metal plate engraved "Vermont Structural Slate Co/ Fair Haven, VT."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.30
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
47155
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890-1940
Medium:
Steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 2 in. ( 1.3 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Hexagonal shaped steel paperweight engraved "Jones & Laughlin-Co/Steel" on the top and "Cold Rolled Steel" on the bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.29
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
47154
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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