Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880-1900
Medium:
Glass, paint
Dimensions:
: 7/8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
Clear glass oval with a white bottom enameled with an eagle on a globe with the words: Thomas Potter, Sons & Co./ Oil Cloth, Linoleum & Rubber/ Philadelphia New York Boston
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.147
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
47090
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1882
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
: 1 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
Clear glass with a white enamel bottom that reads through the glass in black: The Babcock Printing Press Mfg. Co./ New York Office, Tribune Building/ New London, Conn./"; with a central drawing of a printing press labeled "The Opitmus."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.146
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
47089
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1882-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
: 7/8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.; 2.2225 x 10.16 x 6.35 cm
Description:
Clear glass with a white glass bottom that reads through the glass: Fire, Accident, Employers' Liability/ General Liability, Elevator, Boiler Explosion/ Cyclone, Tornado, Plate Glass,Transportation/ Insurance,/ John C. Paige,/ 20 Kilby St., Boston. Patented Sept 5, 1882. Two of Two identical, see 2002.1.105
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.145
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
47088
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1882
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Clear glass with a white enameled bottom that reads through the glass in black: Buy of Your Jobber./; with a list of various manufacturers in Boston including makers of cutlery and flatware, jewelry and other fine metal objects.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.144
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
47087
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: Shaw, Pawling & Gillespie,/ 45 N. 7th St., Philadelphia.; with a central image of a machine, probably a steam engine.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.143
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
47086
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, "Compliments of /Groton Bridge and M'F'G. Co./ Iron and Steel Fire Proof Buildings/ Steel Water/ and Stand Pipes/ a specialty/ Girders, Columns, Die Forged Eyebars/ Upset Rods/ and Ornamental Iron Work/ main office and works/ Groton, NY/ Correspondence Solicited." With an image of a steel girder bridge.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.142
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
47085
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1892-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Clear glass with a white enamel bottom that reads through the glass: Col. Albert A. Pope/ Founder of the/ Manufacture of Bicycles/ in the United States,/ and the /
Pioneer of the Great Movement/ for Better American Roads. Patented 29-92.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.141
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
47084
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 3 in. ( 2.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
This square clear glass paperweight has a paper insert with a lithograph of Grant's Tomb and Ulysses S. Grant that reads: Grant's Monument/ New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.140
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
47083
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 3 in. ( 2.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
This square clear glass paperweight has a paper insert with a monogramed CB and reads in red: Central New York/ Varnish Works/ Comstock Bros. & Co./ Utica, N.Y.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.139
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
47026
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass, paper, photo
Dimensions:
: 1 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.; 2.54 x 10.16 x 6.35 cm
Description:
This rectangular clear glass paperweight has a paper insert with a photo lithograph of a man, shield and a tea cup that reads through the glass: Compliments of Vienna Cafe and Lunch Parlor/ Schnitzler/ 19 West Houston St. New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.138
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
47025
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.












