Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 1.6 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Clear glass paperweight in the shape of an eight-petaled flower. Yellow paper glued to the bottom, visible through the glass reads in brown writing: The Egyptian Lacquer MFG. Co. / 5 East 40th Street, New York; with a central drawing of a pyramid and sphinx.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.3
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
46877
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 2 in. ( 7.9 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Half-spherical clear glass paperweight with a cobalt blue glass base. Internal inscription in white glass: Dr. F.A. Bean/ FAB (monogram)/ Philad_a.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.2
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
46876
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 7 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Half-spherical clear glass paperweight with a cobalt blue glass base. In white glass, internally inscribed: J.Thornley/ Sign Painter/ Trenton N.J.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.1
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
46875
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1911-1930
Medium:
Glass, paper, photo
Dimensions:
: 7/8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.; 2.2225 x 10.16 x 6.35 cm
Description:
This rectangular clear glass paperweight has a paper insert that reads through the glass: Mount Vernon/National Bank/ Mount Vernon, NY; with a photo of the bank building.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.116
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
46836
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Glass, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 3 1/4 in. ( 7.6 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
This blue glass paperweight is molded in the shape of a bell and stenciled in gold with: Bell System/ New York/ Telephone/Company; on one side. On the other side is: Local/and/Long/Distance/ Telephone.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.115
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
46835
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1911-1930
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
This rectangular clear glass paperweight has a paper insert that reads through the glass: The Bradstreet Reference Book/ The Beacon that warns the merchant/ from the rocks and shoals of/ Dangerous Credits/ Are You Protected?/ Arthur Buel/ Tel. 5030 Franklin 346 Broadway NewYork. With a drawing of a lighthouse guiding a ship. Copywrite 1911.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.114
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
46834
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1876
Medium:
Glass, silvering
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 silver mirror on the bottom with a yellowed paper insert with: Thomas Sealy/ Rosin, Spirits of Turpentine/ and Chemicals for/ Soap and Paper/ Manfacturers/ 136-140 Front Street/ NewYork; with a drawing of a pine tree on the left.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.113
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
46833
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1876
Medium:
Glass, silvering
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
This rectangular clear glass paperweight has a silver mirror on the bottom with a silver paper insert with: "Everything for the Office"/ E.W. Mathews & Co. /Typewriters/ Office Furniture/ Office Supplies,/ 51 Franklin Square Utica, N.Y.; printed in blue.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.112
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
46831
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1882-1900
Medium:
Glass, enamel
Dimensions:
: 1 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.; 2.54 x 10.16 x 6.35 cm
Description:
Clear glass with a white bottom that reads through the glass in blue, red and gold enamel: McPhail/ Gold Medal/ Piano Forte/ Made on Honor Sold on Merit/ Boston Mass. on a draped cloth with a crown, a six-pointed star and the words "Star and Crown."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.111
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
46830
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1882-1900
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 glass bottom that reads through the glass: Heywood Shoe, "Heywood is in it." With a central image of a man's shoe.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.110
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
46829
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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