Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1876
Medium:
Glass, silvering
Dimensions:
: 1 x 4 x 2 3/4 in.; 2.54 x 10.16 x 6.985 cm
Description:
The rectangular clear glass paperweight has a silver mirror on the bottom with a tin insert with a drawing of a wedge shaped skyscraper- not the Flatiron- Marked: Fire/ German American/ Insurance Company/ New York. Number two of two identical-see 2002.1.77.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.79
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
46615
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880-1920
Medium:
Glass, enamel
Dimensions:
: 7/8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
Clear glass oval with a white enameled bottom that reads through the glass: Robert Griffin Co./ Wall Paper/ For Export/ 425 Fifth Avenue/ Corner 38th Street/ New York/ Telephone Connection.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.78
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
46614
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1910
Medium:
Glass, silvering, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 10.2 x 7 cm )
Description:
The rectangular clear glass paperweight has a silver mirror on the bottom with a tin insert with a drawing of the wedge shaped skyscraper, the original New York Times tower. Marked: Fire/ German American/ Insurance Company/ New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.77
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
46613
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880-1920
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Clear glass with gold foil paper glued to the bottom that reads: Arthur James/ Intrinsic Needles/ Sharps/ 5/ Warranted A1/ Wrappers Patented/ 1867/ Redditch, England; All four corners decorated with flags, shields and crests; floral decoration throughout.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.76
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
46612
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 4 x 2 3/8 in. ( 2.2 x 10.2 x 6 cm )
Description:
Clear glass with a white glass bottom that reads through the glass: Magee Furnace Co./ Makers of the Highest Grades/ Heating and Cooking/ Apparatus for all Uses/ 32-38 Union St. Boston./ Established 1856/ Incorporated 1868/ 86 Lake St. Chicago/; with a central image of a factory complex. Paperweight Patented Nov. 29-92.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.75
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
46611
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 4 x 2 3/8 in. ( 2.2 x 10.2 x 6 cm )
Description:
Clear glass with a white glass bottom that reads through the glass: Acme Oil Company/ Refiners of/ Petroleum/ Pennsylvania/ and/ New York/ Crown Acme Oil.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.74
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
46610
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880-1920
Medium:
Glass, photo
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. ( 1.9 x 9.5 x 6 cm )
Description:
Clear glass with a white glass bottom that reads through the glass: White, Warner & Co/ Manufacturers/ Taunton, Mass. With a photographic image of two men sitting on an iron cooking stove.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.73
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
46609
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 1.9 x 10.2 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Clear glass paperweight with white glass bottom that reads through the glass: "Ferratin, Lactophenin/ Iron Tonic and Food. Antipyretic, Sedative, etc.//Works of C.F.Boehringer & Soehne, Mannheim, Germany./ Largest Makers in the World of Quinine and Cocaine./ New York Office/ & Cedar Street."; central image of a large factory complex. See identical- 2002.1.130, 2002.1.2320
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.72
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
46608
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1880-1920
Medium:
Glass, paint
Dimensions:
: 7/8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
Clear glass oval with a white bottom painted with a diagram of a mechanical axle and roller bearing device that reads: "Make the Wagon Pull 50% Easier/ Timken Roller Bearing Co. Canton, Ohio, USA."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.71
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
46607
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
: 3/8 x 4 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.
Description:
This tile paperweight has a paper calendar glued to the bottom and the top embossed with: American Encaustic Tiling Co., with a calipers, a rule and a triangle rule symbols.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.212
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
46543
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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