Paperweight/Calendar

Date: 
1892
Medium: 
Ceramic
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 8.9 cm )
Description: 
Half-spherical cream colored ceramic paperweight calendar for 1892 with an image in brown of a cherub and a calendar for each month and the words: Camerden & Forster Sons to Alex.M. Hays &Co./ 1152-1154 Broadway/ Victoria Hotel/ New York/ Bronzes/ Novelties/Porcelains/ 1892/ Jewelers/ Importers/.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.183
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1892
eMuseum Object ID: 
46395
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Paperweight

Date: 
1890-1930
Medium: 
Glass, paint
Dimensions: 
1 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.;
Description: 
Half-spherical clear glass paperweight debossed on the bottom and painted in cream and blue that reads through the glass: Roots Gas Exhauster./ Valves & Fittings./ P.H.& F. M. Roots Co../ Connersville Ind. With a central image of a machine.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.182
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1930
eMuseum Object ID: 
46394
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Paperweight

Date: 
1890-1920
Medium: 
Glass, paper
Dimensions: 
1 1/2 x 3 in.;
Description: 
Half-spherical clear glass paperweight with a glued paper bottom with a photo of a man sitting on a couch with a women standing behind him about to slap him and the word: Gloriana
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.181
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
46393
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Paperweight

Date: 
ca. 1880-1920
Medium: 
Glass, paint
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 1.9 x 10.8 cm )
Description: 
Clear glass oval with a white bottom painted with a cartoon bookworm with a book and candle and the words, "Don't/ Forget/ Scheller/ Prints/ Binds Books/ Makes Blank Books/ Singly (sic) or in Lots/ Newark, NJ/ get-his-price/ it pays you/ EST. 1888."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.70
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
46385
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Paperweight

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: 
2002.1.69
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
46383
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Paperweight

Date: 
ca. 1880-1920
Medium: 
Glass, paint
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 bottom painted with an image of a Mason Jar and the words, "Best Food For Invalids/ Mason's Essence of Beef/ Specially Prepared for Invalids/ Contains no Alcohol or Drugs."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.68
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
46382
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Paperweight

Date: 
ca. 1880-1920
Medium: 
Glass, paper
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5/8 x 4 x 2 3/8 in. ( 1.6 x 10.2 x 6 cm )
Description: 
Clear glass with gold foil paper glued to the bottom that reads "The Best and Strongest/ Spring Wheat Patent Flour/ Lake Superior Mills/ 196 Perfecta Patent/ Superior, USA/ New York Office/ 356 & 358 Produce Exchange."
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.67
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
46381
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Paperweight

Date: 
ca. 1880-1920
Medium: 
Glass, photo
Dimensions: 
: 3/4 x 4 x 2 3/4 in.
Description: 
Clear glass with gold foil and a photo glued to the bottom that reads through the glass "Wolff American/ R.H. Wolff & Co. New York/ Makers of High Grade Cycles/ American" with a central picture of a factory surmounted by a running wolf. Number Two of two identical items, See 2002.1.47.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.66
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
46380
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Paperweight

Date: 
1887
Medium: 
Glass, paper
Dimensions: 
: 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description: 
Clear glass oval paperweight with a paper glued to the bottom printed with an image of a locomotive engine and the words, "Hartford Against Loss or Damage Arising/ From Steam Boiler/ Explosions to Property and Life".
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.65
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1887
eMuseum Object ID: 
46379
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Paperweight

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 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.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number: 
2002.1.64
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
46378
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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