paperweight

Object NamePaperweight

Factoryprobably Macbeth-Evans Glass Company

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1927

Techniquepaperweight; encased, sandblasted plaque

SizeOverall H: 7.9 cm, Diam: 9.6 cm

Accession Number86.4.58

Credit LineGift of The Corning Painted Post Historical Society, by exchange

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

United States, probably PA, Charleroi

Physical DescriptionColorless (greenish tint) non-lead glass; paperweight; encased, sandblasted plaque. Domed, circular shape, encasing a square, colorless glass plaque and brownish sandblasted (?) and possibly gilt plaque inscribed "GEORGE D./MACBETH/1927"; framed by fused bits of white, yellow, blue and green glass; "floating" above a background of fuzzed larger chips of white, blue, yellow, green, and dark blue glass; rough-ground, flat base.
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