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Object Name2 French Show Globes
Manufacturer C. Dorflinger & Sons (1881-1921)
Made FromLead Glass
Date1880-1900
Place MadeUnited States, PA, White Mills
TechniqueBlown, tooled, engraved, applied, ground
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number99.4.85
Credit LineGift of Harriet Koehler Brett
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Interpretive Notes
Show globes were symbols of a drugstore in the same way that a barber pole indicated the location of a barbershop. The colored water inside the globes also helped to attract attention to the store. These globes were used in Ingersoll’s drugstore in Elmira Heights from at least 1900. The donor’s family purchased the store about 1950, and the globes remained there until it closed in 1999.
Physical DescriptionColorless glass; blown, engraved, polished, cut. Each globe is made up of four parts a) largest bottom section, b) smaller middle section, c) smallest top section and d) stopper.
Provenance
Source Harriet Koehler-Brett - 1999-08-25