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Atlantic City Paperweight

Atlantic City Paperweight

 
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Object Name: 
Atlantic City Paperweight
Pattern Name: 
Atlantic City
Department
American
Maker(s)
Gentile Glass Company, Inc., Maker
Hamilton, Bill, Maker
Place Made: 
United States, WV, Morgantown
Date: 
2003
Color
Colorless, transparent blue, opaque red
AAT
colorless
Technique
blown
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7 cm, Diam: 8.2 cm
Accession Number: 
2003.4.43
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Gentile Glass Company, Star City, West Virginia
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Colorless; transparent blue glass and opaque red. Paperweight has a blue ground with patterened air bubbles, above which floats "ATLANTIC CITY" arched over an image of the 1/2 sun over water and a female figure "swimming" along the bottom.
Inscription
GENTILE GLASS STAR CITY, WV
Stamp
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Stamp On bottom of paperweight. Text in round format above and below image of glass worker with pontil and tool on table.
Provenance
Gentile Glass Company, Inc., Former Collection
2003-04-25

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