Paperweight

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Object Name: 
Paperweight
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Philadelphia
Accession Number: 
2009.4.181
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 3.3 cm, W: 8.2 cm, D: 11.7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1870-1890
Credit Line: 
Gift of Anna and Karl Koepke
Primary Description: 
Moses and Bullrushes. Colorless, pressed acid-etched. Oval paperweight with the image of a baby in relief on underside, outer edge decorated with repeating vertical pattern. Top has been ground smooth.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Koepke, Karl H. (d. 2009), Source
2009-05-26
Koepke, Ann, Source
2009-05-26
Category: 
Paperweights

Publications (1)

The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights (1969) pp. 230-231; BIB# 27188