American. <em>Paperweight (Memorial Hall from Centennial Exhibition)</em>, 1876. Glass, 1 x 5 3/8 x 4 in. (2.5 x 13.7 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.218. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.218.jpg)

American. Paperweight (Memorial Hall from Centennial Exhibition), 1876. Glass, 1 x 5 3/8 x 4 in. (2.5 x 13.7 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.218. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.218.jpg)

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Paperweight (Memorial Hall from Centennial Exhibition)

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

CULTURE American

MEDIUM Glass

Place Manufactured: United States

DATES 1876

DIMENSIONS 1 x 5 3/8 x 4 in. (2.5 x 13.7 x 10.2 cm) (show scale)

INSCRIPTIONS In center, around Memorial Hall, molded into underside (backwards so that it reads correctly from top): "1776 1876 / MEMORIAL HALL"

COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design

ACCESSION NUMBER 40.218

CREDIT LINE Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Colorless, frosted glass oval paperweight with image of Memorial Hall (from 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia) pressed into underside; molded edge tapers upward to flat, polished top. CONDITION: Good; small chip on inside edge of footrim; light scratches over top of paperweight.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

CAPTION American. Paperweight (Memorial Hall from Centennial Exhibition), 1876. Glass, 1 x 5 3/8 x 4 in. (2.5 x 13.7 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.218. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.218.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 40.218.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

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