American. <em>Paperweight, Plymouth Rock</em>, 1876. Glass, 1 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (3.2 x 8.6 x 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.230_acetate_bw.jpg)

American. Paperweight, Plymouth Rock, 1876. Glass, 1 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (3.2 x 8.6 x 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.230_acetate_bw.jpg)

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Paperweight, Plymouth Rock

Decorative Arts and Design

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

CULTURE American

MANUFACTURER Providence Inkstand Company

MEDIUM Glass

Place Manufactured: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

DATES 1876

DIMENSIONS 1 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (3.2 x 8.6 x 5.7 cm) (show scale)

INSCRIPTIONS On top of rock, molded: '1620' Around outer edge of bottom, molded in tiny letters: 'PROVIDENCE INKSTAND CO. 1876 MARY CHILTON. WAS THE FIRST TO LAND UPON THE ROCK. DEC. 21, 1620. PILGRIM ROCK TRADE MARK' Around edge of underside, molded: ' "A ROCK IN THE WILDERNESS WELCOMED OUR SIRES / FROM BONDAGE FAR OVER THE DARK ROLLING SEA, / ON THAT HOLY ALTAR THEY KINDLED THE FIRES / JEHOVAH! WHICH GLOW IN OUR BOSOMS FOR THEE" '

COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design

ACCESSION NUMBER 40.230

CREDIT LINE Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Colorless pressed glass paperweight shaped into irregular, rounded form of Plymouth Rock; surface is mottled to imitate rough rock with crack; "1620" (date of the Pilgrims' landing) molded on top.

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

CAPTION American. Paperweight, Plymouth Rock, 1876. Glass, 1 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. (3.2 x 8.6 x 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.230. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.230_acetate_bw.jpg)

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