New England Glass Company Scrambled Glass Paperweight
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Pre 1900 item# 997384
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A very nice example of a New England Glass Company scrambled paperweight. The set-up is tightly packed with a variety of colorful canes and ribbon twists, including one complex cane with a white eagle silhouette against a cobalt background. There may be two additional silhouettes, but they are too blown out to be certain. There is also a preponderance of chartreuse colored bits more frequently seen in St. Louis weights. The glass has very good clarity.Origin: America, ca. 1860. Condition: very good; a few nicks at the top of the crown; no cracks. Size: 2-5/8” diameter; 1-3/4” high.
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Antique South Jersey Christmas Frit Glass Paperweight
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Pre 1910 item# 854823
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A very nice South Jersey glass frit paperweight. The set-up reads “Merry Christmas And Happy New Year” in whit frit, surrounded by a white frit wreath tied with a bow and appearing against a translucent cobalt blue ground. The glass is of very good quality with excellent clarity and weight. The top of the crown is faceted with a large flat octagonal printy surrounded by smaller printies angling toward the bottom. The flat bottom is fully polished.Origin: America, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent, no chips or cracks. Size: 3-1/2” diameter; 2” tall.
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New England Glass Co. Mixed Fruit Glass Paperweight
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Pre 1900 item# 677760
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$625
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A very good fruit bouquet paperweight by the New England Glass Company. Four pears alternate with cherries and foliage around a central pear. The lampwork fruit is particularly nice in this weight. The bouquet is presented against a spiraling double latticinio basket. The dome is high and offers nice magnification. The crystal is a bit sugary, as is typical of many NEGC weights. The concave base has a wide basal ring.Origin: America, ca. 1870. Condition: excellent, absolutely minimal surface wear to the dome. Size: 2-1/2" diameter; 2-1/8" tall.
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Antique Union Glass Company Glass Paperweight
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Pre 1900 item# 544741
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$275
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An attractive personalized glass paperweight by the Union Glass Co. The typical patriotic coloring is made up of the honoree’s name “John W Sullivan” in lampwork letters surrounded by a ring of red and blue lampwork flowers with small green leaves. As with all Union Glass weights, the crown is high and has very nice clarity. The glass is also quite heavy. The polished base is flat.Origin: America, ca. 1880. Condition: excellent, normal light scratches to surface, no chips or cracks. Size: 3-1/2” diameter; 2-1/2” tall.
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South Jersey “Rock of Ages” Frit Glass Paperweight
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Pre 1910 item# 444606
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$395
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Very nice vintage South Jersey glass paperweight featuring a frit design of an ivy-covered blue cross against an opaque white ground. The foreground has a wave-like frit design. The opaque ground is most unusual in a South Jersey weight. The crown rises quite high into a pronounced cowlick more typical of New England weights. The bottom has a pontil mark and slight basal concavity, and there is an incised line around the periphery at the top edge of the opaque ground.Origin: America, ca. 1900. Condition: excellent, very light surface scratching as expected. Size: 3-1/4” diameter; 2-1/4” tall.
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Old South Jersey Glass Paperweight Wig Stand
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Pre 1900 item# 172129
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Wonderful old Millville, NJ area glass paperweight wig stand or mantel ornament. The setup is pierced with five elongated icepick bubbles. Small bits of aventurine glass highlight the overall coloring of soft yellow and green. The top is heavily faceted with 33 printies of varying sizes. The cutting strikes me as being similar to the faceting seen on good New England Glass Company paperweights. The weight is raised on a baluster form pedestal and a foot. The glass is very heavy and of the finest quality. A similar wig stand/mantel ornament is pictured in Newell's "Old Glass Paperweights of Southern New Jersery".Origin: Millville, NJ area, late 19th century. Condition: very good, a fleabite on the edge of the top printy, another about a third of the way down the crown, and another on the edge of the foot; a small moon on the perimeter of the weight. Size: 6" tall; foot 3-1/16" diameter.
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