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Paperweight (Memorial Hall from Centennial Exhibition)

Culture: American
Medium: Glass
Place Manufactured: USA
Dates: 1876
Dimensions: 1 x 5 3/8 x 4 in. (2.5 x 13.7 x 10.2 cm)
Inscriptions: In center, around Memorial Hall, molded into underside (backwards so that it reads correctly from top): "1776 1876 / MEMORIAL HALL"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 40.218
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription
Image: Overall, 40.218.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

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.

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