Paperweight
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Union Porcelain Works (1863–ca. 1922). Paperweight, 19th century. Porcelain, 2 3/4 x 3 x 3 in. (7 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Franklin Chace, 68.87.63. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Manufacturer
Title
Paperweight
Date
19th century
Geography
Place manufactured: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Medium
Porcelain
Classification
Dimensions
2 3/4 x 3 x 3 in. (7 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm)
Signatures
no signature
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
Company advertisements printed around sides of cone, from top to bottom: "Union Porcelain Works / Green Point / N.Y." in black Gothic letters; "TRADE" and "MARK" flanking "U.P.W." above head of eagle in black; "Fine China Ware" in red script. Printed on base: in green "U.P.W." above head of an eagle; and in yellow, "UNION / PORCELAIN / WORKS / GREENPOINT / N.Y." within urn shape and "12 80 [86?]" below urn
Credit Line
Gift of Franklin Chace
Accession Number
68.87.63
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