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1880-1912
GUSN-11069
Molded flat glass paperweight, or semi-spherical form with flat base and concave center, clear glass containing stencilled inscription, "HOME SWEET HOME" surrounding a humble home/yard scene in opaque white.
paperweights
flint glass
glass (material)
incising
opaque white glass
molding (forming)
Glass
Molded
Incised
PAPERWEIGHT
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
3.5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.418
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