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Fri, Oct 22, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 235

25 Glass Advertising and Motto Paperweights

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

19th/20th century, floriform weight of Grover Cleveland by Barnes and Abrams; Passaic Rolling Mill Co. slab advertising weight by Abrams; Bryan and Stevenson slab, signed Terry; oval with cross and crown, probably Masonic, marked "U.S. Glass Co., Pittsburgh, 1906"; state seal of Georgia used during Civil War; slab Bell Telephone advertisement; Millville "Home Sweet Home"; Millville faceted "Remember the Maine"; Millville clipper "Rocked in the cradle of the deep"; Millville lighthouse, "Light for All"; Chinese with painted scene of man in boat; cobalt "Lincoln's Home"; Millville sailing ship; Cuba's flag "Cuba Libre", probably Millville; blue Bell System, New York Telephone Co, bell form; blue bell form "Telephone Pioneers of America"; multicolor mushroom with controlled bubbles, two American flags, "Beatrice"; "Mother" by Ralph Barber, Millville; cobalt Andrew Reiter "Home Sweet Home"; Pinchbeck gold scene of figures carousing, set in fitted leather mount, raised on hardwood stand; Millville dog flushing a covey of quail, attributed to Michael Kane, "Faithful"; faceted Masonic by Whitall-Tatum of Millville, attributed to Michael Kane, "Friendship"; Millville "Rock of Ages" with cross on mount; Millville portrait of George Dewey, "Hero of Manila" on blue ground; slab carte de visite of historical home; largest 4-1/4 in.

Provenance: Estate of Ronald M. Lambe, Asheville, North Carolina

Note: Accompanied by twenty-three index cards with descriptions of paperweights written by consignor

Condition

Grover Cleveland scratching throughout, wear to base; Passaic Rolling Mill Co. scratching throughout, nick to one side; Masonic black spotting/accretion to body, scratching; seal of Georgia accretion to top, rubbed "118A" to side, moderate scratching, felt to base, wear to base; Bell Telephone embedded dirt, accretion primarily to border, scratching, hole to advertisement, discoloration; Home Sweet Home scratching, chips/nicks to base, Remember the Maine scratching throughout, primarily to base; Millville clipper nicks to top, scratching all over, Millville lighthouse scratching throughout, rough pontil; Chinese scene allover scratching, "dent" to base, out of round, accretion; Lincoln's home moderate scratching, residue, U-form indentation; Cuba Libre scratching throughout, accretion, wear to base, rough pontil; Bell System embedded dirt, rubbing to text, chipping to base; blue bell sticker residue, scratching; Beatrice scratching; Mother scratching/nicks, rough pontil; Andrew Reiter nicks/scratching, rough pontil; Pinchbeck embedded dirt, discoloration, chip to top, scratching, leather mount discolored, hardwood base intact; Millville dog scratching, nicks, rough pontil; Millville Masonic scratching, chipping at base, internal areas of discoloration; Rock of Ages scratching, nicks throughout, one large C-form chip to side; George Dewey scratching, nicks, rough pontil; historical home scratching, nicks, wear to leather backing

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