Paperweight

ca. 1880-1920

Place madeProvidence, Rhode Island, United States, North America

Glass, silk, paper

Overall: 1 5/8 x 4 in. ( 4.1 x 10.2 cm )

Gift of Bella C. Landauer

2002.1.25

DescriptionClear glass half-spherical paperweight, hollow, with acid-etched words on top surface: "American Silk Spinning Co. / Providence R.I." Inside glass dome is a silk moth, a silk worm in a glass tube, silk worm eggs, a cocoon, and samples of fiber marked: "combed stock"; "spun silk"; and "dyed spun silk."

MarkingsPaper glued to the bottom gives the history and explains the process of silk making.

ClassificationsWRITING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

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