Vintage Glass Paperweight

SCARCE and STUNNING SANDWICH PANSY with 3 Pink & White Striped Lower Petals and 2 Cobalt Blue Upper Petals on a Clear Base. (Circa 1868) It was designed with 3 Delicate Forest Green Pointed Leaves and a Short Stem with a Lovely Complex Rainbow Colored Center Cane. There is one 3/4 scratch see yellow arrows in 2nd picture and I do see some light scratches and some tiny flea bites here and there, but not that bad. Please keep in mind any of these scratches and flea bites can easily be professionally polished away to bring this amazing work of art back to excellent condition if you so desire. The Pansy’s that have Striped Petals are getting hard and harder to find and when you do see one they sure don’t last long on the open market. The Pansy is nicely centered and has some well placed controlled bubbles here and there. I consider this Delightful Paperweight to be in Good Condition. It is a Large Paperweight that Measures 2 3/4″ by 1 7/8″ Tall. There is negligible shelf ware and this Alluring Pansy will add Value to Your Collection. Please check pictures for further description. The Stand is not part of this sale and is only used here for illustrative purposes. I will Consider any Reasonable Offers on this Wonderful Antique Art Glass Paperweight and Thank You for Looking. Please do not miss my many other lovely Art Glass Paperweight Auctions by various Well Known and Famous Artists. Some of this Wonderful Paperweights Fascinating History. This Art Glass Paperweight is from the late William Gaskills Cherished Collection. Gaskill was a former President of the National Paperweight Collectors Association (PCA) and an avid and very astute Art Glass Paperweight Collector. After His passing, his collection was on loan (for approximately 3 years from 2006 to 2009) to the Museum of American Glass (Wheaton Village) in Millville, NJ, which is now known as Wheaton Village Arts and Cultural Center. Gaskills highly regarded and very extensive Art Glass Paperweight Collection was on display in their most prominent area of the Museum at that time. Just prior to being put on display at the Museum, Lawrence Selman of the Renown L. Selman was commissioned to do an appraisal of the entire collection. Selman is known worldwide for his expertise in the field of Art Glass Paperweights and in 2001, Selman was awarded the honor of being named by the Paperweight Collectors Association, one of the Top Ten People of the 20. Century to influence the paperweight art form. Gaskills collection was considered to be one of the largest gatherings of Antique American Art Glass Paperweights known to be in private hands. In 2009 a family member took possession of the entire collection and it went safely and quietly into storage for approximately 6 years, from 2009 to 2015. In 2016 I was very proud and honored to have had the opportunity to acquire a large portion of Mr. Gaskills Wonderful and Cherished Art Glass Paperweight Collection. If youre a new collector, old collector or just would like a few original well documented paperweights for your collection please stay tuned and watch for my future Art Glass Paperweight auctions. Boston and Sandwich Glass Company. Was incorporated in 1826 to hold the glass factory built a year earlier in. The factory was closed in 1888 amid disputes with a newly formed glassmakers’ labor union. The factory was one of the earliest to produce pressed glass. The company was an employer of Nicholas Lutz. The Sandwich Glass Museum. Now contains many pieces from the company. One of my hobbies is collecting Art Glass Paperweights. I’m a member of Midwest Paperweight Collectors Club as well as the Paperweight Collectors Association (PCA) which is our National Club. Please follow me so you won’t miss any of my fabulous items. Pictures are used as part of my descriptions. On your end to receive the item or items. ONLY if there is a Mistake in the description. If you receive your item and the box is damaged please keep that for. From the shipper should they need it back. Thank you very much. The item “LOVELY SANDWICH PANSY withPINK & WHITE Striped Lower Petals & BLUE Upper Petals” is in sale since Wednesday, May 10, 2017. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Glass\Art Glass\Paperweights\Vintage”. The seller is “paperwtlady1″ and is located in Homewood, Illinois. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Type: Vintage
• Country of Origin: USA
• Brand: Sandwich
• Main Color: Pink, White and Cobalt Blue