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Like so many developments that were transported from Europe to America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, paperweight making arrived in the United States perhaps a decade after its appearance in Europe. American glass factories became interested in paperweight production after seeing the European weights on display at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. It is also likely that Americans traveling abroad in the 1840s saw examples of paperweights. The first dated American paperweight that has been authenticated was produced by the New England Glass Company in honor of the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. The piece was a flat, hexagonal-shaped plaque with impressed intaglio portraits of Victoria and Albert in the clear crystal base. The following year, 1852, seems to be the beginning of serious production of paperweights at New England Glass Company, as numerous examples of weights dated 1852 are extant. Also, the company exhibited a fair number of “fancy paper weights” at the New York Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, held in the United States Crystal Palace at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street in 1853. American glasshouses were quick to sense a favorable public reaction to the impressive exhibit of French paperweights at the Exhibition. Many of the early American weights were imitative of the French style—scrambled, millefiori, nosegay, and fruit weights in clear glass or on latticinio grounds. Generally American weights contained canes that were less complex in structure than the French weights. However, the American makers soon infused a certain individuality and style into their work and branched off into an astounding array of lampwork subjects.

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Very rare antique Millville pink water lily pedestal paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Very rare antique Millville pink water lily pedestal paperweight.$5,500AM2068GD
Very rare antique New England Glass Company upright bouquet and torsade paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Very rare antique New England Glass Company upright bouquet and torsade paperweight.$3,925AM3196SW
Antique Sandwich decanter & stopper w/blue poinsettia by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique Sandwich decanter & stopper w/blue poinsettia$3,500AM553
Very rare antique Sandwich Glass Company basket of pink and white roses paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Very rare antique Sandwich Glass Company basket of pink and white roses paperweight.$1,950AM875EV
Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company red poinsettia paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company red poinsettia paperweight.$1,080AM1113RG
Antique Boston & Sandwich red pears paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique Boston & Sandwich red pears paperweight.$1,000AM768
Antique Sandwich Glass Company cobalt blue double poinsettia paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique Sandwich Glass Company cobalt blue double poinsettia paperweight.$800AM1016
Antique American nosegay on latticinio cushion paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique American nosegay on latticinio cushion paperweight.$750AM1021
Antique Millville crimp rose paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique Millville crimp rose paperweight.$625AM934AH
Antique New England Glass Company millefiori nosegay glass paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique New England Glass Company millefiori nosegay glass paperweight.$500AM978
Antique New England scrambled millefiori with partial eagle silhouette canes glass paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique New England scrambled millefiori with partial eagle silhouette canes glass paperweight.$450MA476
Antique New England Glass Company fruit basket paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique New England Glass Company fruit basket paperweight.$425AM1125AC
Antique New England Glass Company hollow blown apple paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique New England Glass Company hollow blown apple paperweight.$400AM3157RU
Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company blue poinsettia on jasper ground paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company blue poinsettia on jasper ground paperweight.$385AM3143
Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company blue poinsettia paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company blue poinsettia paperweight.$375AM3145
Antique Millville frit umbrella paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique Millville frit umbrella paperweight.$375AM2107JR
Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company blue poinsettia paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique Boston & Sandwich Glass Company blue poinsettia paperweight.$360AM3158EW
Antique New England Glass Company end-of-day scrambled millefiori paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique New England Glass Company end-of-day scrambled millefiori paperweight.$275AM3106
Antique NEGC Louis Kossuth sulphide weight by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique NEGC Louis Kossuth sulphide weight$220AM579
Antique New England Glass Company end-of-day scrambled millefiori paperweight. by Antique American
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Antique American
Antique New England Glass Company end-of-day scrambled millefiori paperweight.$160AM1127AC
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