Paperweight

Object Number: 
2002.1.104
Date: 
ca. 1892-1920
Medium: 
Glass
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7/8 x 4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description: 
Clear glass with a white glass or enamel bottom that reads through the glass: The Prudential/ Insurance Co./ of America/ Home Office, Newark, N.J./ Issues all the popular/ forms of policies/ Claims Paid over $17,000,000. With a central drawing of a gothic office building. Patent date: Nov 29, 1892.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group