Unknown photographer 1892-1900 Glass paperweight with Photo of Albert Pope
Photographic paperweight 10.3 x 6.5 x 2,2 cm
Corning Museum of Glass Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Graham Jr. in memory of Louise Wood Tillman, Accession number: 86.4.241
Colorless, white non-lead glasses; pressed, photographic emulsion applied to glass, back with opaque white enamel. Rectangular shape with rounded corners; flat top surface; bottom surface slightly indented; design depicts portrait of a man with inscription below: "COL. ALBERT A POPE / FOUNDER OF THE / MANUFACTURE OF BICYCLES / IN THE UNITED STATES / AND THE / PIONEER OF THE GREAT MOVEMENT / FOR BETTER AMERICN ROADS. / ABRAMS PAPER WEIGHT CO. PITTSBURGH, PA. / PAT. NOV. 29 92".
