International Exhibition of 1862 Souvenir Paperweight
date: label: Date made
content: 1862
label: associated dates
content: 1862 05 01 / 1862 05 01, 1862 11 15 / 1862 11 15
notes: label: Description
content: Souvenir painted glass paperweight commemorating the Great International Exhibition for 1862 held in London. Marked <i>THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862 FRONT OF PRINCE ALBERT'S ROAD </i> with depiction of the exhibition building.
label: Description
content: The International Exhibition for 1862 was a World's Fair held in South Kensington, London, UK. Hosting a little over six million visitors between the months of May and November, the Fair showcased the work of 28,000 international exhibitors.
label: Description
content: Known commonly as the <i>The London Exhibition, </i> the event highlighted modern industrial technologies as well as cultural works such as fine art and music. Notable displays included demonstrations of railroad technology, the electric telegraph and the first artificial plastic.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: International Exhibition (1862)
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0438.0155
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.0155
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Paperweight
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 2 in x 3 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 8.89 cm