Paperweight
date: label: date made
content: ca 1876
label: patent date
content: 1876-02-22
notes: label: Description
content: Figural paperweight featuring the bust of the Goddess of Liberty atop a column emblazoned with a legible, minute copy of the Declaration of Independence, complete with facsimiles of the signatures and framed by branches of laurel and oak leaves. Square pedestal base bears symbols of science, art, agriculture, and commerce at the four corners of its cap, while the Landing of the Pilgrims (right), Signing of the Declaration of Independence (back), Battle of Bunker Hill (left), and (on the front) a business advertisement for "JAMES W. TUFTS / BOSTON MASS." are on its sides. Components are held together with internal rod secured with nut on bottom.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0262.1
label: accession number
content: 1987.0262
label: catalog number
content: 1987.262.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: paperweight
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 21.2725 cm x 6.985 cm x 6.985 cm