Paperweight
- Title:
- Buffalo, Corbins Park, N.H.
- Object Name:
- Paperweight
- Object ID:
- 1994.006.31
- Description:
- Souvenir paperweight. Clear pressed glass, rectangular with rounded corners. Sepia photograph applied to back, image of two buffaloes in fenced pasture. Photo caption, "BUFFALO, CORBINS. PARK N.H." Faux birchbark paper applied to back of photo, reads, "___SSELMAN & CO., / BROADWAY, NEW YORK."
- Material:
- Glass
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-0.75 W-4 D-2.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Jane Chworowsky (1929-1993), was born in PA and raised in Newport, NH. She attended Plymouth State College, and briefly taught English in Charlestown, NH (1953-55). She ran an antiques business -- Jane's Cabin Antiques -- at her home in Croydon, NH. She bequeathed the contents of her home and business to NHHS.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Jane Lee Chworowsky
- People:
- Chworowsky, Jane (1929-1993)
- Subjects:
- Buffaloes, Bison, Game preserves, Paperweight, Souvenirs
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