Name/Title
PaperweightEntry/Object ID
GHS 1563Description
Round domed colorless glass paperweight with paper seal of US on bottom.
Label: "Foundation of the American Coat of Arms 1776"; Label with weight: Arms of the US - engraved and published by Max Zeitler. Engraver of the great seal of the US. Mr. Zeitler lived in Germantown.
LSK: Blue adhesive label on bottom of paperweight reads, "THE FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN COAT OF ARMS 1776. 13 ORIGINAL STATES UNITED AS 1, 13 INDIVIDUAL PARTS CONTAINED IN SEAL, 13 CLOUDS AREOUND STARS, 13 STARS, MOTTO 'E. PLURIBUS UNUM' 13 LETTERS, 13 FEATHERS IN EACH WING, 13 FEATHERS IN TAIL, 13 RED AND WHITE STRIPES IN SHIELD, 13 SPEARS HELD IN RIGHT CLAW, 13 LEAVES AND BERRIES HELD IN LEFT CLAW, AND HTE EAGLE CONSISTS OF 13 PARTS."Dimensions
Length
1-3/8 inDiameter
3-1/8 in