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Information or research assistance regarding glass paperweights is frequently requested from the Smithsonian Institution. The following information has been prepared to assist those interested in this topic.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Casper, Geraldine J. Glass Paperweights of the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum. Richmond, VA: United States Historical Society Press; New York: Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, 1989.

Dunlop, Paul. The Jokelson Collection of Antique Cameo Incrustation. Phoenix: Papier Presse, 1991.

Hollister, Paul M., Jr. The Encyclopedia of Glass Paperweights. Reprint, originally published: New York: C.N. Potter, 1969. Santa Cruz, CA: Paperweight Press, 1986.

_____ and Dwight P. Lanmon. Paperweights: "flowers which clothe the meadows." Corning, NY: The Corning Museum of Glass, 1978.

Jokelson, Paul. Sulphides: The Art of Cameo Incrustation. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1968.

Melvin, Jean Sutherland. American Glass Paperweights and their Makers. Rev. and enl. ed. Camden, NJ: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1970.

Newell, Clarence A. Old Glass Paperweights of Southern New Jersey: An American Folk Art. Phoenix: Papier Presse, 1989.

Prepared by the Collections of Ceramics and Glass,
Division of Home and Community Life in cooperation with the
Public Inquiry Mail Service,
Smithsonian Institution

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