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PILGRIM ROCK (OMN)
• AKA: Plymouth Rock
Unknown Maker (Unknown Location, Operated: Unknown), Introduced: c1876 Introduced
• NOTE: Sid Lethbridge 2020: The Pilgrim Rock paperweight was trademarked in 1876 as desk furniture by Samuel Darling of Rhode Island, It was made for the Providence Inkstand Co. by a glass maker. Barlow & Kaiser state that several glass companies used their private moulds including New England Glass Co. and New England Glass Works. In 1884, A S Burbank of Plymouth acquired the rights and moulds for the paperweights and had them made by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. There were two sizes. Mainly crystal but some cobalt blue.
• Motifs: (Figural), (Bulges)