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Souvenir weight of
Niagara Falls, "General View of Niagara Falls" with
early Maid of the Mist. Iridescence on waterfalls,
base indicates 'Made in Germany'. Diameter 3 1/4". |
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Souvenir weight of
Niagara Falls, "General View of Niagara Falls, with early
Maid of the Mist. Iridescence on waterfalls.
Original paper base with price 60 cents. Scalloped
edge. Diameter 3 1/4". |
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Prospect Point. |
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Souvenir weight of
Toronto Old City Hall, "City Hall Toronto", architect
E.J. Lennox, construction completed 1899. Leather
backed base. |
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Souvenir weight of Toronto Old City
Hall, "City Hall Toronto", same photo as above,
colourized version. Leather backed base. |
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Souvenir weight of Toronto Old City
Hall, "Toronto". |
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Royal York hotel. |
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Souvenir weight, "SS Corona", Niagara Navigation Company cruise ship, launched in Toronto Bay May 23rd,1896. Original cardboard box. |
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Souvenir weight, "College Street Baptist Church, 1889", Toronto and "Stuart S. Bates, D.D., 1885-1903". |
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Advertising weight, "Nasmith's Business
Mens Lunch Counters, 68 Jarvis; 51 King, E; 51 King, W;
152 Yonge, Toronto". Pressed & stained pink
commercial weight made at the Toronto Glass Company,
Toronto, Ontario, c. 1894-1900 (Ref. Stevens
G., Glass in Canada - The First One Hundred Years
(1982) p. 34). Diameter 3". |
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Advertising weight,
"Nasmith's Business Mens Lunch Counters, 68 Jarvis; 51
King, E; 51 King, W; 152 Yonge, Toronto". Pressed
& stained blue commercial weight made at the Toronto
Glass Company, Toronto, Ontario, c. 1894-1900 (Ref.
Stevens G., Glass in Canada - The First One Hundred Years
(1982) p. 34). Diameter 3". |
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Souvenir/advertising
weight. "McMaster Hall - Toronto, Can." Photo
type with original leather backing. McMaster Hall on Bloor St. in Toronto was the original site of McMaster University now located in Hamilton, Ontario. This building now houses the Royal Conservatory of Music. |
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Souvenir weight, white letters "Toronto
- Canada" in large centre surrounded by seven
Murano-like canes. Possibly made in Murano (?). |
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Advertising weight,
milk glass with black lettering. "The Wellington
Lime Co. Ltd., Toronto, Can., Telephone Main 2082, Head
Office, Room 15, 34 Yonge Street, D.D. Christie,
President, W.I. Scott, Sec'y-Treas." |
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Souvenir weight, milk glass, "Mines and Mining Building, Worlds Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1898". |
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Souvenir weight.
"Administration Building, Midwinter Fair, San Francisco,
Cal." (1894). The First California Midwinter International Exposition was held in Golden Gate Park in 1894. It was based on the Chicago Columbia Exposition of 1893. The Administration Building was one of five main exposition buildings on the site. |
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Souvenir weight.
"Electrical Bldg. - World's Fair 1893". The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago's Jackson Park in 1893. Forty-six nations participated, more than 200 buildings (Libbey Glass had a Pavilion). One exhibit in the Electricity Building featured a 70-foot high tower of light bulbs. |
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New England Glass
Company, (or Providence Inkstand Company) Plymouth Rock
1620 paperweight, circa 1876 Centennial. Large size. |
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New England Glass Company, (or Providence Inkstand Company) Plymouth Rock 1620 paperweight, circa 1876 Centennial. Small size. |
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Gillender Souvenir, PCA Inc. - 50 Years. Modern reproduction of sitting lion produced for the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition. |
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Combination advertising weight and pen holder, milk glass with red and black lettering in French, J.B. Gratton Limited, General Contractor, Montreal. |
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Advertising
weight. "La France Textiles Limited, Woodstock,
Ont. La France Covers Sell Furniture. Branches
with Stocks at Toronto, Ont., Kitchener, Ont., Montreal,
P.Q., Winnipeg, Man., Vancouver, B.C." This
red/white coloured weight has a moveable slide on the
underside to operate a perpetual calendar on the
face. Label on the underside "Made in England
by: Wedekind & Co., 50, Baker Street, Weybridge,
Surrey". Original backing. |
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Souvenir weight, "Spasskaya Tower,
Moscow". Three sided weight of clear glass,
engraved on one corner to reflect image
throughout. Base of clear amber glass.
Height 8 1/2 ", Base 4" x 4" x 4". |
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Advertising weight, red and black
lettering on milk glass, "Mark Fisher, Sons & Co.,
Fine Woollens, Tailors' Trimmings, Mark Fisher Building,
Montreal". |
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Change
tray. Reverse painted with some iridescence.
Picture depicts a farm homestead. |
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"Gillender"? turtle. |
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"Gillender"? turtle. |
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Canadian Centennial Souvenir 1867-1967,
"J and G" initials, enclosed in circles, on outer left
and right. Made by John Gentile. |
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Martyrs' Shrine - Midland, Ontario |
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Casa Loma souvenir paperweight. |
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Luxfer Prism Company milk glass
advertising paperweight. |