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1970s Pink Wavy Ribbon Paper Weight Signed
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This rare "pink wavy ribbon" paperweight is an amazing piece of crimped swirl glass which was created — and signed …
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This rare "pink wavy ribbon" paperweight is an amazing piece of crimped swirl glass which was created — and signed — by Joe Rice, the great-grandson of glassworker John St. Clair from France. Clearly, the glassworker genes run strong in the family, as this really is a nice paperweight that will be a standout and look beautiful in any decor. The paperweight measures 2” x 2" x 2.5”H. Imagine it in a little girl's bookshelf or as a unique "pretty in pink" baby gift to go with those Dr. Seuss books!
About Joe Rice:
Joe Rice is the nephew of Joe St Clair and of Bob St Clair, and the great-grandson of John St Clair, a glass-worker who emigrated to the USA from France in the 1880's. The St Clair family settled in Crystal City, Missouri in the mid 1880s but a few years later moved to Elwood in Indiana where a free supply of natural gas was causing a boom in the glass industry. Industrialists would lease or buy a patch of land where the gas was found, build a well and set up pipes to transport the gas to their factories. Excellent quality local sand contributed to the boom, and five major glass factories set up in Elwood by the turn of the century. One of these was McBeth-Evans, which opened in 1890 and commissioned a special train to bring over 350 skilled glass workers from Pittsburgh to work there.
John St Clair Snr and his son John were both recruited to McBeth-Evans. John Junior married in 1903 and in the first twenty years of his marriage to Ellen Carroll they had eleven children, five boys and six girls. John became known as Pop St Clair. All five of his sons trained and worked at McBeth-Evans when they were old enough. Meanwhile the free natural glass was beginning to run out. Pipes had been laid to take the gas to factories as far away as Chicago and Indianapolis, and the pressure began to fall. Water got into the pipes and in cold weather when the water froze the supply of gas was unreliable. The effects of the Depression were also being felt and by 1936 the boom time in Elwood ended as suddenly as it had begun. Macbeth-Evans closed along with other factories and glassworks. There was no more free gas.
Pop St Clair and three of his sons accepted jobs at Dunbar Glass in West Virginia in 1938. Joe St Clair stayed behind to build a modest glassworks of their own and three years later the family returned to work together at St Clair Glass. This factory operated in Elwood between 1938 and 1987, and since then, the family tradition of glass-making has been continued by their nephew Joe Rice.
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- Dimensions
- 2.5ʺW × 2.5ʺD × 2ʺH
- Period
- 1970s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Art Glass
- Felt
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Light Pink
- Condition Notes
- Great vintage condition with no visible chips or scratches; please see pics for details. Great vintage condition with no visible chips or scratches; please see pics for details. less
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San Francisco, CA
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