LION DOOR BLOCK/PAPERWEIGHT (OMN) by Bakewell, Pears & Company/Pittsburgh-PA (Company Operated: 1807-1882), c1877 Introduced

NOTE: Sid Lethbridge - In February 1877, Washington Beck receive a utility patent for a door stop that features this lion figure atop a heavy ribbed base. The patent was not assigned to any glass company. It is similar to the John Derbyshire Lion after Landseer design registered in the UK in 1874.

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Shape:Paperweight
Contributor: Sid Lethbridge, Chris Kilpack Browning (from the June Sohl collection)

Shape:Paperweight
Contributor: Sid Lethbridge

Shape:Patents
Contributor: Sid Lethbridge

Shape:Catalogue/Ads
Contributor: Sid Lethbridge