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@decoqueen : I've seen quite a number of those paperweights over the years, usually lettered with the name of some town or business & sometimes an image in the center.

They were often included in special "souvenir assortments", along with various other novely glass souvenir shapes, in the Butler Bros. Wholesale Catalogs during the 1900-1915 era. The deal worked like this: A business or town or event etc, had to order a minimum of one gross (144) of these items. You had to specify what you wanted lettered or stencilled on them, ie; "Souvenir of Hogwart, Mississippi", or "Souvenir of Coonhollow Worlds Fair" or "Compliments of I.P.Daily Plumbers" etc. Butler Brothers would then forward the order to the glass factory & the factory's decorated dept. would then letter or stencil them & ship them off to the customer. They were then either sold as souvenirs or given away to the businesse's customers. They wholesaled from 78 to 90 cents per dozen. I've seen them with various town names, store & business names & even with transfer Or stencilled images in the center. Numerous glass companies made & offered these assortments thru Butler Bros, including U.S.Glass, Westmoreland & others.