Don't Forget Mother! Antique Frit Glass Motto Paperweight 1890 playing cards which would fall in to

which would fall in to the genre of a a transformation carving

especially) and a gasoline can

Definitely 19th century and I'd guess more Civil War era than end of the century

10 1/4 x 7 5/8 and in good condition

(My guess it that a child many years ago went to work on it with a sharp tool

Don't Forget Mother! Antique Frit Glass Motto Paperweight 1890 playing cards which would fall in toI've become very taken with old frit glass sentiment motto paperweights (frit essentially means ground glass, used for the text, which floats inside the clear glass orb about midway up). To me they feel close kin to the old silver foil and reverse painted scalloped glass signs that have come so precious, and it is my feeling that these paperweights will become increasingly coveted too, because they're so great looking and of a nice small scale to