A GROUP OF FIVE FROSTED PRESSED GLASS PAPER WEIGHTS, Attributed to Gillinder & Sons, Philadelphia, circa 1875, Lion Pattern, comprising: a pair, each in the shape of a lion-head, on a circular base; one in the shape of a full-bodied crouching lion with front paws on a log, on a shaped base; one with triple lion-head shaft on circular base with scalloped edge; and a recumbent lion paper weight on an oval base with scalloped sides, the underside inscribed "Gillinder & Sons, Centennial Exhibition"--5 2/3in. long, the last (5)

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A GROUP OF FIVE FROSTED PRESSED GLASS PAPER WEIGHTS, Attributed to Gillinder & Sons, Philadelphia, circa 1875, Lion Pattern, comprising: a pair, each in the shape of a lion-head, on a circular base; one in the shape of a full-bodied crouching lion with front paws on a log, on a shaped base; one with triple lion-head shaft on circular base with scalloped edge; and a recumbent lion paper weight on an oval base with scalloped sides, the underside inscribed "Gillinder & Sons, Centennial Exhibition"--5 2/3in. long, the last (5)

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