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Back from week long buying trip adding new items every day.
Gentile Family. The original glass worker in the family was Peter Gentile, born in Naples, Italy in 1884. He worked in Naples (Italy), Rochester (Pennsylvania), and Morgantown (West Virginia) before building his own factory in Star City (West Virginia) in 1947. (American Glass Paperweights by Jean Melvin)
His sons, Frankie, John and Joe Gentile helped him make paperweights in the off hours at the Guild Factory in Morgantown. However, most paperweight production since WWII has been associated with Peter, John, or John's wife Gertrude Gentile. Few weights were signed prior to 1963.
Item ID: 3019