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Paperweights For Sale
Search Within: France
Large Ammonite Fossil in Limestone
Located in Marbella, ES
A stunning, large ammonite fossil, preserved in natural limestone. This exceptional piece clearly displays the characteristic whorl of these prehistoric...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Paperweights
Materials
Stone
Bronze Skull Over a Book Sculpture / Paperweight
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Bronze Skull Over a Book Sculpture / Paperweight.
This sculpture is a quiet thunderclap—elegant, solemn, and rich with philosophical weight. The skull atop the closed book, resting o...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,300 / item
St Louis Paperweight Lampwork Ladybird On Flowers Limited Edition
By Saint Louis
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : St Louis Paperweight Lampwork Ladybird and Flowers Limited Edition 1989
Date : 1989
Origin : France
Features : A red lampwork ladybird nestling on leaves and white flowers ...
Category
1980s Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Antique God Atlas Sterling Silver Figural Wax Seal Stamper. German 19-Century.
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Antique God Atlas Sterling Silver Figural Wax Seal Stamper.
Rara Antique, circa 1850, wax seal stamp.
Moldelled as the God Atlas (Greek Mythology).
The globe rotates.
Museum quality...
Category
19th Century German Classical Greek Antique Paperweights
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Saint Louis Paperweight Gridel Devil Millefiori Scramble c1850
By Saint Louis
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Saint Louis Paperweight Gridel Devil Millefiori Scramble c1850
Date : c1850
Origin : Saint Louis, France
Bowl Features : A large paperweight with central devil gridel surr...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Paul Ysart Glass Paperweight with Py Cane Early Period, Scotland Circa 1930s
By Paul Ysart
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful handmade concentric Millefiori, PY cane, Dark Glass Paperweight made by Paul Ysart in Scotland, during his early period, Circa 1930s.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass
A Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Paperweight, St. Peter
s Square Rome - Vatican
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
"Micro Mosaic, St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, XIXth Century"
19th century oval Micro-mosaic depicting a panoramic view of the basilica and St. Peter's Square in Rome (Vatican), enclosed in a shaped slate with inset oval plaque.
Original Italian Micro Mosaic Grand Tour...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Set of 7 Brass Bell Form Weights
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
An assembled set of 7 brass bell form weights, c.1860. 4lb, 2lb, 1lb, 8oz, 4oz, 2oz, 1oz.
Whitehall Antiques is a family business that has been a major source for the selective buye...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Paperweights
Materials
Brass
$350 Sale Price / set
41% Off
An Art Deco Gilt Bronze Paperweight Set Over A Marble Plinth
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Art Deco, gilt bronze paperweight of a cat playing with a ball of yarn. Set over a marble plinth and signed Richard to marble.
Dimensions:H 6cm, W 10cm, D 8.5cm
Origin: French
...
Category
1920s Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Victor Vasarely Style Op Art Vintage Lucite Cube Paperweight Desk Accessories
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Op Art colorful beveled Lucite Cube designed in the Style of Victor Vasarely.
He was a Hungarian born French artist who used geometric shapes and colorful graphics...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
Op Art Victor Vasarely Style Vintage Lucite Cube Paperweight Desk Accessories
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Op Art colorful beveled Lucite Cube designed in the Style of Victor Vasarely.
He was a Hungarian born French artist who used geometric shapes and colorful graphics...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
20th Century Murano Blown Glass Paperweight Mushroom
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A charming little vintage blown art glass ornamental mushroom in translucent and tinted Murano glass, with a curvaceous stem and topped with a shapely cap, flecked with tiny air bubb...
Category
20th Century Italian Paperweights
Materials
Blown Glass
Daum Pate de Verre Glass Butterfly Perfume Bottle
By Daum
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Daum Pate de Verre Glass Butterfly Perfume Bottle
Signed, Daum France. The spherical colorless glass body on a circular foot, with an amber and yellow pate de verre butterfly stoppe...
Category
20th Century Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Erotic - Nude Woman Viena Bronze Sculpture / Desk Paperweight. Austria 1900´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Erotic - Nude Viena Bronze Sculpture / Paperweight. Austria 1900´s.
Lovely woman nude paperclip or paperweight.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vinta...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Minimal Abstract Figurative Crystal Sculpture signed Steuben
Located in New York, NY
This delightfully formed Mid-Century Modernist Minimal Abstract Figurative Crystal Sculpture signed Steuben originates from France during the latter half of the 20th Century. This pi...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Ferrari Cars Badge / Emblem Lucite Desk Paperweight. Italy 1970´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Vintage Ferrari Badge / Emblem Lucite Desk Paperweight. Italy 1970´s.
Very nice Ferrari Advertising paperweight.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vin...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Lucite
Amalric Walter and Daum Nancy "Crabe" Pâte de Verre Glass Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite “Crabe” pâte de verre glass paperweight, by Amalric Walter and Daum Nancy is decorated with a relief of a reddish-brown crab poised upon a bright contrast of green and...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Italy 1980 Post-Modern Abstract Pewter Sculpture Walter Valentini
Located in Brescia, IT
Walter Valentini was born in 1928 in South Italy. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Pewter
Late 19th Century English Set of 4 Brass Bell Weights
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century set of 4 brass bell weights, English. An assembled set by W&T Avery, Birmingham, England. Includes: 4lb., 2lb., 1lb, & 8 oz. sizes. Two smallest are not marked by t...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Paperweights
Materials
Brass
$180 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Millefiori Glass Paperweight Orange Green Blue, Vasart, Scotland c.1960s
By Vasart
Located in Glasgow, GB
Vasart millefiori paperweight handcrafted in Scotland.
A highly collectible glass paperweight and wonderful example of Vasart craftsmanship and artistry. This beautiful paperweight...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
$109 Sale Price
73% Off
A Lalique Crystal
Ship
glass plate, Modern
By Lalique
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Lalique Crystal 'Ship' glass plate, Modern
with a ship at high seas
signed
Lalique France
8.5 in. (21.59 cm.) diameter
Category
20th Century Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Rene Lalique Glass Archer Car Mascot
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique Clear Glass 'Archer' Mascot. This model features a crouching archer with bow and arrow. Wheel cut makers mark, 'R. LALIQUE FRANCE'. Book reference: 'R. LALIQUE Catalogue...
Category
1920s Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Glass
George III Thomas Weeks Paperweight of Cupid Riding a Lion
Located in London, GB
A magnificent quality and very rare English George III or Regency white marble, patinated bronze and ormolu paperweight by the eminent maker Thomas Weeks of Tichborne St. London. On ...
Category
Early 1800s Antique Paperweights
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
John Deacons Perthshire Millefiori glass presse-papier 1970
Located in Oirlo, LI
Glass paperweight.
A paperweight is an object that can be placed on a desk on top of papers to prevent them from blowing away. This goes back a long way, in Egypt they already used ...
Category
20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
$128 Sale Price
20% Off
Dorothy Draper Hollywood Regency Brass Cabbage Paper Weight with Label
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Mon choux! Here's Dorothy Draper's "peu chou" (little cabbage) as the french say. A neat, organically shaped petite cabbage paper weight from the Dorothy Draper Company, Signature Co...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Hollywood Regency Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Paperweight Flower Model Murano Italy, 1960
Located in Oirlo, LI
Paperweight Flower Model Murano Italy, 1960
A paperweight is an object that can be placed on a desk on top of papers to prevent them from blowing away. This goes back a long way, in Egypt they already used paperweight...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
$118 Sale Price
20% Off
Paperweight with a Nice Sleek Finish and a Beautiful Orange Colour
Located in Oirlo, LI
Paperweight with a Nice Sleek Finish and a Beautiful Orange Colour
Additional information:
Dimensions: 6.5 W x 6.5 D x 7 H cm
This sphere has damage and a number G04029 engraved.
A paperweight is an object that can be placed on a desk on top of papers to prevent them from blowing away. This goes back a long way, in Egypt they already used paperweight...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
$90 Sale Price
56% Off
John Deacons Presse-papiers Millefiori with Yellow and White, 1960
By John Deacons
Located in Oirlo, LI
John Deacons Presse-papiers Millefiori with Yellow and White, 1960
Beautiful paperweight large white yellow 1960 by John Deacons.
Glass paperweight.
A paperweight is an object that...
Category
1960s Scottish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
$660 Sale Price
20% Off
Stone Inkwell, Souvenir from Oran Area, circa 1940, Morocco
Located in Labrit, Landes
Marocain stone inkwell
The sculpture represents a horseshoe surrounded by branches of leaves
The words "Souvenir oranais" are wroten in French on ...
Category
1940s Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Stone
$247 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Polychrome Sculpture of a Roman Woman
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian original painted plaster sculpture of a young Roman woman in nice gilt dress and flower wreath. This well sculptured smiling lady cou...
Category
1880s Italian Neoclassical Antique Paperweights
Materials
Plaster
$788 Sale Price
63% Off
Italy 1980 Black Bronze Abstract Sculpture Walter Valentini Big Tracks Tracce
Located in Brescia, IT
Walter Valentini was born in 1928 in South Italy. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Italy Late 20th Century Bronze Abstract Sculpture Walter Valentini Tracce Tracks
Located in Brescia, IT
Walter Valentini was born in 1928 in South Italy. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Italy 1980 Bronze Abstract Sculpture Walter Valentini Tavole Panels
Located in Brescia, IT
Walter Valentini was born in 1928 in South Italy. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Paper Clip by Franzi in Leather and Steel, Gucci Style, Italy, 1970s
By Gucci
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous vintage clip paperweight in leather and steel in the shape of a marine link. A wonderful piece produced by the historic leather brand Franzi in the 1970s in Italy.
A bea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Italy 1980 Bronze Abstract Sculpture Walter Valentini Tracce Tracks
Located in Brescia, IT
Walter Valentini was born in 1928 in South Italy. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Sitting Kewpie or The Thinker, Silvered Bronze Car Mascot Hood Ornament, 1910´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
"Sitting Kewpie" or "The Thinker", Car Mascot Hood Ornament, 1910´s.
Made of silvered bronze, mounted over a green and white mrble base.
Can de used as a desk paperweight.
Originally appearing in the form of magazine illustrations between 1905 and 1909, Kewpie dolls...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Big Silvered Bronze Vienna Dog Sculpture, Paperweight, 1900s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Big silvered bronze Vienna dog sculpture, 1900s. Very good detailed silvered bronze dog sculpture. Perfect as desk paperweight.
We have specialized in the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Young Bear Bronze Figure / Sculpture. 1920´s Car Mascot / Hood Ornament
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Young bear bronze figure / Sculpture. Probably paperweight or car mascot - hood ornament. Very nice details. Very good foundry quality, with original brown patina.
We have specializ...
Category
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Antique, New and Vintage Paperweights
While any heavy object can be used to hold loose papers, there’s nothing as ornate yet perfectly functional as a paperweight. Antique, new and vintage paperweights can unobtrusively enhance the ambience of a room or act as a colorful conversation starter. On a desk or writing table, it can contribute a subtle sense of style.
Glass paperweights emerged in Europe in the mid-19th century. Early paperweight artisans like Venetian glassmaker Pietro Bigaglia often crafted them with a design on the inside. By the early 1900s, paperweight objects became even more popular through innovative iterations by artists like Louis Comfort Tiffany.
As the paperweight became both a luxury and utilitarian object, creators used a variety of materials to set their wares apart. Today, in addition to the classic glass versions, paperweights are made of metal, wood, ceramic and stone.
A vast selection of paperweights as well as a whole range of other desk accessories can be found on 1stDibs — browse by type, price, period, material or style, from Art Deco and Hollywood Regency to metal and glass. Reflecting their widespread appeal, paperweights are available in a diverse array from across the globe, including Italy, France and North America, as well as examples by leading designers and brands such as Fratelli Toso, William Guillon and René Lalique. Whether an office or a study needs a touch of something vintage or a mid-century modern twist, there are paperweights to suit every taste.
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