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Place of Origin: European
Carl Auböck Handcrafted Razor Blade Brass Paperweight #5378, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A handmade paperweight in the shape of a razorblade, model 5378, originally designed by Carl Aubock in the 1950s. A very charming piece, reissued by Werkstätte Auböck in Vienna / Aus...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Brass
1950s Onyx Stone Hand Carved Ashtray, Jewelry Bowl or Paperweight
Located in Barcelona, ES
Lovely natural onyx stone ashtray, paperweight or rings bowl, Spain, 1950s-1960s.
Cut and polished stone showing the mineral’s distinctive banding striations in different shades of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Stone, Onyx
French sculpture of a pigeon in Cracked Ceramic circa 1960 France White Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
French sculpture of a pigeon in Cracked Ceramic circa 1960 France White Color. Can be used as a Paperweight.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Ceramic
White Bookend Mould Project by Theodora Alfredsdottir
Located in Geneve, CH
White bookend Mould project by Theodora Alfredsdottir
Unique
Materials: Jesmonite
Dimensions: 110 x 80 x 180mm
Theodora Alfredsdottir is a product...
Category
2010s Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Cement
Mid-Century Modern Wooden Hammer from Aarikka, Finland, 1960s
By Kaija Aarikka
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Modern Wooden Hammer from Aarikka, Finland, 1960s
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Wood
Mats Jonasson Frosted Crystal Glass Seal Toucan Paperweight Sculpture, 1980s
By Mats Jonasson
Located in Rome, IT
A lead crystal glass paperweight, produced circa 1980s by Mats Jonasson of Sweden, designed as a seal, with frosted detail in the shape of a toucan. Marki...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
Large Murano Glass Paperweight with Internal Bubbles and Swirls
Located in Rochester, NY
Vintage colorful Italian glass paperweight.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Antique Braise Cast Iron Flat Press Laundry Trivet, France, 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
This cast iron trivet is particular Because it was created to put braises inside.
This type of model represented a step forward for the laundress b...
Category
Late 19th Century Industrial Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Iron
$332 Sale Price
20% Off
Stylized Frosted Crystal Rabbit Sculpture / Paperweight by Lalique
By Lalique
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous stylized frosted crystal rabbit sculpture / paperweight by Lalique, circa 1990s. The piece is in excellent condition with no visible imperfections and has a great look. Sign...
Category
Late 20th Century European Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
Rosenthal Fornasetti Porcelain Paperweight, Rosenthal Classic, Libreria Pattern
Located in Downingtown, PA
A Library in the Hand: Fornasetti's Libreria Paperweight
This striking Rosenthal Fornasetti Porcelain Paperweight is an iconic piece of 20th-century decorative art. Produced by Rose...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Ceramic
Oggetti Murano Signed Alexandrite Purple Italian Art Glass Sculpture Paperweight
By Oggetti, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso "Alexandrite" purple Italian art glass paperweight / sculpture. The piece is fully signed underneath, “Ogge...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
$487 Sale Price
25% Off
20th Century, Enzo Mari for Danese Paperweight Mod. Tokelau
By Enzo Mari, Danese Milano
Located in Turin, Turin
Very modernist Paperweight designed by the great designer Enzo Mari for the manufacturer Danese Milano in 1983. The paperweight is called model "Tokelau" that is a Polynesian word me...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Stainless Steel, Iron
20th Century Murano Blown Glass Paperweight Mushroom
By Compagnia Di Venezia E Murano (C.V.M.)
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 European Paperweights
Materials
Blown Glass
Daum France Crystal Desktop Accessory Paperweight Sculpture, circa 1950
By Daum
Located in Atlanta, GA
Daum designed this stunning crystal abstract freeform desktop paperweight. The rare piece was crafted in France circa 1950. The sculpture-paperweight features an outstanding Mid-Cent...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
Carl Auböck pen brass paperweight in original wooden box, Austria 1950s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Berlin, DE
Paperweight by Carl Auböck in wooden box. The measurements given apply to the paperweight, the box measures: 18.5 / 3 / 3 cm.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Pierre Giraudon, a Pair of Lucite Sculptures "Neon", France, Midcentury
By Pierre Giraudon
Located in Stockholm, SE
A pair of resin/lucite sculptures designed by Pierre Giraudon, model "Neon", France Mid-Century Modern / 1970s.
With glow in the dark effect. Decorative and in good condition. Sma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Metal
Adam Jablonski Sommerso Paperweight with Slanted Base, Polish Art Glass
By Adam Jablonski
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Striking abstract art glass paperweight features central core of swirling deep amber, cognac brown, and opal colored glass with controlled bubbles, enclosed in a layer of clear glass...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso
French Bronze Dore Paperclip
Located in Tampa, FL
A mid 19th century beautiful quality bronze dore paperclip depicting wheat. Can be hung on the wall. From France.
Category
1830s Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Edwardian English Glass and Silver Match Strike
Located in High Point, NC
This lovely match striker has a silver top, which has been well polished and loved over the years. It is mounted on the rim of the glass threaded base.
The silver cap is most lik...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Silver
Petite Murano Glass Paperweight Swirl inside Mid-Century Modern, Italy 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown Italian art glass paper weight. A beautiful nice addition to your desktop. Found at an estate sale in Verona, Italy. Highly decorative and functional in e...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Adam Jablonski Sommerso Sculpture or Paperweight, Polish Art Glass
By Adam Jablonski
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Colorful abstract art glass sculpture or paperweight features flattened teardrop shape with central core of cranberry red glass with controlled bubbles, enclosed in a layer of clear...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso, Glass
Gino Marotta Decotive Bronze Medallion "La Rosa Sibillina," Signed, 2000s
By Gino Marotta
Located in Naples, IT
Bronze medallion designed by artsite Gino Marotta and depicting a stylized rose. Gino Marotta (Campobasso, 1935 – Rome, 2012) was an italian painter and sculptor. After an initial pe...
Category
Early 2000s Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Italian Murano Art Glass Sphere Paperweight after Seguso
By Seguso, Archimede Seguso
Located in New York, NY
A small and beautiful Italian Murano art glass sphere decorative object or paperweight with neon yellow and eggplant hues twisted 'Zanfirico' ribbon design, circa mid-20th century, I...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Bronze Sculpture of Reclining Deer by J. Miller on Marble Base
Located in Kastrup, DK
Small bronze sculpture of a reclining deer, crafted in dark patinated bronze and signed J. Miller on the bronze base. Mounted on a marble base.
Originally used as a paperweight.
Ita...
Category
Early 20th Century Other European Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco nude female brass Paperweight around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco nude female brass Paperweight around 1920s
Brass polished and stove enameled
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Large Millefiori Paperweight attrib. to Saint Louis, Scrambled Paperweight
By Saint Louis
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning paperweight dating back to the late 19th Century with roses and flowers that will spark your imagination every time you put your eyes on it.
This art piece has faceted e...
Category
Late 19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murrine
$635 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Vintage Meissen Porcelain Blue Onion Pattern Shoe or Slipper Paperweight
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A good, vintage Meissen Blue Onion (or Zwiebelmuster) pattern figural paperweight.
The paperweight is an iconic Meissen form in the shape of a tradi...
Category
Early 20th Century European Paperweights
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Steel Paperweight , Europe, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made from steel
in original condition
sign of use
Its form from old plastic factory
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Steel
Dice Chrome Metal Statue Paper Weight Mid-Century Modern, German, 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Super cool Art Deco design sculptural "High Roller" dice statue or paperweight. Nice metal dice atop a metal base. Was made as a journeyman's piece. The journeyman's piece is a centr...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Late 19th Taxile Doat Manufacture De Sevres dated 1899 Flora
By Taxile Doat
Located in Marseille, FR
Art Nouveau ceramic paperweight "Flora" by Taxile Doat, Sèvres factory dated 1899. Some cracks on the periphery.
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Grand Tour Pietra Dura Specimen Top Paperweight, 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a superb decorative antique Italian Grand Tour marble Pietra Dura mounted desk paperweight, circa 1880 in date.
This splendid rectangular paperweight is exquisitely inlaid with a sumptuous arrangement of semi-precious stones including malachite, agate, onyx and amethyst.
It is beautifully inlaid on a slate base.
Not only is this desk paperweight very functional, but it is also an exquisite mineralogical wonder that can be admired by all discerning collectors.
Condition:
In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation,
Dimensions in cm:
Height 2 x Width 17 x Depth 10
Dimensions in inches:
Height 1 inch x width 7 inches x depth 4 inches.
Pietra dura is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished coloured stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art.
Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or hardstones; the singular pietra dura is also encountered in Italian. In Italian, but not in English, the term embraces all gem engraving and hardstone carving, which is the artistic carving of three-dimensional objects in semi-precious stone, normally from a single piece, for example in Chinese jade.
The traditional convention in English has been to use the singular pietra dura just to denote multi-colored inlay work. However, in recent years there has been a trend to use pietre dure as a term for the same thing, but not for all of the techniques it covers, in Italian.
But the title of a 2008 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe used the full Italian sense of the term, probably because they thought that it had greater brand recognition. The material on the website speaks of objects such as a vase in lapis lazuli as being examples of "hardstone carving (pietre dure)"
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London uses both versions on its website, but uses pietra dura. "A method of inlaying coloured marbles or semi-precious stones into a stone base, often in geometric or flower patterns...."
Giovanni Montelatici...
Category
1880s Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Malachite, Onyx, Marble
Multicolor Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian hand blown multicolored Murano glass paperweight / Made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: diameter 4 inches / height 1 inch
1 available in stock in Italy
Order referenc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
$349 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Vintage Murano Glass Paperweight with Millefiori Garlands
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Large, unusual Murano glass paperweight features interlacing garlands of complex white and green toned millefiori canes, creating a cross pattern; each square of the cross pattern h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
Handmade Small Paperweight with Sphere Shape in Portoro Marble
By Fiammetta V.
Located in Carrara, IT
Paperweight with sphere shape in Portoro marble. Measure: Diameter 8 cm
Each piece is in a way unique (since each marble block is different in veins and shades) and handcrafted in I...
Category
2010s European Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Apache Indian Chief Head Car Mascot, Hood Ornament / Paperweight, France, 1925
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Apache indian Chief Head Car Mascot - Hood Ornament / Paperweight.
Designed by H. Briand publisher, Paris. Silvered bronze. Mounted over a black marble base. It has a hole at the bac...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco European Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Saint-Louis 1967 King Louis Bicentennial French Art Glass Sulphide Paperweight
By Saint Louis
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage French signed art glass paperweight.
By Saint-Louis.
With a sulphide cameo of King Louis XV framed by a garland of red m...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Large Murano Glass Millefiori Paperweight
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-20th century large Murano glass millefiori paperweight. Yellows & blues with white predominant. Look underneath to see the amazing structure.
3 5/8" dia. x 2.75" h.
We are a fam...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Blue Murano Glass Paperweight, 2 Available
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian blue Murano glass paperweight hand blown with air bubbles and infused with gold flecks / made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: diameter 3.15 inches / height 3.15 inche...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
$279 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Heart Mosaic Italian Art Glass Paperweight
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and rare, vintage Murano hand blown millefiori flowers mosaic with heart centers and bullseye murrines Italian art glass paperweight. Documented to the Fratelli Toso compan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Olivetti Synthesis Portalettere Design Sottsass - Design - Olivetti
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Milano, MI
OLIVETTI SYNTHESIS portalettere Design Sottsass - design - olivetti
OLIVETTI SYNTHESIS
SISTEMA 45 - Portalettere
Design Ettore SOTTSASS ( 1917 ...
Category
1970s Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Danish Railways Piece of Track Chrome Paperweight from DSB, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Danish Railways Piece of Track Chrome Paperweight from DSB Danske Statsbaner, in Flawless conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark, I am sure that...
Category
20th Century European Paperweights
Materials
Metal
Hand Blown Murano Art Glass Bird 1960s
By A. Silvestri and Co.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Murano art glass hand blown sculpture bird figurine.
Beautiful Mid-Century Modern hand blown glass bird.
The body of bubbles Italian ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
19th Century Italian Micro Mosaic Grand Tour Paperweight The Doves Of Pliny
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Italian micro mosaic Grand Tour paperweight - The Doves of Pliny.
Rome - Circa 1870.
Cartouche shaped black slate ground, inset...
Category
19th Century Grand Tour Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Slate
Mid-Century French Signed Daum Paperweight Sculpture in Clear Crystal
By Daum
Located in COLMAR, FR
A magnificent, crystal desktop paperweight by renowned French crystal maker Daum. This is a unique, hand-made piece in transparent crystal, engraved on the bottom edge with the recog...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
1960s Italian Design Crystal Key Fontana Arte Style Paperweight
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brescia, IT
Rare crystal key paperweight
Perfect condiction.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Bronze Bumble Bee Sculpture on Marble Base by Gaston Lachaise
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Wonderful Bronze bumble bee mounted on marble base by Gaston Lachaise.
Category
20th Century European Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Bronze (Silvered) Paperweight putto vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco Bronze (Silvered) Paperweight putto vienna around 1920s
Original condition
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Murano Paperweight Blue Red Ribbons Italian Art Glass Egg Shape Circa 1960s
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Murano Paperweight Blue Red Ribbons Controlled Bubbles Italian Art Glass Egg Shape.
Orange and Blue Art Glass Sphere Paperweight Decorative Ob...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Beautiful Multicolored Swirl, Murano Glass Paperweight, Italy
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown Italian art glass paper weight. A beautiful nice addition to your desktop.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Paperweight in bronze from the late 18th Century in the shape of a cannon barrel
Located in Knivsta, SE
Paperweight in bronze from the late 18th Century in the shape of a cannon barrel.
Beautiful patina.
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 18th Century Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Baccarat French Art Glass Zodiac Paperweight Taurus Bull Sulfide on Cobalt Blue
By Baccarat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, faceted French art glass paperweight.
By Baccarat.
From the Zodiac series.
With a white sulphide depicting Taurus the Bull on a blue ground.
Marked with an acid-etched ...
Category
20th Century European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
English Spode Bone China Pyramid, Gilded Imari Paperweight
By Spode
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
A collector's quality bone china paperweight from Spode, England
Exquisite gilding and floral enamel decoration topped with gilded ball accent
Circa 2000
Signed Spode, England F1860-...
Category
Early 2000s High Victorian European Paperweights
Materials
Porcelain
Salviati Murano Sommerso Cobalt Blue Italian Art Glass Owl Figure Paperweight
By Salviati
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and large, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso cobalt blue over clear Italian art glass owl figurine, paperweight / sculpture. Documented to the Salviati company, with orig...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with intricate airbubbles / Made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: diameter 5 inches / height 4 inches
1 available in stock in Italy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
$349 Sale Price
30% Off
1970s by Renato Toso Murano Glass Pair of Stone Paperweights
By Renato Toso
Located in Brescia, IT
"Sassi" by Renato Toso, 1970
Clear and black Murano glass
Excellent condition, just slight sign (look at the picture).
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Italian Alabaster Marble Sphere
Located in New York, NY
An Italian moss green and black alabaster marble decorative object sphere, Italian Midcentury Modern to '70 Modern design periods, circa mid to late 20th century, 1960s, 1970s, Italy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
An Italian Grand Tour Porphyry and Sienna Marble Paperweight, late 19th century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The profile of Caesar in profile in high relief.
The yellow marble base with stepped edges.
Category
19th Century Grand Tour Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Porphyry
Dice Aluminum Metal Sculpture or Paper Weight Mid-Century Modern, German, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A german vintage aluminum paperweight or sculpture featuring a dice balanced on one corner. Art Deco style, inspired by the 1930s designs of Edgar Brandt. A minimalist dice sculpture...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper
WMF German Jugendstil Silver Plated Large Hound by Fritz Diller
By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce German Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik WMF Jugendstil silver plated model of a large standing hound by Fritz Diller and dating from circa 1906...
Category
Early 1900s Jugendstil Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Silver Plate
Carl Auböck Handcrafted Paperweight Jingle Bell #5039, Brass, Leather, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A handmade paperweight in the shape of a sleigh bell, model #5039, originally designed by Carl Aubock III back in the 1960s. A very charming piece, reissued by Werkstätte Auböck...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Brass
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