Skip to main content

18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

to
4
26
136
1,105
172
138
389
391
16
14
46
16
8
54
70
139
66
22
8
2
1
1
13
8
8
6
3
18
7
11
6
6
5
4
Height
to
Width
to
26
26
26
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
A Pair of Ketland and Co. Flintlock Pistols
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of 18th century English flintlock pistols by Ketland and Co. having proof-marked brass barrels, walnut stocks and engraved steel locks, both with original ramrods and both in ...
Category

English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Walnut

Polished Petrified Wood Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage polished petrified wood paper weight, circa old! The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown and tan colors and measures 4.5"W x 3.5"D x 3.75"H. Col...
Category

Congolese Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Petrified Wood

17th Century Iron Lock Key
Located in Huntington, NY
17th century lock & key. Probably form a large cabinet or a door.  
Category

French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Iron

17th Century Iron Lock 
Key
17th Century Iron Lock 
Key
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Powder Tester
Located in Greenwich, CT
An rare 18th c. flintlock powder tester for the purpose of measuring the strength of gunpowder. Having a walnut handle with brass body and steel flintlock mechanism. With gauge mak...
Category

American American Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Brass, Steel

Rugged Petrified Wood Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage rugged petrified wood paper weight, circa old! The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown and tan colors and measures 4.75"W x 3.75"D x 3.5"H. Cool...
Category

Congolese Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Petrified Wood

Prehistoric Ammonite Fossil or Natural Specimen
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Prehistoric fossilized ammonite is likely from Madagascar and thousands of years old. This fossil is free standing and could be used as a unique design element as a natural specimen...
Category

Malagasy Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Stone

Vintage Cut Geode Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage cut geode paper weight, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown, tan, grey and blue colors and measures 4...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Petrified Wood

Vintage Cut Geode Paperweight
Vintage Cut Geode Paperweight
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Gorgeous Highly Polished Rainbow Obsidian Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A gorgeous highly polished rainbow obsidian paperweight, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good condition with wonderful colors and measures 6.25"W 4....
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Stone

Vintage Cut Geode Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage cut geode paper weight, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown, tan, grey and blue colors and measures ...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Quartz

Vintage Petrified Wood Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage petrified wood paper weight, circa old! The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown and tan colors and measures 4"W x 3.5"D x 3"H. Coll piece! #3899
Category

Congolese Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Petrified Wood

Blue White Ming Scale Weight Drum, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
This small porcelain object is a scale weight from the late Ming-dynasty (1368-1644), a dense counterweight for a tabletop balances used by merchants to ...
Category

Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Porcelain

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

European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

White Rock Quartz Crystal Geode Natural Specimen Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
White Rock Crystal Geode Natural Specimen Sculpture its divided into two parts.
Category

European Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Rock Crystal

Large 18th Century French Lock and Key
Located in Houston, TX
Large 18th century French iron lock and key. This handsome antique French iron lock comes with the original key and makes an interesting coffee table acce...
Category

French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Iron

18th Century Italian Bronze Pestle for a Mortar, 9 Inches Long
Located in Stamford, CT
If you've got the mortar, I have the pestle! There are so many mortars out there, and so few pestles. It's nice to have both. Here is your opportunity to marry this large scale pestl...
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Petrified Wood Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage petrified wood paper weight, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown and tan colors and measur...
Category

Congolese Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Petrified Wood

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

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Stone

18th Century French Provincial Turned Walnut Finial on Brass Base
Located in Middleburg, VA
A beautifully timeworn 18th-century French Provincial finial, crafted in Southern France circa 1790. This sculptural architectural element features a striking turned walnut top in th...
Category

French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Metal

Vintage Petrified Wood Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage petrified wood paper weight, circa old! The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown and tan colors and measures 3"W x 3"D x 1.5"H; felt liner on the ...
Category

Congolese Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Petrified Wood

Paperweight. A Petrified piece of wood polished on one side.
Located in Stockholm, SE
This stunning paperweight is a piece of genuine petrified wood, expertly polished on one side to reveal its extraordinary natural beauty. The polished surface displays a vibrant arra...
Category

Unknown Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Petrified Wood

16th Century, Spanish Wrought Iron Handle
Located in Marbella, ES
16th Century Spanish wrought iron handle.
Category

Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Wrought Iron

Italian Pietre Dure Panel of Parrot on Branch, Late 17th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The Pietre Dure panel inset with lapis lazuli, marmo giallo, in a rectangular shape, probably a panel from a cabinet.
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Marble

18th Century Bronze Dore Cremona Bolt
Located in Dallas, TX
An 18th century bronze dore Cremona bolt with the working mechanism not present. Beautiful bright bronze dore decoration. French, circa 1780.
Category

French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

China Mid-18th Century Wood Hand-Carved Architectural Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This charming Mid-19th Century fragment of wood, is a detail of an hand-carved wood column and it has its country of origin in the Oriental part of Indo-China. This is an elegant object that can be used as a paperweight or it can be a decorative object simply, to appreciate for its charming shape and for the beauty of the detailed engraving in the wood. It is only a little piece, but trought it, is possible to understand the beauty and quality of design of the building from which it is coming out. This beautiful piece can be useful as bookend also. The photos shown this antique wood fragment...
Category

Indonesian Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Wood

Chinese Bone Stamp, 18th-19th Century
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Chinese bone stamp, 18th-19th century Measures: H. 7 W. 10 cm H. 2.7 W. 3.9 in.
Category

Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Bone

Gold/Silver Weight in Fruitwood, Signed with Monogram "IHS" and Dated "1737"
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Gold/Silver weight in fruitwood, signed with monogram "IHS" and dated "1737" Measures: Height 20, diameter 4 cm. Height 7.8, diameter 1.5 in.
Category

Scandinavian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Fruitwood

Related Items
Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with white "filigrana" - white filaments intricately superimposed and intertwined within the glass / Made in Italy, circa 1960s Me...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Murano Glass

Murano Glass Paperweight
Murano Glass Paperweight
$300 Sale Price
40% Off
H 2.5 in Dm 2.5 in
Carl Auböck Model #4867 Egg Polished Brass Paperweight
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Aubo¨ck Model #4867 'Egg' brass paperweight. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly clean and refined Viennese paperweight is hand fabricated in polished brass by Werkstätte Car...
Category

Austrian Mid-Century Modern 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Brass

Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with intricate white, light blue, and dark blue ribbons / Made in Italy, circa 1960s Origina...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Murano Glass

Murano Glass Paperweight
Murano Glass Paperweight
$240 Sale Price
40% Off
H 2.75 in Dm 3 in
Ottoman Brass Inkwell and Pen Case Qalamdan
Located in Stamford, CT
Exceptional Turkish etched brass Qalamdan, a traveling scribe's inkwell and pen case. The beautiful dome topped inkwell is rare, it is attached by chain to th...
Category

Turkish Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Brass

Ottoman Brass Inkwell and Pen Case Qalamdan
Ottoman Brass Inkwell and Pen Case Qalamdan
$1,950
H 7 in W 11.75 in D 4 in
Luccio Del Pezzo Metal Sculpture, 1985
Located in New York, NY
Luccio Del Pezzo ( Italian 1933-2020 ) A commissioned work, offered as an award to exhibitors of 25 years standing at the legendary Milan Salone del Mobile Italiano. Bronze, copper,...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Bronze, Chrome, Copper, Steel

Luccio Del Pezzo Metal Sculpture, 1985
Luccio Del Pezzo Metal Sculpture, 1985
$1,900
H 13 in W 4 in D 4 in
Matched Pair Split Ammonite Fossil Set Mineral Specimen
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Matched Pair Split Ammonite fossil mineral specimens Jurassic - Cretaceous Period, 200 - 145 million years old Measures: 5 x 4.25 x 0.5 in. / 13 x 10 x 1.5 cm Height on custom d...
Category

Malagasy Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Stone

Matched Pair Split Ammonite Fossil Set Mineral Specimen
Matched Pair Split Ammonite Fossil Set Mineral Specimen
$795 / set
H 6.25 in W 4.25 in D 0.5 in
Ammonite Fossil Specimen Mortoniceras (Angolaites) Drakei 110 Million Yrs Old
Located in Warrenton, OR
Ammonite Fossil Specimen Mortoniceras (Angolaites) Drakei 110 Million Yrs Old (apx) We are wild about these knobby ammonite fossils, especially those with both sides are exposed rath...
Category

American Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Shell, Organic Material

Petrified Wood Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Stunning pair of petrified wood bookends.
Category

American Mid-Century Modern 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Petrified Wood

Petrified Wood Bookends
Petrified Wood Bookends
$695 / set
H 6.5 in W 8 in D 6 in
Carl Auböck Model #5371 Heart Polished Brass Paperweight
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #5371 'Heart' polished brass paperweight. Designed in the 1950s, this beautifully refined Viennese paperweight is hand-fabricated in polished brass by Werkstätte ...
Category

Austrian Mid-Century Modern 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Brass

Natural Dendritic Specimen Slab or Fossil Specimen
Located in Warrenton, OR
Natural Dendritic Specimen Slab or Fossil Specimen, probably from the Jurassic period. A small stand will come with the fossil as a gift unless you instruct us not to include it (it ...
Category

Unknown Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Organic Material

Venini Glass Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
This egg-shaped Venini glass paperweight has a purple spiral encased in an orange spiral. It still bears the original Venini label with the Veronese va...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Glass

Venini Glass Paperweight
Venini Glass Paperweight
$2,000
H 4 in W 3 in D 3 in
White Rock Quartz Crystal Geode Natural Specimen Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
White Rock Crystal Geode Natural Specimen Sculpture its divided into two parts.
Category

European Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Rock Crystal

Previously Available Items
Blue White Ming Scale Weight Drum, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
This small porcelain object is a scale weight from the late Ming-dynasty (1368-1644), a dense counterweight for a tabletop balances used by merchants to ...
Category

Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Earthenware

Geode with Circular Shape Split in Half
Located in Marbella, ES
Geode with Circular Shape Split in Half
Category

European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Stone

Geode with Circular Shape Split in Half
Geode with Circular Shape Split in Half
H 2.37 in W 4.73 in D 4.34 in
Large Turquoise Rock or Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous large turquoise rock / paperweight from central Nevada. The piece has great color and texture and measures 4.5"W x 4.25"D x 3.5"H. Great deco...
Category

American Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Stone

Large Turquoise Rock or Paperweight
Large Turquoise Rock or Paperweight
H 3.5 in W 4.5 in D 4.25 in
18th Century, Japanese Cloisonne Scroll Weights
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese enamel metal Fuuchin scroll weights. The scroll weights are enameled with polychrome floral and cloud patterns made ...
Category

Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Enamel

17th / 18th Century Italian Wooden Foot of a Santos
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful decorative item. Italy circa 1650-1750 Weathered.
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Oak

18th Century Italian Fragment of a Wooden Hand of a Saint
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful fragment of a wooden hand that once belonged to a saint statue, Italy, circa 1750. Great to use as a paper weight. Weathered and losses.
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Wood

17th / 18th Century Italian Wooden Foot of a Santos
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful decorative item. Italy 18th century, Weathered.
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Oak

18th-19th Century Neoclassical Italian Marble Claw
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful marble fragment, Italy, circa 1780-1850. Great to use as a paper weight. Weathered.
Category

Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Marble

Large 18th Century Italian Marble Claw
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered white marble claw on a grey marble pedestal. Great to use as a paper weight on your desk. Italy, circa 1750-1800 Weathered and old re...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Marble

Large 18th Century Italian Marble Claw
Large 18th Century Italian Marble Claw
H 8.47 in W 7.29 in D 6.7 in
18th Century Giltwood French Architectural Remnant Decoration
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century giltwood architectural Remnant decoration makes an interesting conversation piece, and showcases wood sculpture at its finest, plus...
Category

French Baroque Revival Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Giltwood

18th Century Italian Wooden Fragment of a Santos Foot
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful small decorative item. Italy 18th century, Weathered.
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Wood

18th Century Italian Painted Wooden Hand of a Saint
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful painted wooden hand that once belonged to a saint statue, Italy, circa 1750. Great to use as a paper weight. Weathered.
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paperweights

Materials

Wood

Still Thinking About These?

All Recently Viewed