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Period: Early 20th Century
1919 René Lalique Seal Stamp Papillon Butterfly Glass with Sepia Patina
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Seal Stamp "Papillon Ailes Ouvertes" made in frosted glass with sepia patina by René Lalique in 1919. Engraved signature. Perfect condition Height: 5 cm Length : 7,3 cm Félix Ma...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Glass, Art Glass

Art Deco Gray Stone Chinese Stamp with Hand Carved Guardian Lion Motif
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful Art Deco stamp was realized in China, circa 1925. It features a volumetric rectangular body crowned with a hand carved guardian lion (a Chinese leitmotif) and accompan...
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Chinese Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Jade

Early 20th Century English Brass Horseshoe Clip
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century English desk clip is a charming and practical piece of history. Featuring a brass horseshoe mounted on a chip-carved wood base, it was originally designed to ...
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English Edwardian Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Brass

English Arts Crafts Bronze Seal, Cat Mouse Motif, circa 1900–1930
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
English Arts & Crafts Bronze Seal, Cat & Mouse Motif, circa 1900–1930 A finely cast English Arts & Crafts bronze desk seal, surmounted by a sculptural mouse crouched at the top of t...
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English Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Paperweights

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Bronze

Large English Antique Brass Desk Magnifying Glass / Paperweight c.1910
Located in Bath, GB
Always very popular and a very useful desk-top accessory, this one is one of the larger examples, quite an imposing size. These large circular magnifiers actually are the condenser o...
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British Edwardian Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Brass

Michelin 1910 Slim-Skinny Bibendum Bronze Car Mascot Hood Ornament
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
An early 'Bibendum Protégé' Car mascot - Hood Ornament, French, circa 1910, Nickel-plated bronze figure of a 'slim' Mr. Bibendum, mounted on wooden black base. Perfect for any Classi...
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French Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

A Vintage Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marble Ruler, 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The 7 1/4" ruler with 8 different specimens inset with in a black marble frame.
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Italian Grand Tour Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Marble

Amalric Walter and Alfred Finot Pate De Verre Woman with Schawl Paperweight
Located in Bochum, NRW
Amalric Walter and Alfred Finot, a seated female figure with a shawl and a necklace, Nancy, c. 1910 Gorgeous pâte-de-verre figurine in shades of jade, dark green and violet-blue colo...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass

Vintage Hand-Carved Jade Stone Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage hand-carved jade stone statue was cleverly sculpted to depict fully laden grapevines, combined with a naturally colored rouge segment below creating the illusion of a gnarly grapevine root...
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Japanese Anglo-Japanese Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Stone

Bauhaus Style Art Deco Vintage White Metal Napkin Holder, Germany, circa 1920
Located in Vienna, AT
Bauhaus Style Art Deco vintage napkin holder from white lacquered metal Germany, circa 1920 . The napkin holder shows signs of age and use like ...
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German Bauhaus Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Sheet Metal

Silver Plate Victorian Repoussé Magnifying Glass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful Silver Plated magnifying glass with ornate handle of Repousse Silver. A Wonderful addition to any sophisticated desk, used to magnify or as a paperweight. A compleme...
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European Victorian Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Silver Plate

"Langouste" Pâte de Verre Paperweight by Walter and Bergé
Located in New York, NY
This French Art Nouveau pâte de verre paperweight (or "Presse Papiers") by Amalric Walter and Henri Bergé is an earlier, and smaller version of a series of "Langouste" paperweights f...
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French Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass

Art Deco Paperweight by Paul Kiss
Located in NANTES, FR
Art Deco paperweight circa 1925. Wrought iron squirrel stamped P. Kiss. In perfect condition. Height: 16.5 cm Width: 8 cm Length: 12.5 cm Weight: 1.8 kg Paul Kiss, born on March 5, 1886 in Kézdiszentkereszt (hu) (then in Hungary, now Poian in Romania) in the Carpathian Mountains and died in 1962 in Linières-Bouton, France, was an artistic ironworker. He exhibited at major French art events of the 1920s. Paul Kiss helped elevate metalworking to an art form in the 1920s and 1930s, creating magnificent furniture, table lamps, and wall mirrors with exquisite ornamental details, inspired by Art Deco. The pieces often featured geometric patterns, plant motifs, and human and animal figures. Kiss was born in Hungary in 1885 but moved to Paris in 1907. There, he worked under Raymond Subes and Edgar Brandt, two of the most famous metalworkers of the time. After the First World War, Kiss opened his own studio and showroom on Rue Léon-Delhomme. Kiss designed and produced numerous pieces of iron furniture throughout the 1920s and 1930s. He was commissioned to restore historic monuments and create new public monuments. His clients included the kings of Siam and Egypt. Kiss created the metalwork for the war memorial in Levallois-Perret, France, for which he received the silver medal at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1924. In 1925, he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs and the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts. In the 1920s, Kiss mentored the young designer Paul Fehér...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Wrought Iron

Jacques Cartier Elephant, Art Deco / Cubist Car Mascot / Hood Ornament 1920´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Jacques Cartier Elephant, Art Deco / Cubist Car Mascot / Hood Ornament 1920´s Elephant, cubist car mascot / Hood Ornament, Paperweight / Sculpture. Silvered Bronze, signed on the emb...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Large English Antique Brass Desk Magnifying Glass / Paperweight c.1910
Located in Bath, GB
Always very popular and a very useful desk-top accessory. These large circular magnifiers actually are the condenser or magnifier from a Magic Lantern dating to around 1910; they are...
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British Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Brass

Art Deco paperweight by Le Fer Forgé Henri Fournet
Located in NANTES, FR
Art Deco paperweight, circa 1925, in wrought iron and red copper, decorated with a rose. Stamped "Le Fer Forgé" H.F. (ironworks located in Lyon). Width: 9 cm Length: 9 cm Height: 1...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Copper, Wrought Iron

Art Deco Max Le Verrier / Artus Pelican Hood Ornament / Paperweight, France
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Max Le Verrier / Artus Bird Hood Ornament / Paperweight - France. Hard to find circa 1925 famous Pelican by Artus. (Pseudonym for Max ...
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French Art Deco Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Marble, Metal

Art Deco Wrought Iron Paperweight
Located in NANTES, FR
Paperweight, decorative wrought iron office object circa 1925. Executed in Lyon by Henri Fournier establishment "le fer forgé". Stamped "le fer forgé". This is probably a unique pie...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Wrought Iron

Art Deco Sculpture of a French Bulldog Bookend or Paperweight, France, 1920s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco or Cubist Bronze sculpture of a French bulldog bookend or paperweight. Made of bronze, mounted over a marble base. Made in France, 19...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Marble, Bronze

French Art Nouveau Rene Lalique Grey Stained Dragonfly Knife Rest c1919
Located in Worcester Park, GB
An very rare and very early signed (R Lalique France -see image 5) original grey stained Rene Lalique 'Libellule' knife rest -depicting a dragonfly in flight, dating from 1919 (See ...
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French Art Nouveau Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass

Large Art Deco Green Onyx Cigar Ashtray with Nude Bronze Lady Sculpture
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Art Deco Green Onyx Cigar Ashtray with Nude Bronze Lady Sculpture. Signed "Made In Austria".
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Austrian Art Deco Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Onyx, Bronze

Rene Lalique Glass Deux Aigles Paperweight
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique clear & frosted glass 'Deux Aigles' paperweight, with details highlighted in grey staining. Features two eagle heads facing each other with a ball in their beaks. Moulde...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Glass

Art Deco Bronze Rabbit Table Bell Ring by Edouard-Marcel Sandoz 1920s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
A fine quality, early twentieth century bronze model of a ‘Rabbit with Ear Raised’ by Edouard Marcel Sandoz (Swiss, 1880-1971). This bronze was produced using the lost wax process at...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Marble, 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...
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American Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Bronze Lizard and Lapis Lazuli Paperweight
Located in North Hollywood, CA
French cast bronze / brass lizard in lost wax technique on a solid polished Lapis Lazuli. Can be used as a paperweight or decorative desk accessory. Lizard itself is 5.5" wide, 3" de...
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French Belle Époque Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Antique English Blue John or Derbyshire Spar Egg Shaped Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique paperweight. Comprised of Blue John (also known as Derbyshire Spar), a rare form of fluorite from England with distinct purple & yell...
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English Neoclassical Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Precious Stone

Antique French Animalier Bronze Marble Greyhound Sculpture Desk Paperweight 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A very handsome antique French Animalier bronze greyhound sculpture, paperweight, circa 1900. The bronze in the style of Emmanuel Fremiet, mad...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique Glass and Sterling Silver Match Striker / Paperweight
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver and glass match striker; an addition to our ornamental collection. This exceptional antique glass and silver match striker...
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British Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Sterling Silver

Italian 1920s wrought iron dragon and snake paperweight
By Carlo Rizzarda
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Italian 1920s wrought iron dragon and snake paperweight.
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Wrought Iron

Art Deco Edouard Marcel Sandoz Guinea Pig Cochon d Inde Bronze Paperweight 1919
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Edouard Marcel Sandoz (Swiss, 1881-1971,) Guinea pig silver plated bronze paperweight. Marked "Ed M Sandoz" near the lower edge, also with Susse Fres Ed mark. Description "COCHON D'...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Rene Lalique Glass Archer Car Mascot
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...
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Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Glass

1920s Dental Paperweight Sculpture Glass Slab Temperature Gauge Thermometer
By Honeywell, S.T. Dupont
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare item from the L.D. Caulk Co. of Milford Delaware. New old stock, New in box. A true Relic from yesteryears building technics. A beautiful desktop sculptural object. Temp rises w...
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American Industrial Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Glass

Edward VII Glass Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
Edward VII glass paperweight. "Honi soit mal quiy mal y pense" commemorative souvenir paperweight of Edward VII in his coronation robes, England, circa 1902...
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English Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Glass

Bofill Silvered Bronze Owl, Hibou Paperweight / Hood Ornament, France, 1910-15
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Bofill silvered bronze owl - Hibou Desk Paperweight / Car Mascot / Hood Ornament. France 1910-15. Silver plated bronze, signed. Excellent original conditions. HIBOU Par Antoine Bofi...
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French Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Blue John Paperweight Egg Mounted on Fluorspar Base, Early 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The brightly colored blue john egg mounted on a rectangular base. H. 3" x W. 4" x D. 2 3/4"
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British Late Victorian Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Quartz

Mirrored Art Deco Paperweight Att. to Jean Luce, C 1930 s
Located in New York, NY
Chic solid glass Art Deco mirrored paperweight, having bevelled edges. This piece is in very good, original condition, clean and ready to display and use. Made in the 1930's att...
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French Art Deco Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Mirror

Edgar Brandt Paper Press
Located in NANTES, FR
Art Deco wrought iron paperweight "Die" by Edgar Brandt, circa 1920. In very good condition. Height: 8.2 cm Width: 5.8 cm Length: 9.6 cm Weight: 1.2 kg Edgar Brandt was born in Par...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Wrought Iron

Pirate Monkey Car Mascot / Hood Ornament Signed Ch. Soudant. France 1920´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Very Rare art deco french silver plated bronze sculpture figure of a Pirate Monkey, Car Mascot / Hood Ornament / Desk Paperweight. Inscribed Ch. Soudant and Susse Fes Edts. A fascin...
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French Art Deco Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Art Deco Cubist Rare Comet Car Mascot by Becquerel, French, circa 1920-1925
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Very Rare Hood Ornament - Car Mascot. Silvered bronze, mounted on Italian portoro marble display base, a beautifully presented example. Very nice Automobilia piece. Perfect paperweig...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Marble, Bronze

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...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Glass

Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Fennec, Fox by Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, France
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco bronze sculpture fennec fox by Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, France. Edouard Marcel Sandoz 'FENNEC COUCHÉ' A silvered bronze modelled as a fox, signed E M...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Antique Glass and English Sterling Silver Match Striker / Paperweight
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver and glass match striker; an addition to our ornamental coll...
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English Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Sterling Silver

Art Deco French Bronze Sculpture of a Sphinx, Signed C. Charles
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco French Bronze Sculpture of a Sphinx. Signed C. Charles Bronze sculpture of the stone Sphinx of Giza in Egypt, on a rectangular marble base. Signed C. Charles and Stamped Fra...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Marble, Bronze

French Bulldog Bronze Desk Paperweight / Ashtray , Austria, 1920´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
French bulldog bronze figure / sculpture desk paperweight Ashtray - Austria 1920´s. Marked Austria. Very nice conditions. Bronze is mounted over a marble base. We have specialized i...
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Austrian Art Deco Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Large Murano Pear
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing Murano large over size pear with burg interior..Amazing shape and size.
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American Modern Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass

Large Murano Pear
Large Murano Pear
$476 Sale Price
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Rare Bronze Paperweight Celebrating 500th Anniversary of Leipzig Univ, 1909
By Max Lange
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Depicting two male nudes lifting a garland framing Medieval images of the two patron saints of Leipzig University -- St. Laurentius and John the Baptist -- this rare and beautiful br...
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German Beaux Arts Antique Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Antique English bubble glass paper weight, with a Jack Russel dog, England 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Antique English bubble glass paper weight or paper press, with intaglio of the head of a Jack Russel dog, carved and painted reverse, Essex c...
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British Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Glass

1919 René Lalique Seal Stamp Papillon Ailes Fermees Glass with Sepia Patina
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Seal Stamp "Papillon Ailes Fermees" made in frosted glass with sepia patina by René Lalique in 1919. Engraved signature. Perfect condition Measure : H...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Glass, Art Glass

German Shepherd Dog Bust Paperweight Sculpture / France, 1910
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
German shepherd dog bust paperweight sculpture / France, 1910. Foundry Mark coin. Signed H. Puyen. Silver plated metal mounted over a green marble. Desk sculp...
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French Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Marble, Metal

Antique Victorian Dinner Bell
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
That's an antique dinner bell with abalone , mother -of-pearl bell on a white marble base. I found this object in France during a vacation, and the...
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French Other Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl

Bronze of Beethoven by Henri Dropsy, France, circa 1920
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Bronze medal mounted on marble, representing the famous musician Ludwig van Beethoven. By Henri Dropsy, France, around 1920. In very good conditio...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Marble, 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...
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English Edwardian Antique Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Silver

Two Bronze Gnome with Base Paperweight Figurine with Globe Antique France 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful bronze Figurine paperweight or desk accessory. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of bronze and enameled parts. Shows two Gnomes standing on a base w...
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French Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Marble, Metal, Enamel

Art Deco Glass Paperweight
Located in PRAHA 7, CZ
Exceptional, finely crafted art deco paperweight from the 1930s Bohemia. Handcrafted in sanded opalescent glass. Figure in relief depicting a sleeping nude with flowers. Small air bu...
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Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass

Vintage Gold Dore Bronze Letter Rack by Silver Crest Gold Over Bronze
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Spectacular vintage letter rack designed by Silver Crest Gold Over Bronze, it has the maker’s mark in the bottom. Beautiful piece for your desk. Made of bronze in an Art Deco design....
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American Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Antique Victorian Brass Hand Form Paper Clip Desk Organizer or Wall Display
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Victorian Brass Hand Form Paper Clip – Desk Organizer or Wall Display, A rare and whimsical Victorian-era brass hand clip, beautifully crafted ...
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French Victorian Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Art Déco Guinea Pig Bronze Paperweight by E.M. Sandoz for Susse Frères, France
Located in North Miami, FL
1920s Art Déco small guinea pig bronze paperweight/sculpture by Édouard-Marcel Sandoz manufactured by Susse Frères, France By: Édouard-Marcel Sandoz, Susse Frères Material: bronze, ...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Metal, Bronze, Copper

Antique Arculus Close Concentric Millefiori Glass Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English glass paperweight. By Arculus. Of a medium to low dome form. Dates to the early 20th century (pre-1930). With a close-concentric millefiori design, featuri...
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British Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Glass, Art Glass

Chinese Robin s Egg Peach Water Dropper, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This porcelain peach is a traditional Chinese water dropper, a calligraphy accessory that would have been found upon a scholar's painting table a...
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Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Porcelain

American Art Nouveau Swirl Paperweight by, Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
An American Art Nouveau gilt bronze and mosaic inlaid TIffany Favrile "Swirl Paperweight" by, Tiffany Studios decorated with an organic swirl pattern...
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American Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

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