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Period: Mid-20th Century
Multi-Color Paperweight in Glass Paste, Murano Glass
Located in Roma, IT
Particular paperweight in multicolored glass paste. Measures: Diameter 10 cm.
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Italian Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Glass

Murano Vintage Millefiori Flower Mosaic Italian Art Glass Pedestal Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and unusual, tall vintage Murano hand blown dark pink and white flower murrines Italian art glass pedestal paperweight. Attributed to the Fratelli Toso company. The paperwe...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine

Ashtray or Bowl, Solid Brass for Desk or Table, 1960s, Italy
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful solid brass ashtray, very heavy 1.8 kg. Measure: 16 x 16 x 2.5 cm.   
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Brass

1960s Microchip Lucite Paperweight Vintage Retro Tech Sculpture MCM Anachronism
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Super fun and retro piece of office or desk decor. Good size at almost 4 wide. Reminiscent of the famous designs in lucite by Enzo Mari.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Lucite

1950s Lisa Larson Cat Stoneware Sculpture Paperweight Gustavsberg Danish MCM Era
Located in Hyattsville, MD
One day in the middle of the 1950s, Lisa modeled a cat with the tail straight up in the air. The cat was made of dark brown stoneware with carved stripes. This modernist figurine was...
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Stoneware

Green Murano Glass Paperweight, 2 Available
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian green 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 inch...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Murano Glass

Green Murano Glass Paperweight, 2 Available
Green Murano Glass Paperweight, 2 Available
$279 Sale Price / item
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Pair of Roger Capron Ceramic Tree of Life Paperweights
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Roger Capron tree of life stoneware paperweights France, circa 1950’s Beautifully preserved Handmade, intricately etched trees Organic matte finish Marked identification Can be used...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Stoneware

Handblown Wild Flower Art Glass Paperweight Attributed to Fratelli Toso
Located in New York, NY
Rare elegant Murano handblown wild flower art glass paperweight. Attributed to the Fratelli Toso company. The piece has three large white flowers insi...
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Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Glass

Andrew Szoeke "H" Monogram Marquetry Wood Cube Paperweight
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a rare and wonderful monogram "H" cube or paperweight by American designer, Andrew Szoeke. This cube combines Szoeke's mastery of graphic art and typography with inlaid wood ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Wood

Scandinavian Modern Glass Sculpture by Swedish Designer Mona Morales-Schildt
Located in Stockholm, SE
Scandinavian Modern glass sculpture signed by Mona Morales-Schildt for Kosta. Two green paperweights/sculptures. Both with a bubble in the middle. Th...
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass

Italian Murano Handblown Art Glass Paperweight with White Flowers Fratelli Toso
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Murano hand blown glass flower paperweight with original label. Attributed to Fratelli Toso, not signed. Italian Murano Art glass pa...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass

Vintage Fidenza Glass Ashtray, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Fidenza glass ashtray is a wonderful glass decorative object, realized during the 1960s. Very fashionable glass ashtray realized by Fidenza, Italy. Opaque glass and geometric ...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Glass

Sculptural Jack / Jax Bookend / Paperweight in the Style of Bill Curry
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice sculptural jack / jax bookend, door stop or paperweight the style of Bill Curry for Design Line, circa 1970s. The piece is in good vintage condition with a nice patina and mea...
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Taiwanese Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Chrome

Small Sculptural Jack / Jax Bookend / Paperweight in the Style of Bill Curry
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice small sculptural jack / jax bookend, door stop or paperweight the style of Bill Curry for Design Line, circa 1970s. The piece is in good vintage condition with a nice patina a...
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Iron

Vintage Italian Art Glass Paperweight Blue and Green Egg Shape
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Italian blown art glass paperweight in vibrant blue and green in a transparent egg shape. Vintage Italian Murano Hand blown art glass egg shaped paperweight, with encased bright blue glowing underwater plant with green oceanic leaves in clear crystal. Italian Murano Venetian Glass Mid...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Art Glass, Blown Glass

Mid century vintage handblown Murano glass paperweight
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid century vintage handblown glass Murano paperweight. This paperweight has a unique design in that the interior of the glass looks like tortoiseshell with beautiful tones of dark brown, Amber and gold. This vintage paperweight...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Glass

1960s Raw Stone Paperweight Natural Malachite Azurite
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Raw Stone Paperweight Natural Malachite Azurite Decorative Stone in Malachite and Azurite beautiful aqua hues. 3.5 H x 5D x 4.5 W Original natural state condition - refer to im...
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Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Malachite, Other

Jalousie (Jealousy) gilt bronze paperweight by Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
“Jalousie” (Jealousy), gilt bronze paperweight by Line Vautrin. Chiselled gilt bronze paperweight depicting a figure secretly peering through a louvered shutter, a poetic reference t...
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French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Bronze

Fontana Arte Glass paperweight with two decorative silver coins, Italy 1958
Located in Milan, IT
Fontana Arte Glass paperweight with two decorative silver coins, Italy 1958 This paperweight was made as a souvenir for the 50th anniversary of the Italian A.E.C Electrical company.
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Silver

Vintage Art Glass Obelisk Attributed to Charles Lyn Tissot for Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Art glass Obelisk attributed to Charles Lyn Tissot for Venini. A heavy obelisk made of clear glass internally decorated with a twisted zanfirico ca...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass, Murano Glass

Vintage French Lucite And Brass Embedded Brass Clock Parts Ball Sculpture Desk
Located in North Miami, FL
What a great piece for a man's desk or cocktail table is this vintage French lucite and brass embedded round ball sculpture. Many brass parts of gears and clock parts...
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French Machine Age Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Brass

Pairpoint Blown Glass Paperweight, Figural Swan Motif, Vintage, circa 1950s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
From America's oldest crystal manufacturer still in business, this is a beautifully blown piece of art. It features an elegant swan and Pairpoint's signature controlled bubble. In ve...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Blown Glass

Decorative sculpture in the shape of a Lalique crystal apple
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Lalique Crystal Apple-Shaped Decorative Sculpture Elegant Lalique crystal sculpture from France, depicting an apple with leaves. Made of satin-finished and polished crystal, with a t...
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Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass

French Art Nouveau Rene Lalique Faune Glass Dish, 1931
Located in Worcester Park, GB
An very rare signed (R Lalique) Rene Lalique 'Faune' pintray -depicting a dancing or running goat legged child beast, dating from 1931 (Marcilhac ref: 316). Such pin trays were desig...
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French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass

Set of Three Decorative Cut Crystal Obelisks
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A striking trio of solid cut crystal obelisks in graduated sizes, dating to the 1960s. These sculptural forms are precision-cut with gleaming facets that reflect and refract light be...
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Unknown Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Crystal

Just Andersen Fantail Fish Paperweight, 1930s, Art Deco
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A Heavy metal (likely pewter) paperweight designed by Just Andersen. Paperweight depicts a Fantail Fish. A lovely Art Deco style piece which can work in a variety of different interi...
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Danish Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

George Nelson Safety Number Lucite Ruler Graphical Mid-Century Vintage 1960s
Located in Hyattsville, MD
USA, c.1960s. George Nelson & Associates design attributed Lucite Ruler from the SAFETY NUMBERS Graphic Design + Clock Series for Howard Miller. Unsigned. The ruler is about 13 inch...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Lucite

Two Heavy Sculpture Bronze Eggplant Paperweight
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Two heavy solid bronze patinated eggplant "Aubergine" sculptures. Organic sculpture paperweight metal bronze eggplant with dark bronze patina. Nice to use as paperweight or decorat...
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French Organic Modern Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

"Crabs and Anemone", Striking Art Deco Paperweight, Enameled Bronze
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Entirely striking and original, this bronze paperweight features two crabs framed by enameled anemone and bits of sea and sand, all highly stylized in the Art Deco manner, and everyt...
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French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Italian Murano Hand Blown Art Glass Paperweight with White Flowers Fratelli Toso
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Murano hand blown glass flower paperweight with original label. Attributed to Fratelli Toso, not signed. Italian Murano Art glass pa...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass

Murano Vintage Heart Shape Art Glass Paperweight Cobalt Blue, Yellow and Murine
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Murano Vintage Yellow Heart Glass With Bubbles Paperweight Desk Accessory. Beautiful Murano Art Glass Cobalt Blue and Yellow Heart Shaped Paperweight...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Glass Paperweight Signed Joel Philip Myers 1968
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Glass paperweight signed Joel Philip Myers 1968.
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass

Vintage Two s Company Lucite Owl Tape Dispenser Attributed to Robert P. Gottlieb
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage lucite owl tape dispenser manufactured in Hong Kong for Two's Company of Mount Vernon, NY (ca. 1960s). Attributed to Robert P. Gottlieb, who...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Lucite

Clear Modern Sculptural Glass Object Sculpture or Paperweight Table Decor
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Modern sculptural glass object. Very heavy. The base is a rounded hexagon shape and very solid. Solid short blunt glass rods protrude from the base. A beautiful sculptural piece to a...
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American Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Glass, Blown Glass

Murano Vintage Yellow Heart Glass With Bubbles Paperweight Desk Accessory
Located in North Miami, FL
This gorgeous and happy vintage Italian Mid-Century Modern hand blown glass Murano paperweight and desk accessory has a sensual form in the shape of a heart. The light yellow color w...
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European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Blown Glass

Vintage Blown Art Glass Paperweight in Blue And Green Spiral 1960s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
This vintage 1980's glass spiral paperweight or art glass object desk accessory. Vintage crystal art glass paperweight in blue and green Swirl. Paper weight for the sophisticated des...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Set of Three Hand Blown Murano Glass Birds Paperweights
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Murano art glass hand blown sculpture birds paperweights. Beautiful Modern hand blown glass birds. The body of bubbles Italian art glass dec...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Art Glass

Original Auböck Brass Paperweight, 1950, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Carl Auböck brass paperweight, 1950, Vienna, Austria.
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Brass

Midcentury Steel Paperweight , Europe, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made from steel in original condition sign of use Its form from old plastic factory
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Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Steel

Midcentury Steel Paperweights , Europe, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made from steel in original condition sign of use Its form from old plastic factory
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Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Steel

Vintage Brass and Metal Lighter, Italy, Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage brass and metal lighter is an original decorative object realized in the mid-20th century. A metal vintage ashtray perfect to enjoy relax moment. Produced by Jewelry Ga...
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Italian Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Metal, Brass

Carl Auböck Paperweight "Pipe", Austria, 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck paperweight "pipe" in brass, Austria 1960s.
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Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Chrome Desk Top Magnifying Glass Art deco, swan neck, bendy
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Art Deco Chrome Desk Top Magnifying Glass Art deco, swan neck, bendy desk desktop magnifier in a chrome finish with weighted base The glass is 19” tall fully extended TAW172
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Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Chrome

Amazing Paperweight in Black Marble by Angelo Mangiarotti, Italy 1967
Located in Catania, IT
This black marble paperweight consists of two sections, the cylindrical-shaped base and the second pyramid-shaped. The item is in perfect cond...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Marble

Scandinavian Modern Glass Sculpture by Swedish Designer Mona Morales-Schildt
Located in Stockholm, SE
Scandinavian Modern glass sculpture signed by Mona Morales-Schildt for Kosta. Two red paperweights. One with a bubble in the middle. The other ...
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Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass

Carl Aubock Set of Smoking Accessories
Located in Chicago, IL
Brass and Wicker Wrapped pipe stand (Or Paperweight) with two brass spoon rests.
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Austrian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Brass

1950s Carl Auböck Chain Paperweight Austria Vintage Midcentury Desk Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Sought after early chain paperweight, gold plated steel by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria, circa 1950s. Heavily worn, showing a wonderful patina and...
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Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Steel

Kosta Boda Green and Clear Art Glass Collectable Paperweight
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Sweden round green and clear glass paperweight. Vicke Lindstrand Kosta style Swedish art glass paperweight. Beautiful vintage glass art paperweight with multi sized controlled bubbles in green and clear accenting the close concentric complex. Hand blown bubble design Scandinavian Modern Art glass paperweight...
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Swedish Modern Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Glass

"Suzanne", Art Deco Paperweight in Green Glaze by David Seyler for Kenton Hills
By Kenton Hills Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare, perhaps unique, this quintessential Art Deco sculptural object -- probably meant to serve as a paperweight -- was sculpted by David Warren Seyler for Kenton Hills Pottery in no...
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American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Ceramic

1920s Bostonian Tailors Paperweight Curiosity Desk Object Architect Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful desk relic from a Bostonian Tailor.
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American Industrial Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Metal

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 ...
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Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Stone

Vintage Ducati Motorbike Engine Block, Man Cave Decorative, Industrial Design
Located in Milano, IT
Loft Decoration- Man Cave Accessory - Ducati Engine Petrolheads, behold! This is an authentic engine coming right off of a vintage 1960s Ducati motorbike. Naturally made in Italy, i...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Stainless Steel

Bugatti Tank Car Mascot / Hood Ornament / Paperweight. France 1930
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Bugatti Tank Car Mascot / Hood Ornament / Paperweight. France 1930. Silvered Bronze Sculpture depicting a Bugatti Type 32 ¨Tank¨ Car. Mounted over an acylic base. Signed CAD. Lovely ...
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French Art Deco Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Bronze

richard rohac paper weight or bookend
Located in Munich, DE
paperweight or bookend / signed.
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Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Brass

John Deacons Presse-papiers Millefiori with Yellow and White, 1960
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...
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Scottish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Art Glass

Art Glass Paperweight, Glasswork Novy Bor, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia Made of Art Glass Re-polished Good Original Condition.
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Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Art Glass

Vintage Ceramic Vase, Dümler Breiden, Germany
Located in Roma, IT
This vintage ceramic vase is a ceramic decorative object manufactured in Germany by Dümler & Breiden during the mid-20th century. Rare ceramic vase 195/40. Dimensions: cm 41 x ...
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German Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Ceramic

1930s Chrome Diamond Plate Paperweight Curiosity Desk Object Architect Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful desk relic from a captain of industry.
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American Industrial Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Metal

Late 20th Century American Art Glass Crystal Caterpillar Sculpture by, Steuben
Located in Englewood, NJ
A Late 20th Century American Crystal Caterpillar Designed by Peter Yenawine, for Steuben Glass depicting an inching caterpillar with outstretched antennas and applied eyes gives a re...
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Paperweights

Materials

Crystal

French Silvered Bronze Paperweight Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A silvered cast bronze rectangular paperweight by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. A lovely piece of desktop object d'art in a relatively uncommon form and ...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Paperweights

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Bronze