Connecticut Paperweights

Charming cast iron doorstop with a cheerful flower basket design, made in England circa 1880. Sturdy and functional, the doorstop has a wonderful painted finish in a pastel palette. ...

Nice collection of 5 English 19th Century blown glass "dump" or "end of day" weights in various sizes, all with slight aqua tones. Reportedly, these weights were made by the glassbl...

Art glass paperweight. Copper colored lustre finish with overall swirl motif. Etched signature on the underside.

A set of three brass paperweights. On the back of each heart, a small piece slides out to reveal a hidden area meant for a keepsake. Makers mark is ASBRO, NY which stands for A. Stei...

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...

19th century Italian paperweight, the polished black slate inset with a Pietra Dura butterfly of malachite and other semi-precious stones. This w...

Cast iron door stop with a flower basket design, circa 1880.

A very handsome "Grand Tour" mid-19th-century pietra dura mixed marble paperweight of plaque form. The square composed of a Breccia marble center framed by rouge and black and white ...

Black marble paperweight with an inlaid image of the Taj Mahal in mother of pearl. This unusual piece has the details drawn on the mother of p...

Decorative brass bookends by Ben Seibel for Jenfred-Ware, circa 1960.

Late 19th century cut crystal knob. Originally adorned the top of a Newel or bannister railing. Extremely heavy cut crystal resting on a brass base. The glamour of the late Victorian...

Pair of Ben Seibel Bookends for Jenfred-Ware . Amoeba like shape to these Classic midcentury bookends. These book weights are rather light. Not super heavy like other Ben Seibel ones. Unable to polish clean, "as is" condition. Tarnished and unpolished. Brass finish cannot be polished up. Ben Seibel, born in Newark, New Jersey in 1918, grew up in Manhattan, where his mother started a shop in Greenwich Village selling her own jewelry and fashion designs. Seibel began pursuing a degree in architecture at Columbia University after studying painting under Louis Schanker and sculpture under Leo Amino. After putting his education on hold for a three-and-a-half year term of service in the Air Force, Seibel returned to New York City in 1945, enrolling at Pratt Institute with a concentration in Industrial Design. He never completed his degree, instead starting a studio that he maintained alongside a small staff until his death in 1985 at the age of 67. Seibel is best known for his tableware designs, drawing influences from his study of sculpture and travels in Japan. His work in ceramics was prolific and wide-ranging in style, reaching prominence in the 1950s with his Informal and Impromptu lines for Iroquois...