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Item Ships From: Illinois
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Fratelli Toso Murano Glass Latticino Paperweight Multicolor Blue, Pink and Green
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This Fratelli Toso Murano glass Latticino paperweight is a true burst of color and sparkle, crafted in Italy in the 1950s. A kaleidoscope of blue...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
$562 Sale Price
25% Off
Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art du Bronze
By Monique Gerber
Located in Chicago, IL
Monique Gerber French bronze cast letter opener in a very sculptural and minimalist form.
Designed Monique Gerber.
Can be used as a sculptural object or paper weight as well.
Re...
Category
1970s French Minimalist Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Murano Art Glass Millefiori Paperweight Sculpture Knob Top Multicolor Murrines
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A fantastic Murano Art Glass paperweight with multicolored Millefiori murrines. This art glass paperweight is designed with a sculptural knob top in clear frosted matte glass resembl...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Mid 20th Century Murano Aquarium Art Glass Elio Raffaeli, signed Paperweight Egg
By Elio Raffaeli
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Spectacular and rare large venetian murano aquarium sculpture paperweight in the form of an egg with two colorful fish and multicolor strands of cane that resemble aquatic plants, ke...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
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
Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Porcelain
Fratelli Toso Mid-Century Modern Latticino Swirl Art Glass Paperweight Gold
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and unique european art glass paperweight. Add a little Mid-Century magic to your desk or display with this stunning Fratelli Toso Murano glass paperweight, crafted in Italy in ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
$562 Sale Price
25% Off
Italian Cream Architectural Polished Travertine Marble Four Sided Obelisk
Located in Chicago, IL
Italian cream pale polished travertine four sided marble obelisk composed of pieces of marble laminated together to compose the obelisk. Hollow on the interior and felted bottom.
N...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Marble
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Speckled Green Brush Rest, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush rest was an essential fixture of the Chinese scholars' desk. This early 19th...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Porcelain
Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art Du Bronze
By Monique Gerber
Located in Chicago, IL
Monique Gerber French bronze cast letter opener in a very sculptural and minimalist form.
Designed Monique Gerber.
Can be used as a sculptural object or paper weight as well.
Remin...
Category
1970s French Minimalist Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Yellow Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush rest was an essential fixture of the Chinese scholars' desk. This 19th-centu...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Green Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush rest was an essential fixture of the Chinese scholars' desk. This 19th-centu...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Porcelain
Carl Aubock Set of Smoking Accessories
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chicago, IL
Brass and Wicker Wrapped pipe stand (Or Paperweight) with two brass spoon rests.
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1940s Austrian Modern Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Brass
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Reclining Ho Ho Boy Charm Weight, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century weight originally used its heft domestically to protect a child. A simple yet ingenious concept, the stone anchored the baby’s swaddling cloth to the bed so the chi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Ceramic
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Antique French marked Art Nouveau Bronze Wheat Sheaf Letter Opener , 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful antique French bronze letter opener dating to the 1910s or earlier, crafted by an unknown sculptor and marked “Bronze” and “Fai...
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H 1.25 in W 8.75 in D 0.25 in
Vintage Silver Thermometer, Italy, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This vintage silver thermometer is a precious decorative object realized in the 1910s.
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Fratelli Toso Murano Green White Italian Art Glass Crown Paperweight
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and colorful vintage Murano hand blown green and white twisting ribbons Italian art glass paperweight. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. This paperweights are often ...
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Antique French Signed Art Nouveau Bronze Duck Figure Letter Opener by Frecourt
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful antique French bronze letter opener by the sculptor Maurice Frécourt. Circa 1900.
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H 1.25 in W 9.63 in D 0.25 in
Murano "millefiori" Art Glass Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Murano Multicolor Art Glass Paperweight
unmarked, maker unknown,
1970's
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Early 20th Century Brass Plaque by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Bezalel brass plaque depicting a Jewish elder next to the Western Wall, made in Jerusalem, circa 1920, bearing a small metal label engraved "Bezalel Jeru...
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Large Bronze Letter Opener Art Nouveau late 19th century signed DeLaune, France
Located in Nuernberg, DE
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H 2.25 in W 11.88 in D 0.38 in
Fancy Antique Swedish Telephone Early 20th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
Fancy brass , black lacquer with gilded decoration. A work of art. Swedish Coat of arms on dial. . Circa 1910. Working condition. Made by L.M. Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden.
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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 ...
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Earthenware
Nailsea blown glass paperweight, c. 1800
s
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Green glass Nailsea paper weight. Founded 1788, the Nailsea Glassworks in Somerset, England found itself one of the largest English glass works by the 1830's. The glassworks closed i...
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19th Century British Antique Illinois Paperweights
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Art Nouveau Glass Paperweight with Floral Silver Overlay, c. 1910s
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant paperweight from the early 20th century is expertly crafted of cut glass and floral silver overlay in the manner of Art Nouveau. The translucent glass cube is shaped wit...
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Chinese Rock Crystal Seal, C. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This small rock crystal carving is a personalized seal once used by a Qing-dynasty scholar-official to sign important documents. Also known as a chop, such stamps were widely used by anyone who regularly signed formal documents, such as scholar-officials, merchants, and doctors. The final addition to any document or calligraphy painting, seal marks conveyed the scholar's authority and affirmed the document's authenticity.
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Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Seal
Located in Chicago, IL
This small porcelain column recreates the personalized seals used to sign important documents throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. Also known as a chop, such stamps were widely us...
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Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Seal
Located in Chicago, IL
This small porcelain block recreates the personalized seals used to sign important documents throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. Also known as a chop, such stamps were widely use...
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Chinese Blue and White Water Coupe, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Alongside the Four Treasures of a Chinese scholar - paper, brush, ink, and inkstone - this delicate porcelain water coupe likely once resided on the desk of a great calligrapher. Created in the mid-19th century, this petite coupe would have sat beside an inkstone, and held the water used to mix the scholars' ink. An excellent example of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain, the dish is expressively painted with plum blossoms and eternal knot...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois Paperweights
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Porcelain
Vintage Brass Horseshoe Paperweight
Located in Chicago, IL
A playful vintage brass horseshoe paperweight meant to bestow good luck, prosperity, and good fortune--or just hold the papers in place on your desk.
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Late 19th Century American Antique Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art Du Bronze
By Monique Gerber
Located in Chicago, IL
Monique Gerber French bronze cast letter opener in a very sculptural and minimalist form.
Designed Monique Gerber.
Can be used as a sculptural object or paper weight as well.
Re...
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1970s French Minimalist Vintage Illinois Paperweights
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Bronze
Murano Blue and Amber Controlled Bubble Paperweight by Galaxy D’Arte
Located in Winnetka, IL
Murano blue and amber controlled bubble paperweight by Galaxy D’ Arte.
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1950s Italian Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Cast Brass Swordfish Letter Opener
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming mid-20th century cast brass swordfish letter opener. Doubles as a paperweight too!
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Illinois Paperweights
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Brass
Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art du Bronze and Box
By Monique Gerber
Located in Chicago, IL
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H 5.5 in W 1.5 in D 0.5 in
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