Micro Mosaic Paperweight
Antique Grand Tour Micro-Mosaic Paperweight with Vatican Vignettes
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique Grant Tour micro-mosaic paperweight is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Paperweights
Materials
Slate
micro-mosaic paperweight St. Peter's Square
Located in Rome, IT
Micro-Mosaic paperweight depicting St. Peter's Square. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS, INFORMATION OF THE LOT
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Picture Frames
Materials
Precious Stone
A Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Paperweight, St. Peter's Square Rome - Vatican
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
slate with inset oval plaque.
Original Italian Micro Mosaic Grand Tour desk paperweight plaque.
We
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Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Paperweights
Materials
Marble
$2,999
H 6.7 in W 10.04 in D 0.71 in
19th Century Italian Micro Mosaic Grand Tour Paperweight The Doves Of Pliny
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Italian micro mosaic Grand Tour paperweight - The Doves of Pliny.
Rome - Circa 1870
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Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Paperweights
Materials
Slate
$1,495
H 3.5 in W 4.75 in D 0.75 in
19th Century Italian Micro Mosaic Grand Tour Paperweight The Doves Of Pliny
Located in Norwich, GB
19th Century Italian micro mosaic grand tour paperweight - The Doves of Pliny. Rome - Circa 1870
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Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Paperweights
Materials
Slate
$1,791
H 3.55 in W 4.93 in D 0.4 in
Antique Grand Tour Italian Vatican Micro-Mosaic Marble Desk Weight 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning decorative antique Italian Grand Tour Vatican Micro-Mosaic inset black marble
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Antique 1870s Italian Paperweights
Materials
Agate, Malachite, Onyx, Granite, Marble, Porphyry
$4,581
H 3.94 in W 5.52 in D 3.94 in
Micro mosaic tablet, 19th Century
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A fine mid-19th century serpentine grand tour micro mosaic tablet or paperweight of the iconic St
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Antique 1850s Italian Grand Tour Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Marble
19th Century Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Tablet Depicting Italian Architecture
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine mid-19th century serpentine grand tour micro mosaic tablet or paperweight of the iconic St
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Art
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
$5,067
H 7.68 in W 5.91 in D 0.67 in
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19th Century Italian Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Plaque
Located in Nashville, TN
This is an excellent quality 19th century Italian Grand Tour micro mosaic plaque within slate with
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Antique Early 19th Century English Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Fine Quality Micro Mosaic Paperweight Depicting Five Ancient Roman Monuments
Located in San Francisco, CA
Italian Grand Tour black slate paperweight inset with 5 micro mosaic depictions of ancient Roman
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Paperweights
Materials
Marble
H 4.5 in W 6.5 in D 0.75 in
Italian Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Plaque
Located in San Francisco, CA
Grand tour plaque having nine oval very fine tesserae micro mosaic panels of Roman views set into a
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Paperweights
Materials
Slate
Antique Grand Tour micro mosaic marble desk paperweight with the doves of Pliny
Located in Central England, GB
A superb Italian micro mosaic Grand Tour memento.
This large desk paperweight is made from very
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Paperweights
Materials
Marble
H 1.19 in W 5.91 in D 3.94 in
Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Paperweight Depicting 5 Ancient Roman Monuments
Located in San Francisco, CA
A lovely Italian Grand Tour slate and micro mosaic paperweight depicting 5 famous ancient Roman
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Paperweights
Materials
Slate
H 0.75 in W 5.25 in D 3.75 in
Fratelli Toso Murano Micro Mosaic Wild Flowers Italian Art Glass Paperweight
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful Murano hand blown wild flowers micro millefiori Italian art glass flower bouquet
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass, Murrine
19th Century Grand Tour Micro Mosaic of Horses
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very fine Micro Mosaic of three horse drinking at a trough inlaid into a shaped slate panel
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Antique 19th Century Italian Paperweights
Materials
Stone, Slate
Antique Grand Tour 'King Charles Spaniel' Micro Mosaic Plaque, Italy, C.1850
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique Grand Tour 'King Charles Cavalier Spaniel' micro mosaic plaque - hand made to the finest
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Paperweights
Materials
Glass
H 1.32 in W 1.69 in D 0.13 in
Antique Grand Tour Micro-Mosaic Marble Desk Weight Doves Pliny, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb decorative antique Italian Grand Tour Micro-Mosaic inset serpentine black marble
Category
Antique 1870s Italian Paperweights
Materials
Marble
H 0.79 in W 4.34 in D 3.15 in
5-Piece of Paperweights Pietra Dura and Micro Mosaic
Located in Lyngby, DK
5-piece of paperweights, 4 in pietra dura 1 in micro mosaic
Italy, circa 1900. Micro mosaic with
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Antique 1890s Italian Other Paperweights
Materials
Stone
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Grand Tour Specimen Marbles Plaque, Italy, circa 1850
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Grand Tour Neoclassical Style Faux-Marble Temple
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Beautiful and important wooden memorial temple covered in faux marble.
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An Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marble Paperweight, Late 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The round paperweight framed in black marble, with porphyry and sienna marble and other marble specimens. The center in sienna marble with carved bearded male head
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Large Antique Italian Micro Mosaic plaque of St. Peters Square, Rome mid 1800's
By Vatican Mosaic Studio
Located in New York, NY
A Very Large and Exceptionally Fine Quality Antique Italian Micro-Mosaic Plaque Depicting "The Saint Peter Square" in Rome. The center medallion surrounded by a beautiful Laurel Wre...
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H 21 in W 21 in D 1 in
A Grand Tour Italian Specimen Marble Paperweight
Located in Spencertown, NY
The white ground inlaid with specimen marbles and porphyry with ridges on 2 sides
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Paperweights
Materials
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Antique Florentine Grand Tour Pietra Dura Blossoming Rose Flower Paperweight
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique paperweight is unsigned, but presumed to have been acquired during a Grand Tour through Italy, and dating to approximately 1880 and done in an Arts and Crafts style. Thi...
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Materials
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$995
H 0.25 in W 4.75 in D 3.25 in
Antique Italian Micro-Mosaic Plaque Depicting the Pantheon in Rome
Located in London, GB
This exquisite antique Italian micro-mosaic plaque depicts the Piazza della Rotunda in Rome, with the Pantheon at its centre. The portrayal is particularly important, as it shows the...
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Mounted Objects
Materials
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$10,413
H 1.38 in W 1.78 in D 0.2 in
Superb Quality Antique Micro-Mosaic Grand Tour Souvenir of a Visit to Rome
Located in Montreal, QC
Superb quality antique micro-mosaic Grand Tour Souvenir of a visit to Rome. set with seven panels, vignettes of Roman views in a shaped slate tablet. and in original frame. Part of a...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Art
Materials
Marble, Slate
$4,500
H 4.75 in W 6.5 in D 1.25 in
Italian Grand Tour Marble Model of a Roman Labrum or Bath, circa 1810
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Rare early 19th century Italian Grand Tour model of an ancient Roman labrum (bath) or sarcophagus in exquisitely carved rosso antico marble having double ring handles and central lio...
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Materials
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$16,875
H 6.38 in W 12.75 in D 5.38 in
Monumental Marble Inlaid Obelisks, Grand Tour Style
Located in El Monte, CA
Unique monumental Italian 19th Century Grand Tour Style Specimen marble inlaid obelisks. Marble is precisely cut and inlaid into a fine two-toned wood veneer border. The artist spare...
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Micromosaic St. Peter's Square
Located in Rome, IT
High quality of micromicro mosaic, depicting St. Peter's Square. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS, INFORMATION OF THE LOT AND SHIPPING INFORMATION CAN BE REQUEST BY SENDING AN EMAIL
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Mid-20th Century Italian Picture Frames
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Precious Stone
Fine Pair of Grand Tour Style Miniature Bronze Busts, Continental, circa 1900
By Gladenbeck Foundry
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome pair of classical bronze busts raised on white alabaster columns decorated with gilt metal rings, atop squared rouge royal marble bases decorated with gilt metal wryt...
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$1,800 / set
H 8.25 in W 2.5 in D 2.75 in
Italian Pietra Dura Sample Panel, Probably Florence, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The samples include porphyry, breccia and various other marble examples, framed in slate.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Marble
Grand Tour Inlaid Marble Specimen Paperweight, Early 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The center made up of blue marble veneers, yellow marble and green marble with each section banded by Carrara marble.
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Paperweights
Materials
Marble
19th Century Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Tablet with Roman Views
Located in Kastrup, DK
19th century Micro Mosaic tablet with five oval panels with Roman views, approx. 1860-1880.
Very fine tesserae and small briquettes of semi-precious stones inlaid on black marble - ...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Wall-mounted Sculptures
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Stone, Marble
Italian Gold-Mounted Micromosaic Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Italian micro mosaic plaque mounted within snuff box, depicting white and brown hound seated on grass.
Circle of Giacomo Raffaelli (1753-1836).
Rome, Italy, circa 1800s.
Mosaic ...
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Micro Mosaic Paperweight For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal micro mosaic paperweight for your home. Each micro mosaic paperweight for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using glass, stone and art glass. There are many kinds of the micro mosaic paperweight you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Each micro mosaic paperweight bearing mid-century modern or Victorian hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one micro mosaic paperweight that is appealing in its simplicity, but Fratelli Toso produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Micro Mosaic Paperweight?
The average selling price for a micro mosaic paperweight at 1stDibs is $2,675, while they’re typically $200 on the low end and $7,500 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Paperweights for You
While any heavy object can be used to hold loose papers, there’s nothing as ornate yet perfectly functional as a paperweight. Antique, new and vintage paperweights can unobtrusively enhance the ambience of a room or act as a colorful conversation starter. On a desk or writing table, it can contribute a subtle sense of style.
Glass paperweights emerged in Europe in the mid-19th century. Early paperweight artisans like Venetian glassmaker Pietro Bigaglia often crafted them with a design on the inside. By the early 1900s, paperweight objects became even more popular through innovative iterations by artists like Louis Comfort Tiffany.
As the paperweight became both a luxury and utilitarian object, creators used a variety of materials to set their wares apart. Today, in addition to the classic glass versions, paperweights are made of metal, wood, ceramic and stone.
A vast selection of paperweights as well as a whole range of other desk accessories can be found on 1stDibs — browse by type, price, period, material or style, from Art Deco and Hollywood Regency to metal and glass. Reflecting their widespread appeal, paperweights are available in a diverse array from across the globe, including Italy, France and North America, as well as examples by leading designers and brands such as Fratelli Toso, William Guillon and René Lalique. Whether an office or a study needs a touch of something vintage or a mid-century modern twist, there are paperweights to suit every taste.
Questions About Micro Mosaic Paperweight
- How are micro mosaics made?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Micro mosaics consist of small glass pieces known as tesserae arranged to create beautiful patterns and intricate designs. Handcrafted micro mosaics take hours of painstaking craftsmanship and are highly coveted. Shop a collection of antique micro mosaic goods on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Micro mosaic jewelry is made with tiny pieces of glass or enamel, which are arranged together to create an image. The glass is usually set in cement or mastic and any gaps delicately filled in with wax. Shop an array of beautiful micro mosaic pieces from top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 17, 2023To date micro mosaic jewelry, examine the hardware. This style of jewelry first became popular during the 19th century (Italian artist Giacomo Raffaelli, founder of the School of Mosaics in Milan, in 1806, is said to have been the first to incorporate micro mosaics into jewelry). Over time, the types of hardware used in the creation of these accessories changed considerably. For example, brooches from the late 19th and early 20th centuries will often have a “C” clasp, while safety pin-style fasteners became popular in the 1920s. A certified appraiser or experienced antiques dealer can help you determine the age of a given piece based on the fasteners and clasps on your jewelry. Shop an assortment of micro mosaic jewelry on 1stDibs.
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