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Pair of Post-Modern Marble Spheres / Paperweights
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous set of two post-modern marble spheres / paperweights, circa 1980s. The pieces are in very
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Solid Lapis Sphere Paperweight on Gold Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful Lapis sphere / Paperweight on a gilt stand. The piece has beautiful coloring and is a
Category
20th Century Paperweights
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Gold
Italian Murano Art Glass Sphere Paperweight
By Fratelli Toso
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful vintage Italian Murano hand blown art glass paperweight, Midcentury Modern period
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Black Art Glass Sphere Paperweight Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Modern/Postmodern black and neutral flesh-tone art glass sphere decorative object or
Category
Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Paperweights
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass
Emerald Green Art Glass Ball Sphere Paperweight Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Emerald green art glass ball sphere, in the modern style, with a tropical grass or palm
Category
Late 20th Century Scandinavian Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Galileo marble sphere paperweight
Located in Firenze, FI
Looking for a way to add some style and sophistication to your home? Our marble sphere is the
Category
2010s Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass
Murano Paperweight Blue Red Ribbons Italian Art Glass Egg Shape Circa 1960s
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Art Glass Sphere Paperweight Decorative Object.
A very beautiful orange and blue ribbon art glass
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Italian Modern Alabaster Marble Sphere or Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
A small green, black and white alabaster marble decorative object sphere or paperweight, '70 Modern
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Paperweights
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Handmade Big Paperweight with Sphere Shape in Portoro Marble
By Fiammetta V.
Located in Carrara, IT
Paperweight with sphere shape in Portoro marble. Measure: Diameter 12 cm
Each piece is in a way
Category
2010s Italian Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Handmade Small Paperweight with Sphere Shape in Portoro Marble
By Fiammetta V.
Located in Carrara, IT
Paperweight with sphere shape in Portoro marble. Measure: Diameter 8 cm
Each piece is in a way
Category
2010s Italian Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Italian Modern Alabaster Marble Round Decorative Sphere or Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
An Italian '70s modern alabaster marble round decorative sphere or paperweight, circa 1970s, Italy
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Paperweights
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
1970s Piero Fornasetti Astonishing Crystal Paperweight Sphere. Made in Italy
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Piero Fornasetti astonishing crystal paperweight sphere in excellent condition. Made in Italy
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
Handmade Big Paperweight with Sphere Shape in Grey Bardiglio Marble
By Fiammetta V.
Located in Carrara, IT
Paperweight with sphere shape in grey Bardiglio marble. Measure: diameter 12cm
Each piece is in a
Category
2010s Italian Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Hafod Grange 1997 Dandelion Paperweight – Nature Encased in Crystal Sphere
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite 1997 Hafod Grange paperweight beautifully encases a delicate dandelion seed head
Category
1990s English Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Resin
Handmade Small Paperweight with Sphere Shape in Grey Bardiglio Marble
By Fiammetta V.
Located in Carrara, IT
Paperweight with sphere shape in grey Bardiglio marble. Measure: Diameter 8 cm
Each piece is in
Category
2010s Italian Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Handmade Medium Paperweight with Sphere Shape in Satin White Carrara Marble
By Fiammetta V.
Located in Carrara, IT
Paperweight with sphere shape in satin white Carrara marble. Measure: Diameter 10,5 cm
Each
Category
2010s Italian Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Enzo Mari, Rare Cube Resin with Black Ball Sphere, Sculpture/Paperweight
By Enzo Mari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very nice modern resin cube by the very well known designer Enzo Mari, Measures in cm 7 x 7 x 7.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Modern Paperweights
Materials
Resin
H 2.75 in W 2.75 in D 2.75 in
Glass Sphere
Located in New York, NY
A transparent glass sphere on a square glass base decorative object or paperweight, in the Modern
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Italian Alabaster Marble Sphere
Located in New York, NY
An Italian moss green and black alabaster marble decorative object sphere, Italian Midcentury
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
A Norwegian Porphyry Sphere
Located in Spencertown, NY
The purple/white stone in the shape of a sphere
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Norwegian Neoclassical Paperweights
Materials
Porphyry
Polished Breccia Marble Sphere Sculpture
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
A sculptural object of tactile allure and visual intrigue, this Italian marble sphere dates to the
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Breccia Marble
1980 Decorative Italian Marble Sphere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Italian marble sphere with withe stand.
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Marble
1980s Vintage Italian Marble Sphere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Italian sphere shape in black marble.
Each piece is in a way unique (and handcrafted in
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Mounted Iridescent Opaline Sphere Paper Weight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mounted Iridescent Opaline Sphere paper weight - similar to a tigers eye, yet white, opaque and
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Opaline Glass
Black Marquina and White Carrara Marble Sphere
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
A sculptural sphere of bold contrast and minimalist precision, hand-carved in Italy in the 1980s
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Carrara Marble
Pair of Mounted Spheres on Iron Bases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of spheres mounted on iron bases. One is 19th century and is made of stone. The second
Category
20th Century Italian Other Paperweights
Materials
Stone, Cement, Iron
Vintage Blown Art Glass Paperweight Blue and White Flower
By Fratelli Toso
Located in North Hollywood, CA
paperweight.
Gorgeous vintage studio hand blown crystal art glass paperweight with a cobalt blue base and a
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Modernist Crystal Art Glass World Ball Healing Sphere
By Waterford Crystal
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modernist Crystal World Ball Healing Sphere Art Glass
4 diameter
Preowned vintage condition
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Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
Safari Jasper Marble Stone Sphere on Brass Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
desk and well suited as a paperweight on the most sophisticated of desks.
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Paperweights
Materials
Stone, Marble
Red Marble Sphere Gemstone Heavy Vintage Polished Ball 12cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
, decorative paperweight or nice piece of decoration, this beautiful ball is in perfect undamaged condition, no
Category
Late 20th Century European Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Italian modern paperweight by V. Nason & C. in transparent Murano glass, 1990s
Located in MIlano, IT
glass sphere-shaped paperweight. Inside the structure you can see a variation in the color of the glass
Category
1990s Italian Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass, Paper
H 3.15 in W 3.15 in D 3.15 in
Set of Three Unique Pieces Hand Painted Sicilian Terracotta Decorative Spheres
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Three spheres made in Sicily, in the small town of Caltagirone, world famous for handcrafted
Category
2010s Sicilian Modern Paperweights
Materials
Terracotta
TRAVERTINE SPHERE, Sahi Natural Stone Ball, Book Shelf and Coffee Table Decor
Located in St Petersburg, US
SAHI by Haand: 10 cm (4") travertine sphere, crafted with exceptional hand quality. This elegant
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Minimalist Paperweights
Materials
Travertine, Marble
Whimsical Venetian Murano Art Glass Frog on a Lily Pad over a Globe Paperweight
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Tustin, CA
sphere or globe type paperweight. This is a very heavy piece that will not topple over easily and is in
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Gold Plated Boy Holding a Large Jade Sphere on a Carrara Marble Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A square Carrara Marble base with a Gold Plated child holding a large Jade Sphere.
The piece is
Category
20th Century European Modern Paperweights
Materials
Carrara Marble
Handmade Metal Paperweight with Sphere in Portoro Marble
By Fiammetta V.
Located in Carrara, IT
Metal paperweight with sphere in white Carrara, black Marquina, Portoro or Paonazzo marble in
Category
2010s Italian More Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Metal
Venini 24 Karat Gold Inclused Sphere Glass Egg Paperweight
By Venini
Located in New York, NY
Italian handblown glass egg paperweight sculpture with 24-karat gold orb inclusion at center
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Art Glass
1960s Lucite and Gilt Brass Sphere/Ball Paperweight Clock by Swiss Arthur Imhof
By Arthur Imhof
Located in North Miami, FL
1960s Mid-Century Modern lucite and gilt brass sphere/ball paperweight clock with 15 jewel wind-up
Category
Vintage 1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Metal, Brass, Copper, Zinc
1980 Vintage Italian Big Paper Weight in Black Marquina Marble
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Paperweight with sphere shape in black marquina marble.
Each piece is in a way unique and
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
1970s Couple Murano Paperweight
Located in Palermo, Italia
Beautiful sphere-shaped Murano glass paperweight with gold inclined spiral details.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
1970s Large Murano Paperweight
By Murano 5
Located in London, GB
A beautiful large sphere shaped Murano paperweight with gold inclusion swirl detail and good pontil
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Solid Malachite Sphere Paperweight on Malachite Disk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A malachite sphere / ball perfectly suited as an object d'arts for the desk as a stand alone or
Category
20th Century Russian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Malachite
19th Century Pair of Polished Marmo Marble Sphere Paperweights
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PAIR OF GRAND TOUR POLISHED MARMO AFRICANO MARBLE SPHERES
Circa early 19th century over shaped rock
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Grand Tour Paperweights
Materials
Stone, Marble
Large Murano Glass Sphere Paperweight with Internal Bubbles, 1970s, Italy
Located in Rome, IT
Large decorative Murano glass sphere with a lovely random pattern of controlled bubbles in sizes
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Honed Round Ulexite Crystal Sphere Paperweight Mounted on Brass Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful ulexite stone sphere, polished and mounted on a brass three prong stand. The sphere
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Paperweights
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Modern Large Art Glass Sphere Paperweight Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Modern large art glass studio paperweight sculpture, with encased glass in pink swirls with gold
Category
Late 20th Century North American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
CUSTOMIZED Handmade Big Paperweight with Sphere Shape in Grey Bardiglio Marble
By Fiammetta V.
Located in Carrara, IT
Paperweight with sphere shape in grey Bardiglio marble. Measure: diameter 16,2cm
Each piece is in
Category
2010s Italian Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Modern Art Glass Paperweight
Located in Astoria, NY
Modern art glass paperweight sphere with controlled bubble rings surrounding a larger central
Category
Late 20th Century North American Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Marble Stone Spheres, ca. 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A set of three modern marble stone decorative spheres, circa 1970s. Black sphere has a 'flat
Category
Vintage 1970s Modern Paperweights
Materials
Stone, Marble
Sphere of Aragonite Stone, Italy 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A sphere of Aragonite stone, resting on a base, made out of ebonized wood that has a column with a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Paperweights
Materials
Stone, Marble
Sphere of Aragonite Stone, Italy, 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A sphere of Aragonite stone, resting on a base, made out of ebonized wood that has a column with a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Paperweights
Materials
Stone, Marble
Sphere of Dinosaur Fossil, Italy 1880
Located in Milan, IT
A sphere of dinosaur fossil, Plodoco bone, resting on a base, made out of ebonized wood that has a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Paperweights
Materials
Bone, Fruitwood
Pair of Aragonite Stone Spheres, Italy, 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of Aragonite stone spheres, resting on a base, made out of ebonized wood that has a column
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Paperweights
Materials
Stone, Marble
Unique Pieces Hand Painted Sicilian Terracotta Decorative Spheres
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Three spheres made in the small town of Caltagirone in Sicily, world famous for handcrafted
Category
2010s Sicilian Modern Paperweights
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of 2 Vintage Spheres Paper Weight 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 2 vintage Italian paper weight
Each piece is in a way unique and handcrafted in Italy. Slight variations in shape, color and size are to be considered a guarantee of a handc...
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Chrome
Italian Midcentury Murano Floral Glass Sphere on Glass Stand
Located in Astoria, NY
Italian Mid-Century Modern Murano art glass sphere with floral motif atop a glass Stand. The item
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
LOUIS VUITTON Paperweight Monogram Clear Crystal Paper Weight
By Louis Vuitton
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1999.
Acid etched sphere paperweight with the monogram LV of the brand and the flowers.
Collector's
Category
Late 20th Century French Decorative Objects
Ostrich Egg Displayed on Solid Brass Four Footed Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. The stand is wonderful and if you are tired of the Egg, you can replace it with a large Murano Sphere
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Mounted Objects
Materials
Brass
Yellow Agate Gemstone Geode Sculpture Desk Paperweight Sphere
Located in Nottingham, GB
In good condition
From a private collection
Yellow Agate Gemstone Geode Sculpture Desk Paperweight
Category
20th Century Natural Specimens
Materials
Agate
Art Deco Marble Candleholder and Sphere, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Decorative set in textured brown marble consisting of a paperweight sphere and a perforated
Category
Vintage 1930s Scandinavian Art Deco More Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
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Sphere Paperweight For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the sphere paperweight you’re looking for. Frequently made of glass, stone and marble, every sphere paperweight was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a sphere paperweight, we have 64 options in-stock, while there are 8 modern editions to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a sphere paperweight — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Each sphere paperweight bearing mid-century modern, modern or Art Deco hallmarks is very popular. Fiammetta V., Murano and Melissa Ayotte each produced at least one beautiful sphere paperweight that is worth considering.
How Much is a Sphere Paperweight?
A sphere paperweight can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $467, while the lowest priced sells for $45 and the highest can go for as much as $30,411.
Finding the Right Desk-accessories for You
Whether you’ve carved out a space for a nifty home office or you prefer the morning commute, why not dress up your desk with antique and vintage desk accessories? To best tiptoe the line between desk efficiency and desk enjoyment, we suggest adding a touch of the past to your modern-day space.
Desks are a funny thing. Their basic premise has remained the same for quite literally centuries: a flat surface, oftentimes a drawer, and potentially a shelf or two. However, the contents that lay upon the desk? Well, the evolution has been drastic to say the least.
Thank the Victorians for the initial popularity of the paperweight. The Industrial Revolution offered the novel concept of leisure-time to Europeans, giving them more time to take part in the then crucial activity of letter writing. Decorative glass paperweight designs were all the rage, and during the mid-19th-century some of the most popular makers included the French companies of Baccarat, St. Louis and Clichy.
As paper was exceedingly expensive in the early to mid-19th-century, every effort was made to utilize a full sheet of it. Paper knives, which gave way to the modern letter opener, were helpful for cutting paper down to an appropriate size.
Books — those bound volumes of paper, you may recall — used to be common occurrences on desks of yore and where there were books there needed to be bookends. As a luxury item, bookend designs have run the gamut from incorporating ultra-luxurious materials (think marble and Murano glass) to being whimsical desk accompaniments (animal figurines were highly popular choices).
Though the inkwell’s extinction was ushered in by the advent of the ballpoint pen (itself quasi-obsolete at this point), there is still significant charm to be had from placing one of these bauble-like objets in a central spot on one’s desk. You may be surprised to discover the mood-boosting powers an antique — and purposefully empty — inkwell can provide.
The clamor for desk clocks arose as the Industrial Revolution transitioned labor from outdoors to indoors, and allowed for the mass-production of clock parts in factories. Naturally, elaborate designs soon followed and clocks could be found made by artisans and luxury houses like Cartier.
Find antique and vintage desk accessories today on 1stDibs.
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