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Blue Art Glass Ball Sphere Paperweight Decorative Object Signed
Located in New York, NY
A substantial blue art glass ball sphere paperweight or decorative object with bubble design
Category
2010s American Modern Paperweights
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass
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
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
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
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
Orange and Blue Art Glass Sphere Paperweight Decorative Object Signed
By Beranek Glass 1
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful orange and blue art glass paperweight decorative object by Beránek Glassworks
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art 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
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
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
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
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
Italian Modern Alabaster Marble Sphere or Paperweight in Green and Black
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
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 Murano Glass Paperweight
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very large Italian Murano Paperweight. A spectacular example of hand blown work combining, not
Category
20th Century Italian Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass, Wood
Large Glass Bubble Paperweights bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Clear Glass Paperweight with bubbles. Very large sphere that measure 6 1/8"
Large and stunning
Category
20th Century Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Glass
Amethyst Paperweight on Crystal Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A small paperweight on a square crystal stand with a divot to hold the sphere. A compliment to any
Category
20th Century South American Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Amethyst, Crystal
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
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
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
Pair of Purple Murano Glass Paperweights with Air Bubble Included 1960
Located in Florence, IT
Pair of Purple Murano Glass Paperweights with air bubble included.
The glass sculture is solid and
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Blown Art Glass Paperweight in Blue And Green Spiral 1960s
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This vintage 1980's glass spiral paperweight or art glass object desk accessory.
Vintage crystal
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Paperweight with a Nice Sleek Finish and a Beautiful Orange Colour
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
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Dimensions: 6.5 W x 6.5 D x 7 H cm
This sphere has damage and a number G04029 engraved.
A paperweight is
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Italy Clear Sphere Glass Minimalist Style Contemporary Decorative Object
Located in Brescia, IT
Italy clear sphere glass minimalist style contemporary decorative object.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Minimalist Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Italian Midcentury Murano Floral Glass Sphere on Glass Stand
Located in New York, 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
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
Vintage Crystal Art Glass Paperweight in Red and White Swirl Hungary 1960s
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Crystal Art Glass Paperweight in Red and White Swirl.
Handcrafted in Hungary still retained
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Murano Vintage Heart Shape Art Glass Paperweight Cobalt Blue, Yellow and Murine
By Fratelli Toso, Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Murano Vintage Yellow Heart Glass With Bubbles Paperweight Desk Accessory.
Beautiful Murano Art
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
H 1.5 in W 3.25 in D 4 in
Midcentury Murano Glass and Gold Dust Spherical Paperweight with Bubbles, 1970s
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful midcentury Murano glass and gold dust spherical paperweight. It was produced in Italy
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Daum France Blown Crystal Art Glass Paperweight Signed Egg Shape Red Blue White
By Daum, Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Daum France Blown Art Glass Paperweight Signed Egg Shape in Red and Blue Flower Swirl
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
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
Paperweight in Murano Glass with Inner Bubbles and Gold Dust, Sculpture, Italy
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful sphere in Murano glass. Game of air rising from a golden dust.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
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H 2.64 in Dm 2.76 in
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
Trio of Midcentury Decorative Marble Desk or Shelf Objects
Located in London, GB
A set of three marble specimens.
Belgium, circa 1970s.
Formed in spheres.
Two green specimens
Category
Vintage 1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Marble
1950s Italian Pair of Cubes by Enzo Mari for Danese Milano
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Two resin cubes, each containing a sphere, designed by Enzo Mari. Made in Italy by Danese Milano
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Resin
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
Murano Art Glass Paperweight Yellow Modern Desk Accessory
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Miami, FL
-20th century, the paperweight features a cheerful light yellow sphere bursting with tiny bubbles, a
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Porcelain
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Crystal Ball Sphere Bud Vase Modern Minimalist
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A substantial crystal ball sphere bud vase in the style of Baccara, in the modern or minimalist
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Vases
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Purple Murano Glass Sculpture/Paperweight, Ball with Included Bubbles
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage Murano paperweight in the shape of a sphere with a flat bottom to make it stand still. Made
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Agate Jewelry Dish with Ball Sphere, Set of 2
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, natural, brown, tan, honey, cream onyx agate dish with decorative ball sphere in the
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Agate, Onyx
Large Art Glass Sculpture by Robert L. Hamon
Located in South Charleston, WV
5.5" diameter. USA, 1980s large sphere glass tabletop or mantel or shelf sculpture by studio artist
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
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
Italian Burl Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
last two images. Dimensions: 2.38" Height x 5.13" Depth x 6.94" Width.
Paperweight sphere shown
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Wood, Burl
Rare 19th Century Nautical Desk Set with Historic Monogram
Located in London, GB
gilt metal, using spheres and chain work decoration. A bespoke commission of undoubtedly unique
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Nautical Objects
Materials
Silver Plate, Metal
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
Vintage Purple Murano Glass Sculpture/Paperweight, Ball with Included Bubbles
Located in Milan, IT
Vintage Murano paperweight in the shape of a sphere with a flat bottom to make it stand still. Made
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Cartier Silver and Blue Crystal Glass Panther Desk Set Paperweight Ornaments
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
, attached to a blue transparent glass sphere, sphere diameter 3.0 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
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
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
Modern Large Art Glass Sphere Paperweight Sculpture
Located in New York, 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
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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.
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