$1,800
H 1.38 in W 4.38 in D 2.5 in
Victorian Paperweight Hand like Odd Fellows Sign or Haunted House Addams Family
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful very old professional office relic with a cheeky message; Hands off! Private papers. Reminiscent of the odd fellows Victorian Era designs. Created from some kind of powdere...
Slate
Victorian Brass Knob and Bevelled Iron Paperweight, England 1840's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Rectangular Solid Bevelled Iron and Brass Knob Paper Weight, Mid 19th Century. This truly charming Victorian desk accessory is very decorative and functional.
Brass, Iron
$1,020
H 5.12 in W 9.06 in D 5.91 in
RARE ANTIQUE VICTORIAN A KENRICK & SONS N°5 CLENCHED FIST BRONZE PAPERWEIGHt
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite original Victorian Bronze A. Kenrick & Son's clenched fist paperweight A truly stunning piece of Victorian desk art, th...
Bronze
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 Italy, or possibly the Vatican City, and dating to approximately 1880 and done in t...
Slate
19th Century European Green Glass Dump Paperweight with Controlled Air Bubbles
Located in Louisville, KY
This European bottle green dump glass paper weight features a display of frosted flower pedals erupting in a fountain motif, controlled bubbles that interplay with the design, with s...
Blown Glass
$1,200
H 3 in W 4 in D 2.75 in
Blue John Paperweight Egg Mounted on Fluorspar Base, Early 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The brightly colored blue john egg mounted on a rectangular base. H. 3" x W. 4" x D. 2 3/4"
Quartz
Silver Plate Victorian Repoussé Magnifying Glass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful Silver Plated magnifying glass with ornate handle of Repousse Silver. A Wonderful addition to any sophisticated desk, used to magnify or as a paperweight. A compleme...
Silver Plate
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 4.25 in W 2 in D 1.75 in
Large French Napoleon III Carnelian Desk Seal With Blank Matrix
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large French Napoleon III Carnelian Desk Seal with Blank Matrix France, circa 1870s A large French Napoleon III carnelian desk seal with a blank matrix, dating to circa 1870s. This o...
Carnelian
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H 3.75 in Dm 4.75 in L 3.75 in
19th Century English Sterling Silver Barrel Threaded Crystal Match Striker, Pair
Located in Dallas, TX
These unusual Victorian sterling silver-mounted and barrel-form threaded crystal match strikers were crafted in England, circa 1890. Round in shape and made of crystal, the match hol...
Crystal, Sterling Silver
English Antique Concentric Star Cane Glass Paperweight
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique English glass concentric paperweight with rows of star formed canes probably dating from the latter 19th century. The rounded clear glass formed weight is of domed for...
Glass
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H 1.38 in W 4.38 in D 2.5 in
Victorian Slate Paperweight of Hand style of Odd Fellows Hands Offs Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful very old professional office relic with a cheeky message; Hands off! Private papers. Reminiscent of the odd fellows Victorian Era designs.
Slate
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H 1.38 in W 4.38 in D 2.5 in
Rare Victorian Bronze Biomorphic Paperweight Addams Family Style Hand Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful and extremely rare 19th century office relic with a cheeky message; Hands off! Private papers." Reminiscent of the odd fellows Victorian Era designs, unknown maker or desig...
Bronze
Vintage Victorian Brass Hand Form Paper Holder
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted cast brass with a metal spring mechanism. Beautiful vintage Victorian hand paperclip or paperweight Solid cast brass - Patina consistent with age.
Brass
Vintage American Wood Shoe Mold Decor Paperweight 1930s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage American wood women shoe form mold mounted as a bookend or paperweight decorative sculpture. Vintage wooden shoe making mold from the 1930s. A decorative shoe form well carve...
Metal
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H 1.5 in W 5.25 in D 2.5 in
Antique Victorian Brass Hand Form Paper Clip Desk Organizer or Wall Display
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Victorian Brass Hand Form Paper Clip – Desk Organizer or Wall Display, A rare and whimsical Victorian-era brass hand clip, beautifully crafted in the form of a lady’s right h...
Bronze
19th Century cast iron book press by Army and Navy CSL
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century cast iron book press by army and navy csl circa 1890. Fine quality book press by army & navy c.S.L . Army and navy co-operative society limited was formed in 1871 by b...
Brass, Iron
English Antique Domed Glass Concentric Paperweight
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual antique English, possibly Bacchus or Richardson concentric paperweight dating from the 19th or very early 20th century. The clear glass paperweight is of tall domed shape ...
Glass
Vintage Cast Brass Sculpture of Beagle Dog Bust Bookend Paperweight
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage cast metal brass dog beagle sculpture bust bookend or paperweight. Vintage dog head bookend Cocker Spaniel Retriever art dog sculpture. Cast metal polished brass plated fig...
Metal
Victorian Dark Patinated Cast Iron Paperweight in the Form of a Ladies Hand
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The good quality dark patinated cast iron novelty desk or paperweight, finely modelled as a dainty female hand to a bejewelled lace cuff, having a cabochon ring to the index finger a...
Iron
Grand Tour Specimen Marbles Plaque, Italy, circa 1850
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A wonderful third quarter 19th century Italian 'grand tour' ancient marbles specimen plaque in original silver-gilt frame.
Marble
Grand Tour Neoclassical Style Faux-Marble Temple
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful and important wooden memorial temple covered in faux marble. From the purest neoclassical form, this Grand Tour piece of furniture is a classic piece of furniture of grea...
Wood, Paper
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
H 3.375 in Dm 4.25 in
19th C. Italian Grand Tour Micro-Mosaic "Doves of Pliny" Box After Antiquity
By Vatican Mosaic Studio
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian, likely Circa 1880. This beautiful box has an exceptional Grand Tour Micro-mosaic plaque depicting the Capitoline Doves or Doves of Pliny after the Roman antiquity. Also by ...
Slate, Bronze
Antique Grand Tour Pietra Dura Specimen Paperweight 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a superb decorative antique Italian Grand Tour marble Pietra Dura mounted desk paperweight, circa 1880 in date. This splendid rectangular paperweight is exquisitely inlai...
Agate, Amethyst, Malachite, Onyx, 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 - ...
Stone, Marble
Grand Tour Cinerarium - 18th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
18th century Grand Tour Cinerarium Limestone, inlaid with Roman marble fragments and fresco's Annotation of finding spot indistinctively written on the fragments ("forum trajan","for...
Limestone, Marble
$16,875
H 6.38 in W 12.75 in D 5.38 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...
Marble
$33,344
H 0.99 in W 3.35 in D 2.56 in
Micromosaic Gold Mounted Jasper Snuff Box Early 19th Century Italian Gioacchino
Located in Benington, Herts
An Exceptional and Highly Important Micromosaic Gold Mounted Jasper Snuff Box, most probably by Gioacchino Barberi with the box likely by Moulinié, Bautte & Moynier. Rome & Possibl...
Gold
$1,999
H 6.7 in W 10.04 in D 0.71 in
A Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Paperweight, St. Peter's Square Rome - Vatican
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
"Micro Mosaic, St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, XIXth Century" 19th century oval Micro-mosaic depicting a panoramic view of the basilica and St. Peter's Square in Rome (Vatican), enclos...
Marble
Framed Set of Eleven Micromosaic Plaques of Italian Monuments
Located in London, GB
A framed set of eleven micromosaic plaques of Italian monuments Italian, 19th century Measures: Height 22cm, width 21.5cm, depth 2.5cm Made during the Grand Tour, as a way for a...
Giltwood
$44,720
H 21 in W 21 in D 1 in
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...
Glass
$4,967
H 7.68 in W 5.91 in D 0.67 in
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 Peter's Vatican, The Colosseum of Rome, The Pantheon, The Ruins of The Roman Forum a...
Belgian Black Marble
Italian Grand Tour Marble Models of Roman ruins
Located in Greenwich, CT
Italian Grand Tour Sienna Marble Desk Models, one of the Temple of Vespasian, the other of the Foro Romano, late 19th / early 20th cent. Note : Grand Tour travels to the sights of A...
Marble
$19,000
H 14 in W 20 in D 5 in
A Glimpse of the Eternal City: Italian Antique Micro Mosaic Plaque Picture 'View
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Italian Antique Micro mosaic Plaque Picture Of "View OF Rome" Frame Size: 14" x 19.75 Frame Thickness: 4.25" Picture Size: 6" x 11.75" Immerse yourself in the rich history and t...
Mosaic
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 AND SHIPPING INFORMATION CAN BE REQUEST BY SENDING AN EMAIL Tags: micro-mosaico ferm...
Precious Stone
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 Peter's Vatican, The Colosseum of Rome, The Pantheon, The Ruins of The Roman Forum a...
Marble
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.