Britannia Standard Silver Desk Accessories

This is a beautiful handblown Glass Millefiori Paperweight by Vasart, Scotland, Circa 1950s. This paperweight is handmade with a Millefiori, ten spoke radial cane design. having Latticino Spokes. The predominant colours are red, green, blue and white colour combination gives excellent contrast producing a very distinctive weight. The pontil mark to the base has been ground down giving a somewhat matt finish to the ventral section. There are no makers markings on the base that we can see. VASART HISTORY Pre 1946, Salvador Ysart and his 3 sons were working for Moncrieff Glass, then In September 1946, Salvador Ysart and two of his sons (Vincent & Augustine) established Ysart Brothers Glass (trading as "Vasart", formed from the names 'Vincent', 'Augustine' and 'Salvador'. At that time Paul Ysart remained working for Moncrieff. Vasart made various glass art forms at the Shore Glassworks in Scotland, which included some paperweights including Minis. In 1960 George Dunlop (MD of Pirelli Glass...

A fine silver bar shaped paperweight. By Tiffany & Co. In sterling silver. With rounded edges & corners, a weighted interior, and a black felt base. Fully hallmarked to the side....

Great paperweight design in this Christofle ornament .

Vintage Hermes Paris magnifying glass desk accessory with domed lens ensconced in a silver frame with a belt design. We've left the oxidation and patina untouched and simply added a ...

Vintage art deco revival style silver plated heavy penguin paperweight. In very good vintage preowned condition, the penguin is bright and well made and shows minimal signs of wear. ...

This is a beautiful Caithness glass paperweight named "Ascension", designed by Alastair Macintosh and dating to the last quarter of the 20th century. The paperweight has a cone, egg shaped form, having colours including blue swirl with orange net to the centre and medium bubble and smaller controlled bubbles, making a very distinctive design. The Caithness Glass Company began making paperweights circa 1962 Paul Ysart,Colin Terriss,Alistair Macintosh,Margot Thomson Inns Burn where some of Caithness makers designers of Caithness glass paperweights. The makers mark is etched to the base with CAITHNESS ASCENSION SCOTLAND and a scratched edition number alongside as per the images. This paperweight weighs about 500 gram. Caithness glass The company was founded in 1961 by Robin Sinclair and initially only made bowls, vases and drinking glasses. After Paul Ysart joined the company a year later, that paved the weigh for Paperweight production, with regular factory production starting in the late 1960s. In 1974 the first millefiori and lampwork paperweights...

This delightful little owl silvered metal paperweight has gorgeous orange and black glass eyes. She or he is surprisingly heavy and is therefore perfect for what s/he was designed ...

Marked "Opus-Cellini" in the back, this remarkable American Art Deco desk-size gild and dark-patinated bronze and marble sculptural paperweight, depicting a comfortably resting beautiful nude female was made circa 1930 by the famous American founder, Cellini bronze...

A silvered cast bronze rectangular paperweight by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. A lovely piece of desktop object d'art in a relatively uncommon form and ...

19th Century paperweight, ca 1880 A small paperweight made of glass, accented with five, spaced bubbles in several layers glass Has a small circula...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver and glass match striker; an addition to our ornamental coll...

Bvlgari Bulgari sterling silver-gilt oversized casino paperweight coin "Vegas", circa 1960s. This is a very cool and rare Bulgari solid silver paperweight coin with a roulette whe...