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A Perthshire Three-Dimensional Bouquet on Lattice Basket Paperweight, 1997
A Perthshire Three-Dimensional Bouquet on Lattice Basket Paperweight, 1997

A Perthshire Three-Dimensional Bouquet on Lattice Basket Paperweight, 1997

Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB

A Perthshire Three-Dimensional Bouquet on Lattice Basket Paperweight, 1997 Additional information: Date : 1997 Origin : Scotland Features : Four flowers and three buds on a bed of l...

Category

20th Century Scottish Paperweights

Materials

Glass

An Antique French Cane Paperweight, 1851
An Antique French Cane Paperweight, 1851

An Antique French Cane Paperweight, 1851

Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB

An Antique French Cane Paperweight, 1851 Additional information: Date : 1851 Origin : France, probably Baccarat Features : Four rows of concentric canes around an 1851 date cane Mar...

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19th Century French Antique Paperweights

Materials

Glass, Art Glass

Large English Lavender Glass Paperweight
Large English Lavender Glass Paperweight

Large English Lavender Glass Paperweight

Located in New Orleans, LA

Large English lavender glass paperweight.

Category

20th Century English Paperweights

Materials

Glass

A Perthshire Dalhia Blossom Upright Paperweight, 1985
A Perthshire Dalhia Blossom Upright Paperweight, 1985

A Perthshire Dalhia Blossom Upright Paperweight, 1985

Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB

A Perthshire Dalhia Blossom Upright Paperweight, 1985 Additional information: Date : 1985 Origin : Scotland Features : A upright pink and white dahlia blossom above two layers of gr...

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20th Century Scottish Paperweights

Materials

Glass

Natural Antler Coral
Natural Antler Coral

Natural Antler Coral

Located in Dallas, TX

Natural antler coral.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paperweights

Materials

Coral

Victorian Brass Paperclip
Victorian Brass Paperclip

Victorian Brass Paperclip

Located in Tampa, FL

An 1880s English, Victorian very heavy brass clip for papers and objects. A true collectors piece. Can be hung or laid flat.

Category

1880s English Antique Paperweights

Materials

Brass

Leaf holder model "Tree of life" by TIFFANY Studios
Leaf holder model "Tree of life" by TIFFANY Studios

Leaf holder model "Tree of life" by TIFFANY Studios

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C

Desk paper holder made of gilded bronze (Ormolu), “Tree of Life” model, made by TIFFANY Studios. Signed TIFFANY STUDIOS, NEW YORK, 1021 United States, CIRCA 1900.

Category

Early 1900s Antique Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Count Gleichen’s shrapnel paperweight. Russian and English, 1854
Count Gleichen’s shrapnel paperweight. Russian and English, 1854

Count Gleichen’s shrapnel paperweight. Russian and English, 1854

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

Count Gleichen’s Russian shell paperweight, the tooth shaped fragment of a Russian armament shell set above another of rectangular form both raised on a silver mount on an ebonized rectangular plinth, applied with a plaque reading ‘Two fragments of a Russian shell fired at Mr Fred Burne assist.t paymaster and Mr Henry Crave St John midshipman of H.M.S. Cumberland in Aug.t 1854 from Tsee Fort Bonarsund whilst conveying refreshments to the English camp – for their messmate – H.S.H. Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Midshipman landed with the Naval Brigade in 1854’. With a framed caricature of Count Gleichen inscribed Vanity Fair, London, July 5, 1884. Vice Admiral H.S.H Count Gleichen – the Queen’s Nephew.Russian and English, 1854. The print has the following biography on the reverse and on the mount ‘His Serene Highness Prince Victor …. of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, is better known in England as Count Gleichen and as the Queen’s nephew. Born fifty years ago, he was sent to school at Dresden; but at the age of fourteen he conceived ideas not to be bounded within the confines of the small life of a German principality. So he ran away from school to go to sea, and his aunt the Queen of England, being informed of the fact, proposed to her sister to let her adventurous nephew become naturalised as an Englishman and enter the English Navy. This was accordingly done, and Prince Victor, as he was then called, was appointed to the Powerful on the Mediterranean Station, in 1848. He served in the Crimean War and in the operations in China he proved a popular officer and a good sailor-man, and was three times wounded in battle. In 1861 he married the daughter of Admiral Sir George Seymour, sister of the fifth Marquis of Hertford on which occasion it was that he put down his title of Prince and took up for future use that of Count. He became, in due course a Vice-Admiral, and in the meantime he also became a sculptor. It is in the latter art that he now mainly busies himself, and he has created many pleasing busts of his royal relatives and some works of greater pretensions than family portraits. An Alfred the Great, a Beaconsfield, and a Prince Imperial...

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1880s English Antique Paperweights

Materials

Metal, Silver

18th Century Bronze Dore Cremona Bolt
18th Century Bronze Dore Cremona Bolt

18th Century Bronze Dore Cremona Bolt

Located in Dallas, TX

An 18th century bronze dore Cremona bolt with the working mechanism not present. Beautiful bright bronze dore decoration. French, circa 1780.

Category

1780s French Antique Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Mazzega Glass Objects, Italy, 1970, Set of 18
Mazzega Glass Objects, Italy, 1970, Set of 18

Mazzega Glass Objects, Italy, 1970, Set of 18

By Mazzega

Located in Munich, DE

Set of 18 wonderful Murano glass objects by Mazzega, Italy, 1970s. Measures: One H 14.5 W 28 D 5 cm. Nine H 12 W 5 D 5 cm. Eight H 12 W 15 D 5 cm.  

Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paperweights

Materials

Murano Glass

French Belle Époque, Gilt Silver & Rose Quartz  Sculptural Paperweight, ca. 1880
French Belle Époque, Gilt Silver & Rose Quartz  Sculptural Paperweight, ca. 1880

French Belle Époque, Gilt Silver & Rose Quartz Sculptural Paperweight, ca. 1880

Located in New York, NY

French French Belle Époque Sculptural Paperweight Gilt Silver and Rose Quartz ca. 1880s DIMENSIONS Height: 3-5/8 inches Width: 3-3/4 inches ...

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1880s French Belle Époque Antique Paperweights

Materials

Quartz, Silver

21st Century by Sergio Asti "Pressacarte" Desk Marble Complement (set of 4 pcs)
21st Century by Sergio Asti "Pressacarte" Desk Marble Complement (set of 4 pcs)

21st Century by Sergio Asti "Pressacarte" Desk Marble Complement (set of 4 pcs)

By Sergio Asti

Located in massa, IT

Desk Marble complement designed by Sergio Asti Price referred to a complete set of four items: Size Model 1: Cm H 18 x Diameter cm 6 Size Model 2: Cm H16 x Diameter cm 6 Size Model ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Paperweights

Materials

Marble

Advertising paperweight - "J.Gliksten & Sons LTD"
Advertising paperweight - "J.Gliksten & Sons LTD"

Advertising paperweight - "J.Gliksten & Sons LTD"

Located in London, GB

Advertising paper/Desk weight. "J.Glicksten & Son LTD" Wansbeck Road. London NE. Advertising hardwoods for motor bodies. Estimated roughly 1900/1910. No chips or cracks. A few sur...

Category

Early 1900s English Antique Paperweights

Materials

Glass

Art Deco Oak and Red Leather Wastebasket by Casa Comte, Circa 1940
Art Deco Oak and Red Leather Wastebasket by Casa Comte, Circa 1940

Art Deco Oak and Red Leather Wastebasket by Casa Comte, Circa 1940

By Comte S.A.

Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C

Oak wastebasket, lined with red leather, made by Casa COMTE (1932-1960). Bibliography Mo Amelia Teitelbaum (2010), “Los Creadores de un Estilo, Minimalis...

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1940s South American Art Deco Vintage Paperweights

Materials

Leather, Oak

French Belle Époque, Patinated Bronze Desktop Sculptural Paperweight, 19 Century
French Belle Époque, Patinated Bronze Desktop Sculptural Paperweight, 19 Century

French Belle Époque, Patinated Bronze Desktop Sculptural Paperweight, 19 Century

Located in New York, NY

Signed illegibly original red marble base. Dimensions: H: 8.25” x W: 3.25” x D: 4.25” Base diameter: 2.75” This beautiful and delicate desktop dark chocolate-brown patinated br...

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1870s French Belle Époque Antique Paperweights

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Silver paperweight with Cherub in perfect shape
Silver paperweight with Cherub in perfect shape

Silver paperweight with Cherub in perfect shape

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Silver paperweight with a perfect Cherub standing on an acanthus flower-shaped support base. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Eagle Head. Weight: 197.55 grams. ...

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20th Century European Paperweights

Materials

Silver

Carved Marble Plinth with Lion Paw Motif
Carved Marble Plinth with Lion Paw Motif

Carved Marble Plinth with Lion Paw Motif

Located in New York City, NY

Carved Marble Plinth with Lion Paw Motif

Category

19th Century Antique Paperweights

Materials

Stone

Oriental Style Hand-Carved Stone
Oriental Style Hand-Carved Stone

Oriental Style Hand-Carved Stone

Located in Marbella, ES

Oriental Style Hand-Carved stone.

Category

Mid-20th Century Asian Paperweights

Materials

Stone

Oriental Style Hand-Carved Stone
Oriental Style Hand-Carved Stone

Oriental Style Hand-Carved Stone

Located in Marbella, ES

Oriental Style Hand-Carved Stone.

Category

Mid-20th Century Asian Paperweights

Materials

Stone

Glass Paperweight 'Price Per Unit'
Glass Paperweight 'Price Per Unit'

Glass Paperweight 'Price Per Unit'

Located in Madrid, ES

Paperweight. Glass. Paperweight made of glass combining transparent with various colors. Several models are available, and price per unit is indicated. Set weight: 3 kg. Price p...

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20th Century European Other Paperweights

Materials

Glass

Bubbles, Black-blue blown glass sculpture-object
Bubbles, Black-blue blown glass sculpture-object

Bubbles, Black-blue blown glass sculpture-object

By Giorgetti S.p.A.

Located in Lentate Sul Seveso, MB

Handcrafted blown glass sculpture-object with ever-changing irregular shapes. It features a decoration consisting of a transparent mass and a colored mass that blend together. It is ...

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2010s Italian Paperweights

Materials

Murano Glass

Bubbles, Black-amethyst blown glass sculpture-object
Bubbles, Black-amethyst blown glass sculpture-object

Bubbles, Black-amethyst blown glass sculpture-object

By Giorgetti S.p.A.

Located in Lentate Sul Seveso, MB

Handcrafted blown glass sculpture-object with ever-changing irregular shapes. It features a decoration consisting of a transparent mass and a colored mass that blend together. It is ...

Category

2010s Italian Paperweights

Materials

Murano Glass

Fine antique paperweight with cut steel  (possibly Russian, Tula)
Fine antique paperweight with cut steel  (possibly Russian, Tula)

Fine antique paperweight with cut steel (possibly Russian, Tula)

Located in London, GB

Fine early 19th century paperweight with highly polished green wooden base giving the impression of marble. Fine interior decoration under glass with cut steel bezel and a fine twist...

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1830s Russian Antique Paperweights

Materials

Cut Steel

Set of 2 Brass Luna Paper Weights by Stem Design
Set of 2 Brass Luna Paper Weights by Stem Design

Set of 2 Brass Luna Paper Weights by Stem Design

Located in Geneve, CH

Set of 2 Brass Luna Paper Weights by Stem Design Dimensions: Ø 8 x H 3 cm. Materials: Brass. Finish: Tumbled and burnished. Weight: 0,5 kg (each.) Finished and assembled by hand in India. Also available in aluminum. Please contact us. Sand-cast in solid metal, the Luna paperweight is a minimal object with a strong character. Surface pitting and production marks developed through the casting process are left untreated to retain the material’s richness, to allow for a more profound interaction. Luna has a timeless ornamental quality that is both decorative and functional. The objects layers on as a metaphor and showcases the beauty of being who you are. It strips off all the layers of ornamentation and artificial finishes to build an immediate and intuitive connection with the product that lasts a lifetime. Stem is a contemporary Indian product...

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2010s Indian Modern Paperweights

Materials

Brass

Horn 1 Sculpture by Fakasaka Design
Horn 1 Sculpture by Fakasaka Design

Horn 1 Sculpture by Fakasaka Design

Located in Geneve, CH

Horn 1 sculpture by Fakasaka Design Dimensions: W 8 cm D 6 cm H 7 cm Materials: polished bronze. Horn 1 Paper weight / sculpture FAKASAKA is a de...

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2010s Brazilian Modern Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Biomorphic Malachite Sculpture
Biomorphic Malachite Sculpture

Biomorphic Malachite Sculpture

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Biomorphic Malachite sculpture has a polished surface and raw rock bottom. The opaque polished stone features round patterned top and a textured underside. A playful sculpture or pap...

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Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Paperweights

Materials

Malachite

Brass and Steel Abstract Sculpture, Mid-Century Modern, Patinated, USA
Brass and Steel Abstract Sculpture, Mid-Century Modern, Patinated, USA

Brass and Steel Abstract Sculpture, Mid-Century Modern, Patinated, USA

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This bronze and steel sculpture features a brass pestle that sits atop a steel mortar. Though not an actual mortar and pestle, this piece resembles just t...

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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paperweights

Materials

Brass, Steel

Stunning Signed Lockdown 2020 Large Artist Sculpture Very Rare Collectable Piece
Stunning Signed Lockdown 2020 Large Artist Sculpture Very Rare Collectable Piece

Stunning Signed Lockdown 2020 Large Artist Sculpture Very Rare Collectable Piece

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

We are delighted to offer for this lovely one of a kind “Lockdown 2020” brass artists sculpture Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it covers within the M25 only ...

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21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Paperweights

Materials

Brass

Arturito Collection, Concrete Paperweight Set (5 pieces)
Arturito Collection, Concrete Paperweight Set (5 pieces)

Arturito Collection, Concrete Paperweight Set (5 pieces)

By Luiz Costa e Rodrigo Irffi

Located in Santa Edwiges, MG

ARTURITOS COLLECTION Whether in Tokyo, Denver or Moscow, printing ideas requires organization. Taking chaos out of the box and turning it into facts requires hard work, care, attent...

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2010s Brazilian Minimalist Paperweights

Materials

Concrete

Antique, New and Vintage Paperweights

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.