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Paperweights For Sale
Giant Bayer Pill Pop Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental vintage Bayer pill in cream plaster/ceramic. 7" diameter. Likely used as a store display. Whimsical desktop object or paperweight. Black felted bottom. Great piece of art ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Plaster, Paint
$750 / set
Italian 1920s wrought iron dragon and snake paperweight
By Carlo Rizzarda
Located in Milan, IT
Splendid Italian 1920s wrought iron dragon and snake paperweight.
Category
1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Wrought Iron
Baccarat French Crystal Heart Paperweight or Decorative Object
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
From French luxury crystal Maison Baccarat, a beautiful clear transparent puffed heart paperweight or decorative object, circa early 21st century, Fr...
Category
Early 2000s French Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
Murano Mushroom Toadstool Art Glass Paperweight Orange 1980s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Murano Style Italian Art Glass Mushroom Toadstool Paperweight Orange with Millefiori and White 1980s.
Beautiful vintage Murano style hand made orange with multicolor spots Italian ar...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Fornasetti paper weight with NATO phonetic alphabet with pen rest
Located in London, GB
Rare Fornasetti porcelain paperweight with pen holder.
With the phonetic alphabet
o as in Oscar
P as in Papa
Q as in Quebeck etc..
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Porcelain
Swedish early 20th century solid burr birch mallet
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century solid burr birch mallet circa 1900.
Turned from a solid piece of burr birch this sculptors mallet has little signs of use. 1 piece, handle with feint turned deta...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Paperweights
Materials
Birch
Purple Amethyst Decorative Object Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful purple amethyst cluster decorative object, paperweight, or luxury display piece. A great piece for a bookshelf, cocktail table, on a desk as paperweight, etc. Dimensions:...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Organic Modern Antique Paperweights
Materials
Amethyst, Quartz
Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art du Bronze
Located in Chicago, IL
Monique Gerber French bronze cast letter opener in a very sculptural and minimalist form.
Designed Monique Gerber.
Can be used as a sculptural object or paper weight as well.
Re...
Category
1970s French Minimalist Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Barbini Murano Sommerso Blue Green Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Fish Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso green to blue, and gold flecks Italian art glass fish sculpture on pedestal. Documented to Master glass artist and designer Alfredo Barbi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Gold Leaf
$375 Sale Price
25% Off
Slag Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Unique-shaped pieces of slag glass. Each piece will vary in size and shape. Slag glass comes from the glass used to make car windows. These pieces were sourced in Texas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Organic Modern Paperweights
Materials
Slag Glass
$390 / item
Bauhaus Style Art Deco Vintage White Metal Napkin Holder, Germany, circa 1920
Located in Vienna, AT
Bauhaus Style Art Deco vintage napkin holder from white lacquered metal Germany, circa 1920 .
The napkin holder shows signs of age and use like ...
Category
1920s German Bauhaus Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Sheet Metal
Disko Metal Just Andersen, Denmark 1930s Art Deco Stylised Bird Pipe Rest
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Just Andersen of Denmark, disko metal stylised bird pipe rest
Disko metal, invented by Just Andersen by combing lead and antimony
circa 1930s
Stamped on base
Measures: Height 2.5 inc...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau Glass Paperweight with Floral Silver Overlay, c. 1910s
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant paperweight from the early 20th century is expertly crafted of cut glass and floral silver overlay in the manner of Art Nouveau. The translucent glass cube is shaped wit...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Paperweights
Materials
Silver
Murano Glass Paperweight Barovier & Tosa
Located in Staffordshire, GB
Paperweight Murano glass made by Barovier & Tosa Art Glass with the original label to the underneath , barovier & tosa murano venezia.
The Barovier family has a history in Murano da...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Dice Metal Statue Paper Weight Mid-Century Modern, German, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Super cool Art Deco design sculptural "High Roller" dice paperweight. Nice metal dice atop a nickel base. The best addition to your desk or every room. Found at an estate sale in Nur...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Metal, Chrome
French Saint Louis Limited Edition Lilies of the Valley Glass Paperweight, 1986
By Saint Louis
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine French vintage limited edition Saint Louis red and white Lilies of the Valley on turquoise ground. The glass paperweight has facet cup windows to the ...
Category
1980s French Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Glass
A Paul Ysart Close Pack Radial Paperweight, c1950
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Paul Ysart Close Pack Radial Paperweight, c1950
Additional information:
Date : c1950
Origin : Scotland
Features : A lerge central close pack of canes with outer ring of latticino ...
Category
20th Century Scottish Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Glass Paperweight by Goran Warff for Kosta Boda, Rare Find - FREE SHIPPING
Located in Bochum, NRW
Beautiful and heavy paperweight designed by Goran Warff and made by KostaBoda in the 1960s.
Hand made of glass, this paperweight is sophisticate, fea...
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
$144 Sale Price
35% Off
Modernist Crystal Art Glass World Ball Healing Sphere
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modernist Crystal World Ball Healing Sphere Art Glass
4 diameter
Preowned vintage condition
See all images.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
French sculpture of a pigeon in Cracked Ceramic circa 1960 France White Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
French sculpture of a pigeon in Cracked Ceramic circa 1960 France White Color. Can be used as a Paperweight.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Ceramic
$336 Sale Price
20% Off
Victor Vasarely Style Op Art Vintage Lucite Cube Paperweight Desk Accessories
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern Op Art colorful beveled Lucite Cube designed in the Style of Victor Vasarely.
He was a Hungarian born French artist who used geometric shapes and colorful graphics...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
$910 Sale Price
30% Off
Bronze Polo Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
Bronze sculpture representing a polo player on a wooden base. It dates from the 70s and is apparently unsigned. Good condition. Measures: 36x28x18 cm.
Category
1950s European Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
$1,021
Handcrafted Brass Gingko Leaf Decorative Paperweight with Bronze Patina
Located in London, GB
Beautiful hand cast gingko leaf in patinated brass paperweight.
Each of these brass leaves are handmade individually with incredible detail. Cast using ve...
Category
2010s Indian Organic Modern Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Art Glass Mushroom
Located in Fairfield, CA
A mid century art glass mushroom. Nice modern minimalist shape with a cluster of controlled bubbles emanating from the center. There is a purposefu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Snow Globe Red Chanel Number 5
By Chanel
Located in Munich, DE
Rare limited edition of a Chanel Snow Ball, which are only for VIP Customers in excellent condition and with the original box.
It features the iconic Chanel Number...
Category
2010s French Hollywood Regency Paperweights
Materials
Acrylic
Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Heart Mosaic Italian Art Glass Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and rare, vintage Murano hand blown millefiori flowers mosaic with heart centers and bullseye murrines Italian art glass paperweight. Documented to the Fratelli Toso compan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Murrine, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Murano Sommerso Aqua Blue Gold Leaf Italian Art Glass Bird Figures Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso aqua blue and gold flecks Italian art glass bird figurines paperweight sculpture. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini. They look to be...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Gold Leaf
$450 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid Century Murano Glass Fish Aquarium Sculpture
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Italian hand blown solid glass aquarium with fish and sea life inclused into a clear blue curved wave shape sculpture. Murano, Italy
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Classical Bronze Male Nude Torso Sculpture/Statue
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Solid bronze male nudist statue. Classical Greek style sculpture.
Unsigned.
Would make a wonderful sculpture for desk, office, shelf, etc.
Category
19th Century Antique Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
$1,350 Sale Price
25% Off
Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with white and red scrambled canes within the glass, made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: Diameter 3 inches, height 2.75 inches
1 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
$300 Sale Price
40% Off
Art Deco Max Le Verrier / Artus Pelican Hood Ornament / Paperweight, France
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Max Le Verrier / Artus Bird Hood Ornament / Paperweight - France.
Hard to find circa 1925 famous Pelican by Artus. (Pseudonym for Max ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Metal
Orange Semi Sphere Sculpture in Polished Resin by Paola Valle
By Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
This Geometric sculpture is handmade in polished resin in a variety of colors. It is a modern and colorful piece that will liven up any space.
Our Se...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Paperweights
Materials
Resin
Enzo Mari, Rare Resin Cube, Sculpture, Paperweight, with Polyhedral Inside
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a very rare Mari resin cube from the 1950s, it measures in cm 7 x 7 x 7, has a couple of flee bites in 2 corners. Similar sample with black inside i...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Resin
1950s Crystal Paperweight with Flower Decoration
Located in Marbella, ES
1950s Crystal Paperweight with Flower Decoration.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Vintage Villeroy & Boch Clear Glass Panda Bear Paperweight
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This vintage Villeroy & Boch paperweight features a delightful sitting panda bear design. The clear glass material is cut-to-clear and gives the paperweight a charming cuddly appearance. This modern original is a perfect addition to any collection of decorative pottery and glassware, and would make a lovely gift for anyone who loves bears...
Category
1980s German Modern Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Stylized Eagle Head Sculpture / Paperweight by Saint Louis Crystal of France
By Saint Louis
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice stylized eagle head sculpture / paperweight by Saint Louis Crystal of France, circa 1980s. The piece is in very good condition with no chips or cracks and measures 2.25"W...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
Paperweight Corn Sculpture in Green Malachite Italian Marble, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Magnificent paperweight corn sculpture fully made in green Italian malachite. This stylish and unique piece was made in Italy during the 1970s.
In amazing conditions, the Malachite ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Malachite, Marble
Mid century modern Murano glass paperweight, 1960
Located in Palermo, PA
This beautiful Murano glass paperweight features a unique design with small air bubbles at the bottom and surrounding the delicate blue flower inside. The bottom is made of rich blue...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Bvlgari Bulgari Sterling Silver Oversized Casino Paperweight Coin "Vegas"
Located in Queens, NY
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...
Category
20th Century Unknown Paperweights
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$1,575 Sale Price
55% Off
Chrome Horse Bit in the Style of Hermes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A decorative horse bit, used as a paper weight, in the style of Hermes.
The sides of the bit are horseshoes... and perfect for the horse lover.
A compliment to any desk or work stat...
Category
20th Century Paperweights
Materials
Chrome
Bill Curry Brass Jumbo Jacks
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Vintage brass Jumbo Jack tabletop accessory designed by Bill Curry and manufactured by Design Line.
Category
Mid-20th Century Paperweights
Materials
Brass
$325 / item
Large Carl Auböck Model #5072 'Chain' Polished Brass Paperweight
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Aubo¨ck Model #5072 'Chain' polished brass paperweight. Executed in brass-plated cast iron and designed in the 1950s, this incredibly clean and refined Viennese paperweight is h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Brass, Iron
Colored Murano Glass Paperweight, Italy, 1970s
Located in Palermo, IT
Colored Murano glass paperweight, Italy, 1970s
It belonged to my grandfather who bought it during his honeymoon.
Intact, excellent condition.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
$336 Sale Price
20% Off
Hermes Golf Ball Magnifying Loupe, 1960s France
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This vintage Hermes magnifying glass/loupe is a beautiful personality piece that is ideal for a golf lover or vintage Hermes collector. Large g...
Category
1960s French Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Metal
Antique Boston & Sandwich Pink Poinsettia Glass Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique American paperweight.
By Boston & Sandwich Glass Company.
With a 10-petal pink poinsettia with two leaves on a clear background.
The center cane features a rare sta...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Pair Venetian Brass Gondola Seahorse
Located in Rochester, NY
Pair Venetian brass seahorse. Heavy cast brass. This is typical of the decorative mounts on the gondolas used to hold the tie line.
Category
20th Century Italian Paperweights
Materials
Brass
$350 / set
Mid 20th Century Murano Aquarium Art Glass Elio Raffaeli, signed Paperweight Egg
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Spectacular and rare large venetian murano aquarium sculpture paperweight in the form of an egg with two colorful fish and multicolor strands of cane that resemble aquatic plants, ke...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Millefiori Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite Mid-Century Modernist hand-blown Murano glass paperweight, crafted in Italy circa 1960, exemplifies the exceptional artistry for which Murano glassmakers are renowned....
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Antique Japanese Bronze Turtle
Located in Worcester, GB
Antique Japanese Bronze Turtle – Meiji to Early Showa Period (Late 19th to Early 20th Century)
This exceptional Japanese bronze turtle is a fi...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Seguso Vetri D'Arte Poli Murano Sommerso Italian Art Glass Squirrel Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, rare, and cute vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso green Italian art glass squirrel figure / sculpture. Documented to designer Flavio Poli for...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Modern Black Silver Gold or Copper Metal Rabbit Accent Chair
Located in Origgio (VA), IT
"Mr Holder was a shark who loved swimming but could not do it. He was mocked by all the other sharks who called him a 'boring little girl'. Poor thing! Then two famous designers with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Paperweights
Materials
Plastic
Contemporary Teardrop Glass Paperweight, Signed, Canada, Circa 2012
Located in Chatham, ON
Contemporary studio glass 'teardrop' paperweight sculpture - hand made/mouth blown with striking green, white and yellow swirl center - indistinctly signed and dated on the base (unk...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
$416 Sale Price
30% Off
Uredale Glass Paperwight Pebble Shape Star Decoration, North Yorkshire 20th C
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an unusual hand-made Art-Glass paperweight from Uredale Glass, Masham, North Yorkshire, England which we date to the late 20th century.
The paperweight is hand made in the...
Category
Late 20th Century English Folk Art Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Glass Millefiori Vasart Paperweight Hand Blown, Scotland circa 1960
By Vasart
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful handblown Glass Millefiori Paperweight by Vasart, Scotland, Circa 1960 or slightly earlier back to the 1950's.
This paperweight is handmade with a Millefiori, six spoke radial cane design.
having Latticino Spokes. The predominant red, green 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Natural Malachite Specimen Vide Poche Stone Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
Natural malachite stone specimen vide poche tray hand carved at center.
May be used as a decorative object or used as a paperweight to brighten ones desk.
Beautiful includes crysta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Malachite
Amber Glass Apple Murano Blown Art Glass Paperweight Sculpture
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Small Amber Glass Apple Murano Blown Art Glass Paperweight Decorative Fruit Sculpture.
Vintage Amber Bubble Glass Apple Handmade Art Paperweight.
Beautiful brown amber color,...
Category
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Late 19th Century Banded Agate Wax Seal with Gothic Monogram
Located in Worcester, GB
Late 19th Century Banded Agate Wax Seal with Gothic Monogram
A fine antique desk seal dating to the late 19th century. The tapering handle is cut from banded blue agate, exhibiting ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Paperweights
Materials
Agate
Prehistoric Ammonite Fossil or Natural Specimen
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Prehistoric fossilized ammonite is likely from Madagascar and thousands of years old. This fossil is free standing and could be used as a unique design element as a natural specimen...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Prehistoric Antique Paperweights
Materials
Stone
Fratelli Toso Murano Millefiori Flower Butterfly Italian Art Glass Paperweights
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Priced individually (3 designs available as shown). Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Italian art glass paperweights. Documented to the Fratelli Toso Company. The first has concent...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
Collection of Six Glass Multicolored Paperweights
Located in London, GB
These glass paperweights are wonderful decorative pieces which will make perfect desk accessories or collectables.
The paperweights are all slightly different in their shape and ...
Category
20th Century French Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
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.
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