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Place of Origin: American
One Mid-Century Modern Faceted Glass Diamond Shaped Figurine Paperweight Desk
By Venini, Orrefors, Kosta Boda
Located in Miami, FL
One Mid-Century Modern faceted glass diamond shaped magnifying paperweight, Figurine, Sculpture or Desk accessory. In good condition no chips, light scratches to the faceted glass.
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Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Bill Curry Sculptural Jax Bookends Design Line
By Bill Curry & Design Line
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of fun / sculptural bookends by Bill Curry for Design Line. Great patina and original creamy white paint.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Iron
Art Glass Sommerso Blue Bird Paperweight Figurine
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Abstract blue art glass bird figurine was hand blown in sommerso technique, with flue and white speckled gather of colored glass encased in clear glass. Minimal, sculptural tail and...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Shauna Watkins Op-Art Paperweight, American Studio Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage art glass paperweight features Op-Art design with dark, almost black Burgundy red glass circular structure, surrounded by striped glass ribbon in blue, white, and burnt oran...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso
Vintage Solid Brass Propeller Paper Weight / Desk Accessory
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage solid brass boat propeller mounted on a wood base. This nautical piece makes a perfect desk accessory / paperweight.
Category
20th Century American Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Monte Dunlavy Striped Paperweight, American Studio Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage colorful paperweight features white, pink, powder blue, and cobalt blue glass stripes fused in concentric manner. Harmonious color palette allows the use of bright colors to...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Viking Glass Hippopotamus Figure Paperweight
By Viking Glass Company
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful clear glass hippopotamus paperweight by the Viking Glass Company. The glass figurine is flat on the back side, this allows the figure to s...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Pair of Blue Geode Bookends
Located in Miami, FL
An impressive pair of blue geode bookends with a long history. Brightly colored with naturally formed patterns caused by fossilization over hundreds of years. Finished with a highly ...
Category
20th Century American Paperweights
Materials
Stone
Vintage Cut Geode Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage cut geode paper weight, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown, tan, grey and blue colors and measures ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mid-Century Modern Antique American Paperweights
Materials
Quartz
Black Art Glass Sphere Paperweight Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Modern/Postmodern black and neutral flesh-tone art glass sphere decorative object or paperweight with an organic modern design, circa 1970s. This handmade art glass color...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass
Judith Via Wolff Dichroic Paperweight, Glows in UV, New York Studio Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage art glass paperweight features an abstract biomorphic central design element in blue glass with metallic pigments, raising from the bottom and forming a mountain-like shape....
Category
Late 20th Century Organic Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
Mid-Century Minimal Abstract Figurative Crystal Sculpture signed Steuben
By Steuben Glass
Located in New York, NY
This delightfully formed Mid-Century Modernist Minimal Abstract Figurative Crystal Sculpture signed Steuben originates from France during the latter half of the 20th Century. This pi...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
Antique Boston & Sandwich Pink Poinsettia Glass Paperweight
By Boston and Sandwich Glass Company
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 Antique American Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Hand Blown Glass Ocean Sea Wave Paperweight Signed Karg
By Rollin Karg
Located in New York, NY
Hand blown glass paperweight with interior ocean wave with hues of turquoise, deep indigo, sky blue, cadet blue and crimson ribbon wave.
Engraved signature Karg, at bottom edge rim.
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Blown Glass
Op Art Victor Vasarely Style Vintage Lucite Cube Paperweight Desk Accessories
By Victor Vasarely
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 Mid-Century Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
Paul Seide for Milropa Studio Sculpture or Paperweight Art Studio Glass 1977
By Paul Seide
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Striking, complex art glass sculpture or paperweight features fused central core with controlled bubbles, multi-layered pigments, and dichroic glass that is encased in clear glass l...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso, Glass
Jeff Seely Large Paperweight, American Studio Art Glass 1980s
By J. Seeley
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Massive, heavy paperweight features complex asymmetrical fused glass center, accentuated by groups of controlled bubbles. Three free-form string stru...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso
MCM Art Glass Paperweight by Robert William Bartlett
By Robert William Bartlett
Located in San Diego, CA
A wonderful art glass paperweight by Robert William Bartlett, circa 1978. The piece is internally layered with white and blue swirl design. The paperweight is in very good vintage co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Glass Eye Studio Controlled Bubbles Paperweight, Seattle Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage sculptural paperweight features swirling structure of controlled bubbles, encased inside a clear glass layer in sommerso technique. The piece has elongated egg shape with soft, rounded edges, that directs the eye towards the central design element. Colorful fused glass in pastel blue, pink, and off-white colors forms abstract patterns, raising from the base of the paperweight and encompassing its curves, accentuate the shape of the piece, and slightly iridescent finish on the surface add color and visual interest to the piece.
The piece is signed and dated in etching (GES 92) on the side near the base.
Founded in 1978 in Seattle’s famed Pike Place Market, but moved to the historic Ballard neighborhood later on, Glass Eye Studio...
Category
1990s Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
Big Inch Art Deco Tape Dispenser Large Footed Streamlined Tear Drop Atomic Era
By (after) Raymond Loewy
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A wonderful throwback from the pre-Atomic Era. We have never seen one of these before, extremely over built shop tape dispenser. Came out of an old very dormant QBC Print Shop in Vi...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Metal
Modernist Mid-Century Brass Clothespin Paperweight
By Halston
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredibly beautiful paperweight constructed as a clothespin in brass. Sleek with modernist essence. The luminous brass catapults this piece to sculpture. A very chic addition to you...
Category
1970s Minimalist Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Sculptural Chrome Jack / Jax Bookend / Paperweight in the Style of Bill Curry
By Design Line, Bill Curry
Located in San Diego, CA
Solid chrome sculptural chrome jack / jax bookend, door stop or paperweight the style of Bill Curry for Design Line, circa 1970s. The piece is in good vintage condition with a nice p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Chrome
1980 Lucite Copper Penny Paperweight Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
An '80s modern or Postmodern period Lucite and copper U.S. penny paperweight, 1980, USA. All pennies are of the year 1980. A great desk accessory or ...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Copper
World Globe Art Glass Paperweight by Steven Correia
By Steven Correia
Located in San Diego, CA
Spectacular "World / Globe" art glass paperweight by Steven Correia, circa 1990s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 4"D x 4.25"H; it is signed on the undersid...
Category
Late 20th Century American Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Brad Shute Abstract Paperweight, American Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Striking paperweight has abstract green and white glass design encased inside clear glass; controlled bubbles, dispersed among the free-flowing colored glass swirls, guide the eye a...
Category
1990s Organic Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso
Sotheby's, New York Important Paperweights, Sale No. 5349
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's - New York: Important Paperweights - Sale No. 5349 - Saturday, June 15, 1985. Sotheby's Auction House, NY, June 1985. 1st Ed softcover. 393 lots photographed in color and b...
Category
1980s Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Paper
Vitrix Hot Glass Studio Op Art Paperweight, New York Art Glass
By Thomas Kelly
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare Op Art paperweight was hand blown in elongated ovoid shape. The colored rounded central gather has evenly distributed swirls of blue glass with randomly added yellow pigment placed in abstract, graphic pattern, with the whole structure enclosed in clear glass in sommerso technique. Subtle reflections of the central colored core in clear glass part of the paperweight add complexity and visual interest to otherwise minimal piece.
The paperweight is signed and dated by the artist in etching on the bottom.
Thomas Kelly is an established glass artist working in Vitrix Hot Glass studio in Corning, New York. He started in the glass studios of Alex Brand and Thomas Buechner where he had the opportunity to learn from two distinctly different artists, each having their own unique talents; Kelly worked for 10 years with Thomas Buechner III at Vitrix Hot Glass Studio, developing his glass working skills and aesthetic sensitivity. At Vitrix, visiting artists such as Lino Tagliapietra and Fritz Dreisbach...
Category
Early 2000s Organic Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso, Glass
"Wyoming" Oil on Canvas by Robert Frame '1924-1999' Signed
By Robert Aaron Frame
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a beautiful, original framed, landscape painting entitled "Wyoming" by Robert Aaron Frame. The colors are rich, vibrant and bold. Set in a w...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Colin Stone Sommerso Murine Paperweight, American Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Unusual paperweight was hand blown in elongated ovoid shape. The brown glass murine inclusions in various shapes and sizes were placed in abstract, graphic pattern inside light blue...
Category
Late 20th Century Organic Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
Vintage Ship Porthole Wing Dog Bolt Brass Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool vintage ship porthole wing dog bolt brass paperweight, circa 1940s. The piece has a well worn brass patina and measures 3.25"W x 1.5"...
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Blown Glass Paperweight Vase by David R. Huchthausen, 1980
By David Huchthausen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Paperweight vase, 1980
David R. Huchthausen
Blown glass
Measures: 5 x 5 x 4.75 inches
Signed/etched on bottom: David R. Huchthausen, 1980.
Category
Late 20th Century American Paperweights
Materials
Blown Glass
Gorgeous Highly Polished Rainbow Obsidian Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A gorgeous highly polished rainbow obsidian paperweight, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good condition with wonderful colors and measures 6.25"W 4....
Category
15th Century and Earlier Mid-Century Modern Antique American Paperweights
Materials
Stone
Aluminum Desk Block and Tray Accessory Set
By Argosy Designs
Located in Treadwell, NY
Collection I: Desk set
This high polished aluminum desk set, comprised of a desk tray and desk block, adds style and sophistication to your work surface
Measures: Desk block
3...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Aluminum
MCM Bruce Fox Gold Anodized Aluminum 3D "Excellence" Motivation Desk Accessory
By Bruce Fox
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Bruce Fox motivational desk accessory 3D Font " Excellence " in gold anodized aluminum. In fine condition, maybe needs to clean a little better, mino...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Aluminum
Art Glass Paperweight / Sculpture by Milropa Studio
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful art glass paperweight / sculpture by Milropa Studios, circa 1980s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 4.25"D x 2.25"D x 5.25"H; it is signed on the ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Italian Pewter Owl Bust Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very well cast Italian pewter owl bust paperweight from retailer Buffums, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 3"W 2.25"D x...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Pewter
Vintage Industrial Anvil, 20th Century
Located in New York City, NY
Small, playful vintage Industrial anvil.
Category
20th Century Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Metal, Brass
Art Glass Sommerso Paperweight by Maui Hot Island Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful sommerso art glass paperweight by Maui Hot Island glass, circa 1994. The piece is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks and measures 3"D x 4"H and is signed "A C...
Category
Late 20th Century American Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Signed Arthur Court Bronze Dog Puppies Paperweight Desk Accessory
By Arthur Court
Located in North Miami, FL
This delightful and charming vintage signed bronze paperweight sculpture are of 6 connecting puppy dogs linked together in different positions. It is hallmarked Arthur Court Designs C. 1979. This is a rare piece. He rarely did his work in bronze. It retains the original darkened patina and has not been polished nor will be.It has weight, interest and makes a fabulous desk accessory. Love this small...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Floating Rivets in Lucite Cube Advertisement Paperweight Style of William Rolfe
Located in San Diego, CA
Floating rivets in lucite cube advertisement for the J L Thompson Corporation, paperweight in the style of William Rolfe, circa the 1980s.
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Lucite
Aluminum Desk Accessory / Paperweight
By Argosy Designs
Located in Treadwell, NY
Collection I: Desk block
This high polished aluminum desk block, adds style and sophistication to your work surface.
Made to order.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Aluminum
Pairpoint Blown Glass Paperweight, Figural Swan Motif, Vintage, circa 1950s
By Pairpoint Glassworks
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
From America's oldest crystal manufacturer still in business, this is a beautifully blown piece of art. It features an elegant swan and Pairpoint's signature controlled bubble. In ve...
Category
1950s Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Blown Glass
Patinated Brass Figurative Fisherman Sculpture / Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A patinated brass figurative fisherman sculpture / paperweight, circa 1970s. The piece has a wonderful patina and measures 2.5"W x 2"D x 5.5"H. #3799
Category
Late 20th Century American Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Art Glass Crystal Caterpillar Sculpture by, Steuben
By Steuben Glass
Located in Englewood, NJ
A Late 20th Century American Crystal Caterpillar Designed by Peter Yenawine, for Steuben Glass depicting an inching caterpillar with outstretched antennas and applied eyes gives a re...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Brass Turtle on Faux Book Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
Unique vintage brass turtle on faux book paperweight, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 5.25"W x 3.5"D x 3"H. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Trio of Lucite Sculptures Signed & Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic trio of Lucite sculptures with geometric shapes designed and manufactured by a Los Angeles artist and signed "Henry" 2017.
The pieces are beautifully executed, the inlaid ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Lucite
Signed Glass Abstract Paperweight Red, Black, Orange, Gold, White For Desk
Located in North Miami, FL
This abstract art glass artisan paperweight is signed in cursive on the underside N Laso. It has bars of glass sticks in rows of red, black and white, orange copper rust and a gold small bat...
Category
1990s Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Gold
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 good condition with no chips or cracks and the largest one measures 3"D x 3"H and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Vintage Two's Company Lucite Owl Tape Dispenser Attributed to Robert P. Gottlieb
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage lucite owl tape dispenser manufactured in Hong Kong for Two's Company of Mount Vernon, NY (ca. 1960s).
Attributed to Robert P. Gottlieb, who...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Lucite
Andrew Szoeke "H" Monogram Marquetry Wood Cube Paperweight
By Andrew Szoeke
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a rare and wonderful monogram "H" cube or paperweight by American designer, Andrew Szoeke. This cube combines Szoeke's mastery of graphic art and typography with inlaid wood ...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Wood
1990s Blue and White Art Glass Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Art glass sculpture by Johnathon Schmuck. Signed "Schmuck '93." This piece can be displayed in two different positions. Johnathon Schmuck attended the Canberra School of Art, in Aust...
Category
1990s American Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Ted Arnold High Society Solid Fake Gold Cast Fast Food Emporium Slice of Pizza
By Ted Arnold LTD.
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Ted Arnold High Society solid fake gold cast fast food emporium says the original carton box. According to the same box the series contained th...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Metal
Set of Four Post-Modern Marble Blocks / Paperweights
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous set of four post-modern marble blocks / paperweights, circa 1980s. The pieces are in very good condition with no chips or cracks and the largest one measures 3"W x 2"D x 6....
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Art Deco Stylized Cast Iron Doorstop Sphinx with Pyramid and Original Paint
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Elegantly cast Art Deco Stylized Sphinx with Pyramid and in original paint Door Stop. Finished on both sides and retains most of the original color.
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Iron
Deborah P. Bump Swan Pencil Holder
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a Deborah P. Bump design. It's made from wood and is sculpted to look like a Swan. The wood has a very rich color. It would make a nice desk accessory for any office, library...
Category
20th Century American Paperweights
Materials
Wood
Clear Modern Sculptural Glass Object Sculpture or Paperweight Table Decor
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Modern sculptural glass object. Very heavy. The base is a rounded hexagon shape and very solid. Solid short blunt glass rods protrude from the base. A beautiful sculptural piece to a...
Category
1950s Modern Vintage American Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Sculptural Desktop Pen Holder by Jiri Jelinek
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Art glass hand-carved, pen holder / paper weight featuring etched linear motif and layered red glass stripe by Jiri Jelinek.
Jiri Jelinek (b. 1967, Cze...
Category
2010s Modern American Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
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...
Category
19th Century Late Victorian Antique American Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
