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Place of Origin: European
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 Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Modernist Limited Edition Baccarat Art Glass Snake Paperweight
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
This rare and sought after limited edition Mid-Century Modernist Baccarat art glass paperweight was produced by the illustrious French glass maker, ...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Lucite
Konst Glashyttan Urschult Paperweight, Glows in UV, Sweden 1965-1970
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage spherical paperweight features a bright, graphic central core done in blue and yellow glass with 3 large controlled bubbles, encased in clear glass in sommerso technique. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Uranium Glass
Just Andersen, Denmark 1930s Art Deco Pewter Stylised Chevron Match Box Holder
By Just Andersen
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Just Andersen of Denmark, pewter stylised large match box holder
Decorative chevron patterning border
Circa 1930's
Stamped 1497 on side panel
Height 1.5 inch, Width 4 inch, Depth 2.5...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Pewter
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Walking" Figural Sculpture #4058
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock Patinated Brass "Walking" Figural Sculpture #4058 designed in the 1950's. Currently produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Christian Dior Clear Heart Glass Paperweight
By Christian Dior
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Christian Dior clear heart shaped lead glass crystal paperweight / made in France
Original label on the glass / comes in original box
Length: 4 inches / Width: 4 inches / Height: 1 i...
Category
Late 20th Century European Paperweights
Materials
Glass
A Perthshire Triple Overlay Paperweight, 1985
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Perthshire Triple Overlay Paperweight, 1985
Additional information:
Date : 1985
Origin : Scotland
Features : Five blue petaled flowers with whit...
Category
20th Century European Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Hand-Blown Turquoise & Yellow Murano Glass Millefiori Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
This vibrant Mid-Century Modernist hand-blown Murano glass paperweight, crafted in Italy circa 1960, showcases the exceptional artistry of Murano glassmakers. The piece is adorned wi...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Sven Petersen For SAAP, Danish Magnetic Rosewood Paperclip Pot Circa 1960's
By Hillerod
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Ingenious magnetic paper clip holder designed by Sven Petersen for SAAP, Hillerod, Denmark
Crafted in a rich dark rosewood, the ball of the pot is magnet...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Rosewood
Vintage Italian Desk Set in Onyx Marble Ashtray and Paperweights, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A decorative desk lot consisting of pear and able shaped paperweights with brass stems and a mosaic ashtray in Onyx marble. Manufactured in Italy during...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Onyx
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
Adam Jablonski Blue Sommerso Sculpture or Paperweight, Polish Art Glass
By Adam Jablonski
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Colorful abstract art glass sculpture or paperweight features flattened teardrop shape with central core of cobalt blue and white colored glass with controlled bubbles, enclosed in ...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Just Andersen, Denmark, Disko Stylised Fantail Fish 1920's Art Deco Paperweight
By Just Andersen
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Art Deco Disko metal stylised Fantail Fish pewter paperweight by Just Andersen of Denmark.
Wonderful worn patina - A super desk accoutrement.
Disko metal, invented by Just Andersen ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco European Paperweights
Materials
Metal
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian European Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Art Glass Fish in the Ocean Aquarium Bubbles Paperweight 1960s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Art Glass Fish in the Ocean Aquarium Bubbles Paperweight 1960s.
The vintage Art Glass orange fish with bubbles paperweight is a stunning piece that encapsulates the beauty of underwater life in intricate detail.
Very unique and rare shaped Art Glass Murano tyle paperweight depicting an ocean scene or an aquarium with fish...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Pair of Grand Tour Armorial Dore Bronze Bookends/Paperweights
Located in New York, NY
A pair of antique 19th century Louis XVI style marble mounted dore bronze armorial Bookends/paperweights depicting "Peace and Music". Each is beautiful...
Category
1870s Louis XVI Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Vintage Langham Glass England Controlled Bubbles Paperweight
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Striking vintage paperweight features abstract grouping of large controlled bubbles in clear and colored cobalt blue and grass green glass. The central design is encased in clear gl...
Category
20th Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Sommerso
A Paul Ysart Close Pack Radial Paperweight, c1950
By Paul Ysart
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Paul Ysart Close Pack Radial Paperweight, c1950
Additional information:
Date : c1950
Origin : Scotland
Features : A close pack of complex millefiori canes surrounded by a 9 spoke ...
Category
20th Century European Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Grand Tour Of Italy Souvenir, Carrara Marble Cameo Paperweight c19th Century
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Intriguing 19th century Grand Tour carved Carrara marble cameo depicting a strong male profile, possibly the Italian poet Dante Alighieri
Antique Italian...
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Carrara Marble
Handmade Medium Paperweight with Sphere Shape in Satin White Carrara Marble
By Fiammetta V.
Located in Carrara, IT
Paperweight with sphere shape in satin white Carrara marble. Measure: Diameter 10,5 cm
Each piece is in a way unique (since each marble block is different in veins and shades) and...
Category
2010s European Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Mid-Century Hand-Blown Murano Glass Paperweight w/ Yellow Trumpet Motif
Located in New York, NY
This remarkable Mid-Century Modernist hand-blown Murano glass paperweight, crafted in Italy circa 1960, features a vibrant yellow trumpet motif with intricate murines delicately embe...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Baccarat French Art Glass Zodiac Paperweight Taurus Bull Sulfide on Cobalt Blue
By Baccarat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, faceted French art glass paperweight.
By Baccarat.
From the Zodiac series.
With a white sulphide depicting Taurus the Bull on a blue ground.
Marked with an acid-etched ...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
19th Century Gilt Bronze Eagle Fragment on White Marble Stand, Italy
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian gilt bronze sculpture of an eagle on a rectangular white Carrera piece of marble. The high quality of the gilt work and the early age makes the eagl...
Category
1810s Neoclassical Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Bronze (Silvered) Paperweight putto vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco Bronze (Silvered) Paperweight putto vienna around 1920s
Original condition
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Petite Murano Glass Paperweight Swirl inside Mid-Century Modern, Italy 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown Italian art glass paper weight. A beautiful nice addition to your desktop. Found at an estate sale in Verona, Italy. Highly decorative and functional in e...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
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), enclosed in a shaped slate with inset oval plaque.
Original Italian Micro Mosaic Grand Tour...
Category
19th Century Grand Tour Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Large English Lavender Glass Paperweight
Located in New Orleans, LA
Large English lavender glass paperweight.
Category
20th Century European Paperweights
Materials
Glass
A Clichy Garland Millefiori Paperweight, c1860
By Clichy
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Clichy Garland Millefiori Paperweight, c1860
Additional information:
Date : c1860
Origin : France
Features : Six elliptical garlands alternating red and white around a central can...
Category
19th Century Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Italian Murano Rainbow Bubble Art Glass Paperweight
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oval shaped, artisan-made, hand-blown, Italian Murano art glass paperweight features a bed of colorful teal, blue, yellow, and red with clear bubbles rising resembling hot air balloo...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Emerald Green Art Glass Ball Sphere Paperweight Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Emerald green art glass ball sphere, in the modern style, with a tropical grass or palm-like design, circa late-20th century. Piece is a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
An Italian Specimen Marble Paperweight
Located in Spencertown, NY
The square paperweight with specimen marbles inset in yellow marble ground.
Category
Late 19th Century Grand Tour Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Beautiful Multicolored Swirl, Murano Glass Paperweight, Italy
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown Italian art glass paper weight. A beautiful nice addition to your desktop.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
19th Century Murano Glass Paperweight - Pen Holder
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique paperweight, handmade from multi colored glass, in the shape of a rooster. On top a small vase, probably intended to hold a pen. ...
Category
1870s Belle Époque Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass
Murano Sommerso Glass Anthropomorphic Figurine Paperweight
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Unusual sculptural anthropomorphic figurine or paperweight is made in sommerso technique; colored amber and champagne glass gather is cased over with clear glass. Controlled bubbles...
Category
Late 20th Century Organic Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
1950s Arte Murano Millefiori Cane Round Globe Clear Paperweight
By Arte Vetraria Muranese (AVEM)
Located in Charleston, SC
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown, clear surface and applied flower murrines Italian art glass paperweight. Documented to the A.Ve.M. (Arte Vetraria Murano) company. The paperweigh...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Natural Blue Agate Geode Paperweight on Nickel-plated Brass Base
By Design Center 1991, Nino Basso
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
A small object of great charm: this contemporary design paperweight combines the luster of nickel-plated brass with the raw, authentic beauty of a natural agate geode.
The bluish hu...
Category
2010s Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Quartz, Agate, Brass
Carl Auböck Pipe Paperweight, Brass, Signed
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in New York, NY
Carl Auböck Pipe Paperweight, Brass, Signed. Small scale meticulously detailed brass pipe paperweight by Viennese designer Carl Auböck.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Brass
$900 Sale Price
40% Off
Signed A. Seguso Spherical Paperweight in Murano Bubble Glass, Italy 1960s
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Roma, IT
Fantastic spherical shaped paperweight made mouth-blown Murano crystal glass enriched inside with air bubbles. This rare object was designed in Italy during the 1960s by Archimede S...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Seguso Vetri D'Arte Murano Red Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Duck Bird Figure
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso red, and gold flecks Italian art glass baby bird figurine. Attributed to the Seguso Vetri D'Arte workshop. A drawing of a similar figure ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Gold Leaf
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Orrefors Sweden Crystal Gorilla Paperweight Desk Accessory
By Gunnar Cyren, Orrefors
Located in Ferndale, MI
Orrefors Sweden Crystal Gorilla paperweight figurine.
Original label intact, etched signature, Orrefors GC 480715.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
Midcentury Murano Glass and Gold Dust Spherical Paperweight with Bubbles, 1970s
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful midcentury Murano glass and gold dust spherical paperweight. It was produced in Italy during 1970s and attributed to Alfredo Barbini.
Its peculiarity is the Murano glass...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
1960s Italian Design Crystal Key Fontana Arte Style Paperweight
By Fontana Arte
Located in Brescia, IT
Rare crystal key paperweight
Perfect condiction.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
Handsome Frog Prince Crystal Paperweight By Marcolin Art Crystal Sweden c1988-91
By Marcolin Art Crystal
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Wearing a crown of silver inclusions, a handsome frog prince paperweight of clear crystal by Marcolin, Sweden
Italian brothers Josef and Benito Marcolin founded Marcolin in Sweden af...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Glass
$234 Sale Price
60% Off
Mid-Century Modern Murano Italian Art Glass Parrots Sculpture
Located in Barcelona, ES
Huge red and yellow hand blown pulled Murano glass sculpture of two parrots perched on glass branches. Italy, 1960s.
The sculpture is well executed with the Sommerso and Murrine gla...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Midcentury Steel Paperweight , Europe, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made from steel
in original condition
sign of use
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Steel
Rare Meissen Cobalt Blue Hand Painted "Shoe" Slipper of Castle Moritzburg C 1890
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Museum quality piece of rare art from the re known firm of Meissen, Germany. This popular cabinet item was made in the last half of the 19th century w...
Category
1890s Baroque Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Gold, Enamel
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Entertaining Masked Ninja Angel Fish, Vintage Hand Blown Murano Fun 1970s
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Hilarious pair of Murano Angel fish with a whiff of Ninja about them
Crafted in hand blown glass from Murano, Italy
Circa 1970's
Height 8.5 inch, Wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Glass
$179 Sale Price
64% Off
Rene Lalique Glass 'Deux Aigles' Paperweight
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique clear & frosted glass 'Deux Aigles' paperweight, with details highlighted in grey staining. Features two eagle heads facing each other with a ball in their beaks. Moulde...
Category
1910s Art Deco Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Large Millefiori Paperweight attrib. to Saint Louis, Scrambled Paperweight
By Saint Louis
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning paperweight dating back to the late 19th Century with roses and flowers that will spark your imagination every time you put your eyes on it.
This art piece has faceted e...
Category
Late 19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murrine
$635 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Carl Auböck Handcrafted Paperweight Jingle Bell #5039, Brass, Leather, Austria
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
A handmade paperweight in the shape of a sleigh bell, model #5039, originally designed by Carl Aubock III back in the 1960s. A very charming piece, reissued by Werkstätte Auböck...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Brass Paperweight in the shape of a Whiskey Barrel from the early 20th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very elegant and solid Brass Paperweight in the shape of a Whiskey Barrel with tap and stand probably from the early 20th Century.
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Early 20th Century European Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Darling, Multicoloured Hand Blown Glass Duckling Figure Archimede Seguso, Murano
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Absolutely darling little Archimede Seguso duckling figurine
Delightful hand blown glass artistry from Seguso
Circa 1980's
Signed Archimede Seguso, Murano to base, with original lab...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Apache Indian Chief Head Car Mascot, Hood Ornament / Paperweight, France, 1925
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Apache indian Chief Head Car Mascot - Hood Ornament / Paperweight.
Designed by H. Briand publisher, Paris. Silvered bronze. Mounted over a black marble base. It has a hole at the bac...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco European Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vintage Murano Gold, White Glass Heart Sculptures, Paperweights Desk Accessory
Located in North Miami, FL
This pair of vintage mid century modern hand blown Murano glass abstract heart sculptures and or paperweights have their original Made it Italy paper label on the back. They are exqu...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Gold
$412 Sale Price
25% Off
Adam Jablonski Sommerso Paperweight with Slanted Base, Polish Art Glass
By Adam Jablonski
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Striking abstract art glass paperweight features central core of swirling deep amber, cognac brown, and opal colored glass with controlled bubbles, enclosed in a layer of clear glass...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Small Sculpture of Fluid Man Representing Phallus
Located in Milano, IT
Small sculpture in chromed metal representing the fluid man, designed in the 50s.
In jargon it is called "sexual fluidity": that is the tendency of people under 25 to choose a partner of their own or of the other sex, without limits and without taboos. The pleasure and experimentation together, following the circumstances, availability and predilection of the moment.
The vintage metal sculpture...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Metal
$859 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Meissen Porcelain Blue Onion Pattern Shoe or Slipper Paperweight
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A good, vintage Meissen Blue Onion (or Zwiebelmuster) pattern figural paperweight.
The paperweight is an iconic Meissen form in the shape of a tradi...
Category
Early 20th Century European Paperweights
Materials
Porcelain
Machine Age Desk Sculpture or Paperweight in Bronze & Steel, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stylized desk/horizontal plaque or sculpture fashioned from stainless steel and bronze. Distinct industrial/machine age styling. Pieces of pipe and devices from a steel bending mac...
Category
Early 20th Century Machine Age European Paperweights
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Two Dolphins in Sea Murano Italian Art Glass Aquarium Paperweight
By Arte Nuova Murano
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown aquarium Italian art glass paper weight. Showing two blue dolphins in a Coral Reef, floating on controlled bubbles. Colors are...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
1920 Alfredo Biagini Art Deco Italiano Pantera Bronzo Fermacarte
By Alfredo Biagini
Located in Brescia, IT
Alfredo Biagini
Tagliacarte
Italy, 1920
Rarissimo Tagliacarte in Bronzo con Pantera
Firma dell'artista incussa nel bronzo
Eccellenti condizioni
Originale anni 20
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage European Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Baccarat French Art Glass Zodiac Paperweight Taurus Bull Sulfide on Cobalt Blue
By Baccarat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, faceted French art glass paperweight.
By Baccarat.
From the Zodiac series.
With a white sulphide depicting Taurus the Bull on a blue ground.
Marked with an acid-etched ...
Category
20th Century European Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
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