French Paperweights

Etienne Fermigier

20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paperweights

Aluminum

Etienne Fermigier (1932-1973) mail trays, 1970. Folded and lacquered aluminium sheet MF Edition Measures: H 6 cm, L 25.5 cm, P 37 cm. A brilliant designer, he held an importan...

René Lalique

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Glass

Art Glass

Cute Rene Lalique Art Deco Belacourt paperweight -this very rare bird was originally made by Rene Lalique to go on a vase, but it is recorded that he made some as stand alone pieces ...

Susse Frères, Aimé-Jules Dalou

Antique Late 19th Century French Beaux Arts Figurative Sculptures

Bronze

A very Fine small-scale sculpture of a woman harvesting wheat by Aime Jules Dalou (1838-1902). A cire perdue model cast by Susse Freres in Paris. Signed in the base: DALOU / Su...

Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Antique Late 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Figurative Sculptures

Glass

A rare antique pressed glass model of a sphinx by Saint Louis - the premiere French 19th and 20th century glass house. Purportedly, Saint Louis exhibited a similar sphinx model th...

René Lalique

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Glass

Art Glass

An amazing Yellow clear and frosted, signed, Rene Lalique Chardonneret Moqueur (Ref: Marcilhac 1211 -where they note that it was only made in clear/colorless and yellow) Designed to ...

Amalric Walter and Henri Bergé

Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Paperweights

Art Glass

Almeric Walter Henri Berge Pâte de Verre paperweight depicting a young blue bird. Art Nouveau Art Deco, circa 1920 Inscribed: “A. Walter Nancy” and “B” for Henri Berge Measure: Hei...

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Metal

French Art Deco elephant paperweight sculpture, France, circa 1930. A circus elephant sat on a drum. Spelter, alabaster and silver plated metal.

Line Vautrin

Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Paperweights

Bronze

A gilded bronze paperweight (La Dernière Cène) (The last supper) On the reverse extract of a poem by Jacques Prevert Ils sont à table Ils ne mangent pas Ils ne sont pas dans leu...

Susse Frères, Edouard-Marcel Sandoz

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Bronze

Art Deco bronze sculpture fennec fox by Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, France. Edouard Marcel Sandoz 'FENNEC COUCHÉ' A silvered bronze modelled as a fox, signed E M Sandoz, Cire perdue and ...

Cristalleries de Saint Louis

20th Century French Modern Paperweights

Art Glass

A vintage Saint Louis blue dahlia faceted paperweight handcrafted in France in 1970 in a limited edition of 800. An "SL/1970" signature / date cane sits at the center of a multi-tier...

René Lalique

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Blown Glass

René Lalique "Alaska" seal made in 1931 in molded opalescent and blue stained glass. Engraved "R.Lalique FRANCE" on base. Félix Marcilhac, René Lalique - Catalogue Raisonné de l...

René Lalique

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Blown Glass

René Lalique "Renard" seal made in 1926 in molded opalescent glass. Engraved "R.Lalique France" on base. I am also offering this model in topaz glass and in clear glass. Fé...

René Lalique

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Blown Glass

René Lalique "Renard" seal made in 1926 in molded topaz glass. Engraved "R.Lalique" on bottom. I am also offering this model in opalescent glass and in clear glass. Félix M...

René Lalique

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Blown Glass

René Lalique "Renard" seal made in 1926 in molded clear glass. Engraved "R.Lalique" on bottom. I am also offering this model in opalescent glass and in topaz glass. Félix M...

Luigi Betti

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paperweights

Bronze

Lovely Art Deco shy naked women made of bronze and mounted over a green marble base. It is signed L. Betti and foundry Etling Paris. Perfect piece of Automobilia - paperweight - car ...

Edouard-Marcel Sandoz

Vintage 1910s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Art Deco Edouard Marcel Sandoz (Swiss, 1881-1971), Guinea pig silver plated bronze paperweight. Mounted over a marble base. Marked: Ed M Sandoz, near the lower edge, also with Susse ...

Hermès

Vintage 1980s French Modern Paperweights

Bronze

Inscribed Hermes Paris the dome-like magnifying glass with a handle in the shape of a horse. Measure: 5.5'" wide.

Jean Dunand

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Bronze

Art Deco Car Mascot - Hood ornament by Jean Dunand (1877- 1942) certainly one of few he made, exhibited during the "Salon des Arts Décoratif" of 1925. Silvered bronze. Mounted on mar...

André Vincent Becquerel

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Bronze

Rare Art Deco silvered bronze cubist sculpture - car mascot - hood ornament. Silvered bronze, mounted on a green marble display base, a beautifully presented example. Very nice autom...

Susse Frères, Edouard-Marcel Sandoz

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Bronze

Art Deco Edouard Marcel Sandoz little silvered bronze lapin rabbit, signed on the base Ed. M. Sandoz and Susse Freres Paris.

Max Le Verrier

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paperweights

Mixed Metal, Marble

Art Deco silver plated figure of a sitting cat mounted over a Italian portoro marble base. Paperweight or car mascot.

André Vincent Becquerel, Etling Paris

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paperweights

Bronze, Marble

Fantastic polo or equestrian paperweight, car mascot, hood ornament, by French artist Becquerel. Signed. With foundry marks. With original Art Deco patina. Mounted over a marble base.

Amalric Walter

Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Paperweights

A French Art Nouveau Pâte de Verre "Crab" plaque by Amalric Walter. The red-brown crab, which has green and yellow accents on its shell and claws, sits on a mottled pale gray backgro...

René Lalique

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paperweights

Glass

Clear and frosted glass coq figure with the tail straight up, the beak pointed down, and the claws grasping the round base. These sculptures were originally created as car hood or...

Boucheron

Late 20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures

Gold, Onyx, Rock Crystal

This fine hand carved rock crystal owl statue by Boucheron France is depicted by inset white and black onyx eyes with a gold beak. Gold feet with carved tigers eye talons. This magni...

Vintage 1920s French Paperweights

A French "Langouste", pâte de verre paperweight by Amalric Walter and Henri Bergé. The brown crayfish with red spots straddles a green and yellow curved base. Circa 1920. A simil...

Pierre-Yves Trémois, Les Bronzes de Mohon

Vintage 1980s French Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Bronze

Expressive modern French Work of Art signed by the artist, pair of finely detailed gold color bronze sculptures representing a low relief panel with two different feminine profiles, ...

Unknown

Vintage 1960s French Machine Age Paperweights

Brass, Lucite

What a great piece for a man's desk or cocktail table! Many brass parts of gears and clock parts are embedded and floating in this round vintage embedded french lucite ball that si...

Amalric Walter and Henri Bergé

Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Paperweights

A French Art Nouveau "Crabe" pâte de verre paperweight by Amalric Walter and Henri Bergé decorated with a relief of a reddish-brown crab poised upon a bright contrast of green and ye...

Antique Late 19th Century French More Desk Accessories

French gilt bronze bassinet, circa 1875.  On marble base.

Maison Jansen

Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Paperweights

Metal

For your consideration a beautiful rosewood paperweight with a horse by Maison Jansen. France, 1960s. Measures: 15 5/8" L x 1 7/8" H x 5/8" thick.     

Antique 19th Century French Paperweights

Brass

19th century faux bamboo brass ruler.

Edouard-Marcel Sandoz

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Bronze, Marble

Big Art Deco rabbit or hare sculpture. Edouard Marcel Sandoz (Swiss, 1881-1971) Lapin. A cast bronze rabbit figurine, circa 1920, finished in silvered patina, signed around the lower...

Carl Auböck

20th Century French Modern Paperweights

Aluminum

Silvered paperweight sculpture in the style of Carl Auböck. It forms an interlaced chain made in heavy aluminium. Very good condition. Dimensions: Height 12cm, depth 21cm, width 21cm.

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Ashtrays

Crystal

1950s Art Deco Baccarat heavy crystal ashtray, in the shape of a star.

Pierre Giraudon

Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Metal

Resin Lucite cube sculpture or paperweight attributed to French artist Pierre Giraudon. Featuring Industrial elements, old automobile engine parts. Car parts are embedded within laye...

René Lalique

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Glass

Art Glass

Super clear and frosted, signed, Rene Lalique Anemone Ferme (Closed Anemone) (Ref: Marcilhac 1180) with black enamelling. Designed to be either a paperweight or a table decoration. S...

René Lalique

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paperweights

Art Glass

René Lalique "Moineau" Rene Lalique paperweight Moineau Hardi: Frosted glass bird figure with the tail pointing up and the beak pointing down R. Lalique paperweight 9.5 cm tall ...

Raymond Jacques Adrien Sabouraud

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Bronze

The present work was cast in 1924 at the Valsuani Paris Foundry, used by the likes of Rodin, Degas, Renoir, Modigliani, and Matisse. Raymond Jacques Adrien Sabouraud (French 1864...

René Lalique

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paperweights

Art Glass

A wonderful 'smoke' clear and frosted, signed, Rene Lalique Daim figure (Ref: Marcilhac 1168 -where they note that it was only made in clear/colorless and 'Fume'- ie smoke) designed ...

Edouard-Marcel Sandoz

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Bronze

Art Deco silver plated bronze sculpture of a rabbit hare. Lovely paperweight. Edouard Marcel Sandoz (1881-1973). Signature/ Marks: Ed.M. Sandoz - Susse Fre'res Ed.

Jacques Cartier

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Bronze

Jacques Cartier. Elephant, cubist mascot. Bronze with silvered patina. Elephant, cubist car mascot, paperweight. Bronze with silvered patina, signed on the embankment. On a po...

René Lalique

Vintage 1950s French Animal Sculptures

Crystal

Very nice French crystal Roe signed by Lalique France.

René Lalique

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Glass

Art Glass

Very rare and highly Art Deco Rene Lalique (Signed R. Lalique France) clear and frosted Renne (Reindeer) paperweight Ref: Marcilhac 1197, designed 1931. One of a series of Art Deco a...

Murano Glass Sommerso

20th Century French Arts and Crafts Paperweights

Art Glass

Five pieces of very beautiful hand-crafted glass paperweights, from Italy and France. First half of 20th Century. Dimensions: D 3.2 - 4 In, H 1.8 - 3 In.

Vintage 1920s French Paperweights

With rectangular handle and shaped rectangular stepped base.

René Lalique

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paperweights

Art Glass

René Lalique Moineau: 8.5 cm tall upward looking frosted glass bird figure R. Lalique paperweight. Lalique Presse-Papiers Moineau Moqueur: Frosted glass bird figure with the beak a...

René Lalique

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paperweights

Art Glass

Pressed molded glass Signed René lalique model created in 1929 and deleted after 1947 Bibliography : Félix Marcilhac, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre de R.Lalique, éd. de ...

René Lalique

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paperweights

Art Glass

Pressed molded glass Signed René lalique model created in 1929 and deletted after 1947 Bibliography : Félix Marcilhac, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre de R.Lalique, éd. de...

René Lalique

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paperweights

Art Glass

René Lalique "Moineau Timide" model created in 1930 and deletted after 1947 Bibliography : Félix Marcilhac, catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de verre de R.Lalique, éd. de l'Amateur P...

Edgar Brandt

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paperweights

Wrought Iron, Marble

A wrought iron coiled up cobra on a black marble base. Stamped by the artist on the lower coil. Measures: height without marble base: 4.5in.

Amalric Walter

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Glass

Art Glass

This is a probably unique signed Amalric Walter pâtes de verre paperweight depicting a brown swan on a white and green base. This was a personal gift from Amalric Walter to the wife ...

Baccarat

Vintage 1970s French Modern Glass

Crystal

This fabulous heavy Crystal glass vintage signed Baccarat paperweight has almost crater like indentions in it. It is sculptural and makes a great desk accessory. It is from the 1970s...

Antique Mid-19th Century French Paperweights

Iron

This beautiful paper binding press was forged in France, circa 1860. The classic "presse a relier" is made of solid iron and is painted black with some gilt accents. In the old days,...

Pierre Giraudon

Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures

Lucite

Lucite hourglass paperweight by Pierre Giraudon, circa 1970.

Antique Late 19th Century French Bookends

Bronze, Marble

Fine pair of antique bookends from France, circa 1880, featuring two patinated bronze lions resting on green marble bases. Plaque on the front which reads J. Moigniez. Jules Moigniez...

Cristalleries De Baccarat

20th Century French Modern Paperweights

Art Glass

An elegant Baccarat art glass vintage paperweight handcrafted in France in 1979. The limited edition design consists of a double overlay of pale blue over white enclosing a close con...

Cristallerie de Clichy

Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Paperweights

A Clichy spaced millefiori paperweight on clear.