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Place of Origin: Italian
Set of 52 Animal Sculpture in Travertine Fratelli Mannelli, Italy 1970s
By Fratelli Mannelli
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing set of 52 animal sculptures paperweights in travertine marble attributed to Fratelli Mannelli.
Comprising different types of animals in different sizes , including giraff...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights
Materials
Travertine, Marble
Murano White Sky Blue Italian Art Glass Pear Apple Fruit Sculpture Paperweights
By Archimede Seguso, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown bright white and sky blue Italian art glass pear / apple fruit set. They are created in the style of designers Archimede Seguso and Alfredo Barbin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass, Glass
Enzo Mari, Rare Cube Resin with Black Ball Sphere, Sculpture/Paperweight
By Enzo Mari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very nice modern resin cube by the very well known designer Enzo Mari, Measures in cm 7 x 7 x 7.
Category
1960s Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights
Materials
Resin
Petite Murano Glass Paperweight Flower inside Mid-Century Modern, Italy 1980s
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....
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Barbini Murano White Gold Flecks Pink Italian Art Glass Bird Figure Paperweight
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white, pink and gold flecks Italian art glass bird on base figurine, paperweight. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950-60s. The bird...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Vintage Italian Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Post-Modern Italian Marble Column Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice post-modern Italian marble column paperweight, circa 1980s. The piece is primarily cream in color with grey and black veining throughout....
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Murano Green Clear Italian Art Glass Terrier Scotty Puppy Dog Paperweight Figure
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Cute vintage Murano hand blown green and clear Italian art glass puppy dog head sculpture or paperweight. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. Believe it is supposed to be a Terr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano 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
Murano Glass Paperweight by A. Seguso, Italy, 1960s
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Palermo, PA
This fantastic spherical paperweight is made of hand-blown Murano glass and features air bubbles trapped within. A rare piece, it was designed for a special occasion in Italy during ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Green and Clear Italian Art Glass Flower Paperweight
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Murano Green and Clear Italian Art Glass Flower Paperweight.
Italian Mid-century Murano Blown Art Glass Paperweight with Floral Motif.
Beautif...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
Murano Sommerso Orb Blue Art Glass Vintage Ashtray Italy
By Andromeda Murano
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gorgeous vintage Murano Venetian handblown art glass bowl or ashtray.
Italian Murano Sommerso orb blue and clear art glass ashtray
Extremely hard to fi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Blown Glass
Antique Grand Tour Italian Vatican Micro-Mosaic Marble Desk Weight 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning decorative antique Italian Grand Tour Vatican Micro-Mosaic inset black marble desk weight, in the form of a miniature table, circa 1870 ...
Category
1870s Antique Italian Paperweights
Materials
Agate, Malachite, Onyx, Granite, Marble, Porphyry
Italian 1960s Silver Owl Paperweight
Located in London, GB
This delightful little owl silvered metal paperweight has gorgeous orange and black glass eyes.
She or he is surprisingly heavy and is therefore perfect for what s/he was designed ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
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 Italian Paperweights
Materials
Glass
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 Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Murano Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Standing Puppy Dog Figurine Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso golden amber and gold flecks Italian art glass puppy dog sculpture / figurine. Created in the manner of designers Archimede Seguso and Al...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Gold Leaf
Murano Opalescent Blue Green Italian Art Glass Horse Pony Paperweight Sculpture
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Cute vintage Murano hand blown opalescent green, blue with controlled bubbles Italian art glass horse head paperweight / sculpture. Documented to the F...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass, Glass
Murano Blue Red Gold Silver Flecks Italian Art Glass Fish Paperweight Sculpture
By Arte Vetraria Muranese (AVEM)
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Priced per item (only 2 fish available as shown).
Large and beautiful vintage Murano hand blown dark sapphire blue, ruby red stripes, gold lips and silver flecks Italian art glass f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Pair of brass dice-shaped paperweights / bookends, Italy 1970s
Located in Firenze, IT
Pair of dice-shaped brass paperweights / bookends
Italy, 1970s
10x10x10cm/per piece.
Condition: excellent, no defects.
Category
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Italian Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Vintage Emerald Green and Blue Murano Art Glass Elephant Sculpture Paperweight
By Andromeda Murano
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gorgeous vintage Murano Venetian style handblown art glass sculpture of an elephant.
Italian art glass hand blown green and uranium neon green elephant sculpture...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Blown Glass
Fratelli Toso Murano Clear Red Italian Art Glass Puppy Dog Paperweight Figure
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Cute vintage Murano hand blown red and clear Italian art glass puppy dog sculpture / paperweight. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. It still retains its original "Murano Glass...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Large Vintage Murano Glass Paperweight with Millefiori Garlands
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Large, unusual Murano glass paperweight features interlacing garlands of complex white and green toned millefiori canes, creating a cross pattern; each square of the cross pattern h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
Salviati Murano Sommerso Blue Green Italian Art Glass Snail Figure Sculpture
By Salviati, Luciano Gaspari
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and large, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso green with bubbles and cobalt blue Italian art glass snail sculpture. Documented to the Salvia...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Uranium Glass
Fratelli Toso Murano Mosaic Wild Flowers Basket Italian Art Glass Paperweight
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso spring wild flowers, micro millefiori, Italian art glass ribbons basket paperweight. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. The inside ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
Signed Italian Silver Mounted Pietra Dura Paperweight with Flower by G. Fiaschi
By Richard Blow, Giuseppe Fiaschi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine signed Italian pietra dura paperweight.
By Giuseppe Fiaschi.
With handcut marble polychrome marble specimens inlaid on a stepped black...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Silver
1970s Stunning Pair of Big Italian Marble Dices, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s. Stunning pair of big Italian dices in white marble, in very good conditions. Made in Italy.
Dimension:
2,75 x 2,75 x 2,75 inches
7 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm H.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Seguso Murano Opalescent White Dark Olive Italian Art Glass Baby Bear Figurine
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white and dark olive green opalescent Italian art glass baby bear cub sculpture / figure. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso. The bear is nic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass
Note Pad Holder in Chrome, Lucite and Wicker Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
By Christian Dior, Dior Home
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury wonderful note pad holder in chrome, lucite and wicker in the style of Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights
Materials
Metal, Chrome, Steel
Agate Onyx Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand polished agate onyx stone paperweight in black, brown, and red intricate layered patterns
Measures: length 4.25 inches, width 3.25 inches, height 2 inches
This piece makes for a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Stone
Paperweights Italian Surrealist with Eyes in Acrylic
Located in London, GB
Surrealist paperweight sculptures have eyes screen printed on sharp cut acrylic shapes. The eyes reflect on the different angles and depending on your position they are visible or va...
Category
1990s Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Acrylic
Handmade Small Paperweight with Sphere Shape in Grey Bardiglio Marble
By Fiammetta V.
Located in Carrara, IT
Paperweight with sphere shape in grey Bardiglio marble. Measure: Diameter 8 cm
Each piece is in a way unique (since each marble block is different in veins and shades) and handcra...
Category
2010s Italian Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Pair of Cubes by Enzo Mari for Danese Milano, 1950s
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Two resin cubes, each containing a sphere, designed by Enzo Mari. Made in Italy by Danese Milano, 1950s.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights
Materials
Resin
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 Italian Paperweights
Materials
Onyx
Enzo Mari, Rare Resin Cube, Sculpture, Paperweight, with Polyhedral Inside
By Enzo Mari, Danese Milano
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 Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights
Materials
Resin
Seguso Vetri d'Arte Murano Vintage Blue Opal White Italian Art Glass Bird Figure
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso opalescent white and sky blue Italian art glass bird figurine / sculpture. Documented to the Seguso Vetri d'Arte company. The cute bird h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Opaline Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Italian Murano Art Glass Large Pumpkin Sculpture or Paperweight
Located in Barcelona, ES
Amberina Murano Art Glass Pumpkin Sculpture with Gold Flecks, Italy, 1960s
A finely executed Murano Italian hand blown art glass figural pumpkin fru...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Gold Leaf
Murano Blue White Opalescent Italian Art Glass Fish Figure Paperweight Sculpture
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown opalescent cobalt blue and white opalescent Italian art glass fish sculpture / paperweight. Created in the manner of designer Archimede Seguso, in the "Alabastro" technique. The main body is almost a ball, with large applied opal white fins...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Opaline Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with three flowers inside, made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: diameter 2.5 inches, height ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Murano Art Glass Black Bird Mid-Century Modern, 1960's
By Barovier
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful mid-century modern Murano glass black bird in wonderful vintage condition.
Mid-Century Modern Murano Glass Bird in the Manner of Barovier.
Beautiful Murano hand blown black Italian art glass bird dove figurine...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Blown Glass
20th Century, Enzo Mari for Danese Paperweight Mod. Tokelau
By Danese Milano, Enzo Mari
Located in Turin, Turin
Very modernist Paperweight designed by the great designer Enzo Mari for the manufacturer Danese Milano in 1983. The paperweight is called model "Tokelau" that is a Polynesian word me...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights
Materials
Stainless Steel, Iron
Barbini Murano Sommerso Blue Green Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Fish Sculpture
By Alfredo Barbini
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 Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Grand Tour Pietra Dura Specimen Top Paperweight, 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a superb decorative antique Italian Grand Tour marble Pietra Dura mounted desk paperweight, circa 1880 in date.
This splendid rectangular paperweight is exquisitely inlaid with a sumptuous arrangement of semi-precious stones including malachite, agate, onyx and amethyst.
It is beautifully inlaid on a slate base.
Not only is this desk paperweight very functional, but it is also an exquisite mineralogical wonder that can be admired by all discerning collectors.
Condition:
In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation,
Dimensions in cm:
Height 2 x Width 17 x Depth 10
Dimensions in inches:
Height 1 inch x width 7 inches x depth 4 inches.
Pietra dura is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished coloured stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art.
Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or hardstones; the singular pietra dura is also encountered in Italian. In Italian, but not in English, the term embraces all gem engraving and hardstone carving, which is the artistic carving of three-dimensional objects in semi-precious stone, normally from a single piece, for example in Chinese jade.
The traditional convention in English has been to use the singular pietra dura just to denote multi-colored inlay work. However, in recent years there has been a trend to use pietre dure as a term for the same thing, but not for all of the techniques it covers, in Italian.
But the title of a 2008 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe used the full Italian sense of the term, probably because they thought that it had greater brand recognition. The material on the website speaks of objects such as a vase in lapis lazuli as being examples of "hardstone carving (pietre dure)"
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London uses both versions on its website, but uses pietra dura. "A method of inlaying coloured marbles or semi-precious stones into a stone base, often in geometric or flower patterns...."
Giovanni Montelatici...
Category
1880s Antique Italian Paperweights
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Malachite, Onyx, Marble
Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with multicolored flowers and leaves, made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: Diameter 3.5 inches, height 2.5 inches
1 in stock in Lo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
An Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marble Paperweight, Late 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The round paperweight framed in black marble, with porphyry and sienna marble and other marble specimens. The center in sienna marble with carved bea...
Category
1850s Grand Tour Antique Italian Paperweights
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with red, green, and yellow swirl pattern / made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: Diameter 2.5 inches, height 2.5 inches
Please not...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Antique Grand Tour Pietra Dura Specimen Paperweight 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a superb decorative antique Italian Grand Tour marble Pietra Dura mounted desk paperweight, circa 1880 in date.
This splendid rectangular paperweight is exquisitely inlai...
Category
1880s Antique Italian Paperweights
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Malachite, Onyx, Marble
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 Art Deco Italian Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Mid Century Modern Vintage Pink Stone Carved Apple Paper Weight - Italy
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pretty pink vintage carved stone apple. Created from either alabaster, granite, or rose quartz this heavy piece will be a great addition to a desk or bookshelf. It is round with so...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Stone
Murano Blue Orange Ribbons Controlled Bubbles Italian Art Glass Egg Paperweight
By Fratelli Toso, Venini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and colorful vintage Murano hand blown blue, orange, white and bubbles Italian art glass egg shaped paperweight. Created in the manner...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Sommerso, Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art 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 Italian Paperweights
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Polychrome Sculpture of a Roman Woman
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian original painted plaster sculpture of a young Roman woman in nice gilt dress and flower wreath. This well sculptured smiling lady cou...
Category
1880s Neoclassical Antique Italian Paperweights
Materials
Plaster
Salviati Murano Sommerso Cobalt Blue Italian Art Glass Owl Figure Paperweight
By Salviati
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and large, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso cobalt blue over clear Italian art glass owl figurine, paperweight / sculpture. Documented to th...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Vintage Murano Decorative Blown Glass Wrapped Blue Hard Candy Paper
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage large Murano decorative blown glass wrapped blue hard candy paperweight.
Vintage oversized Murano blue blown glass candy sculpture of candy wr...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Art Deco Pen Holder in Macassar Wood, Italy Desk Accessory from the 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Art Deco pen holder in Macassar wood and metal. Made in Italy in the 1930s.
An amazing piece!
An elegant piece, in excellent condition with no ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Italian Paperweights
Materials
Metal
Vintage French Bulldog on Agate Base
Located in New York, NY
Vintage French bulldog on agate base. Carved crystal carnelian red French bulldog mounted on antique agate and marble base. Italy, circa 1940
Dimensions: 5....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Paperweights
Materials
Agate, Crystal
1970s Crystal Paperweight Sculpture by Fontana Arte for ISTUD, Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Rome, IT
This elegant limited edition paperweight sculpture was made by Fontana Arte for ISTUD Italia in the 1970s.
As the pictures show, it comes with its original box and ticket which s...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights
Materials
Crystal
Murano Venini Bianconi Red Coral Flame Italian Art Glass Vintage Paperweight
By Venini, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown red coral flame or "Fiammati Corallo" Italian art glass egg shaped paperweight. The piece has been documented to designer Fulvio Bianconi, for the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Blown Glass
