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Period: 1950s
Place of Origin: Italian
1950s Fornasetti Paperweight in Porcelain by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1950s Astonishing rare porcelain paperweight designed by Piero Fornasetti with butterflies. Handmade.Made in Italy. Heavy ceramic construction for use as beautiful desk accessories. ...
Category

1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Ceramic

Seguso Vetri D'Arte Poli Murano Sommerso Italian Art Glass Squirrel Sculpture
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Flavio Poli
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 Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass

Exceptional Paperweight Murano Studio Art Glass Object Bubbles Iron Inclusions
By Cenedese, Venini, Barovier&Toso, Seguso
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A stunning mid century modern art glass paperweight or object with rising vulcano style bubbles with included metal dust over a blue ground bearing a genuine Murano paper label.
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Murano Aqua Banana by Alfredo Barbini 1950s
By Alfredo Barbini, Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in New York, NY
Stunning, unique Murano hand blown banana by Alfredo Barbini. Unique aqua glass is encased in gold, and clear glass. The glass glitters when the light hits this piece at different an...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Blown Glass

Fontana Arte Glass paperweight with two decorative silver coins, Italy 1958
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milan, IT
Fontana Arte Glass paperweight with two decorative silver coins, Italy 1958 This paperweight was made as a souvenir for the 50th anniversary of the Italian A.E.C Electrical company.
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Silver

1950s Fornasetti Paperweight in Porcelain by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1950s Astonishing rare porcelain paperweight designed by Piero Fornasetti with butterflies. Handmade.Made in Italy. Heavy ceramic construction for use as beautiful desk accessories. ...
Category

1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Ceramic

1950s Italian Pair of Cubes by Enzo Mari for Danese Milano
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

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...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Metal

1950s Chiesa Pietro Design Fontana Arte Italy Paperweight Chiseled Glass
By Pietro Chiesa
Located in Biella, IT
Chiesa Pietro design by Fontana Arte Italy, sculpture chiselled glass years 60. Measure; 17 cm x 11 x 6 cm - 6.5 inches x 2.2" x2.3".
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass

Mid-Century Modern Group of 5 Murano Colored Glass Paperweights 1950s Italy
By Vetri
Located in Miami, FL
Grouping of 5 Mid-Century Modern Murano glass paperweights from the 1950s manufactured by S.V.C.C. Vetri D’Arte, Italy. Five different colors, Amethyst, Clear, Turquoise, Emerald and...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Crystal

Piero Fornasetti Ceramic Paperweight Probably Made for Young & Rubicam, 1950s
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milan, IT
Piero Fornasetti ceramic Paperweight probably made for Young & Rubicam, Y and R are repeated with an & on the top. Probably a gift for the agencys' clients Italy 1950s.
Category

1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Ceramic

Dino Martens Presse Papier in Murrine
By Dino Martens
Located in Monselice, PD
Very rare Presse Papier of Dino Martens 1950, with murrine inside and a murrine of a stylized fish in the central part. This eye-catching presse papier ...
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1950s Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Murrine

Murano Blue and Amber Controlled Bubble Paperweight by Galaxy D’Arte
Located in Chicago, IL
Murano blue and amber controlled bubble paperweight by Galaxy D’ Arte.
Category

1950s Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Murano Glass

Piero Fornasetti Porcelain Black Gold Measurement Insulator Paperweight Vintage
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage Piero Fornasetti porcelain insulator paperweight is gold with a black background. Italian through and through. It is titled cleverly on the top" THERE IS MEASURE IN ALL ...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Gold

Orange Gold Fish Italian Art Glass Aquarium Block Sculpture, Cenedese Murano
By Cenedese
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful handmade Murano glass sculpture.
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Italian Murano Glass Fishes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Beautiful Set of Murano hand blown Italian art glass sculptures. The glass is shaped like fish and will make a beautiful addition to your living room or home decor for years to come.
Category

1950s Arts and Crafts Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Blown Glass, Glass, Paint

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 in Progressione di sculptur...
Category

1950s Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Resin

Pair of Murano Art Glass Bookend
By Cenedese
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely pair of solid art glass bookend depicting an apple and a pear with leaves. With flat and polished facet on one side for keeping books or placing together. These also make gr...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Art Glass

Fornasetti Commedia dell'Arte Paperweights
By Fornasetti
Located in Riverdale, NY
Pair of porcelain Fornasetti pebble paperweights. Motifs: Commedia dell'Arte by Piero Fornasetti Measures: 4" x 3" x 1.5".
Category

1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Porcelain

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...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Onyx

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

Pair of Camer Murano Glass Bookends
By Archimede Seguso
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1950s pair of hand blown red and clear sculptural Murano glass bookends with original label "Camer Glass New York Venice".
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Murano Glass

Multi-Color Paperweight in Glass Paste, Murano Glass
Located in Roma, IT
Particular paperweight in multicolored glass paste. Measures: Diameter 10 cm.
Category

1950s Other Vintage Italian Paperweights

Materials

Glass

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