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Period: 1870s
Austrian 1870 Egyptian Revival Sphinx Paper Weight In .800 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
A Sphynx paper-weight made in Austria. An unusual desk paper-weight, created in Vienna Austria back in the 1870. This beautiful piece was designed with Egyptian revival and grand to...
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Austrian Egyptian Revival Antique 1870s Paperweights

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

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. ...
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Italian Belle Époque Antique 1870s Paperweights

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Blown Glass, Art 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 ...
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Italian Antique 1870s Paperweights

Materials

Agate, Malachite, Onyx, Granite, Marble, Porphyry

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 beautifully cast, hand-chiseled, and cha...
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French Louis XVI Antique 1870s Paperweights

Materials

Marble, Bronze

French Belle Époque, Patinated Bronze Desktop Sculptural Paperweight, 19 Century
Located in New York, NY
Signed illegibly original red marble base. Dimensions: H: 8.25” x W: 3.25” x D: 4.25” Base diameter: 2.75” This beautiful and delicate desktop dark chocolate-brown patinated br...
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French Belle Époque Antique 1870s Paperweights

Materials

Marble, Bronze

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Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Model of the Temple of Vesta, Italian, 19th Century
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Pair of Grand Tour Style Carved Alabaster Bookends Formed as Classical Ruins
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
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Grand Tour Marmo Rosso Model of the Tomb of Scipio, Italian, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
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Cathy Graham Decoupage Paper Weight
Located in New York, NY
Handmade decoupage paper weight, designed by Cathy Graham and crafted by Scott Potter.
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Art Deco period Egyptian revival style enamel and silver-gilt desk set
Located in London, GB
Art Deco period Egyptian revival style enamel and silver-gilt desk set Continental, c.1920 Box: height 10.5cm, width 27cm, depth 26cm Inkwell: height 7.5cm, width 16.5cm, depth 8c...
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European Egyptian Revival 1870s Paperweights

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Michel Mangematin Bronze Paperweight, circa 1970, France.
Located in Brussels, BE
Michel Mangematin stone shaped paperweight, circa 1970, France. Polished bronze. Signed with the two inverted M and numbered 16. Dimensions: 7 cm W, 5 cm D, 3 cm H. All purchases ar...
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Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Manuel Mafra Caldas Portuguese Palissy Style Stag Beetle Desk Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extremely scarce glazed earthenware desk weight or paperweight of a Stag Beetle, from the workshop of Manuel Mafra, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, circa. 1870-80. In the Palissy style, the life cast beetle is molded in a naturalistic manner, and glazed in tones of brown. The insect sits on an oval base of green extruded clay creating a moss effect, he holds something yellow in his front pincers. The base has a blue scalloped rim. The clear glazed underside is indented. Manuel Cipriano Gomes (1831-1905) was born near Mafra. In 1850, he moved to Caldas da Rainha, a spa town in central west Portugal known for ceramic making. He adopted the name Mafra and set up his workshop in 1853, having purchased the existing workshop of Maria dos Cacos, for whom he had at first worked. In 1870, he gained royal patronage. The artisanal workshop specialized in zoomorphic vessels...
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Antique Grand Tour Micro-Mosaic Marble Desk Weight Doves Pliny, 19th Century
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Antique 2 LB Grocers Brass Weight
Located in Sheffield, MA
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Antique Victorian Set, 5 Graduated Brass Weights, Scotland 1870 645
Located in Vancouver, BC
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Marble and Bronze Gilded Letter Holders 'Original Gilding', Napoleon III Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Marble and bronze gilded letter holders (Original Gilding), Napoleon III period, 19th century Measures: H 24cm, W 32cm, P 16cm.
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19th Century Cast Iron Paper Press on Painted Stand
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