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Period: 19th Century
Elegant Paperweight in Bronze and Nero Portoro marble. Late 19th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant Paperweight in Bronze and Nero Portoro marble. Beautiful designed male lion. Made in France during the late 19th Century.
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
French Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Very Rare Antique Baccarat Glass Paperweight with complex Millefiori
By Baccarat
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very Rare and Elegant Antique Baccarat Glass Paperweight with complex Millefiori, made in France probably during the 1870s. (Not signed)
Beauti...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Glass
19th Century paperweight, ca 1880
Located in Delft, NL
19th Century paperweight, ca 1880
A small paperweight made of glass, accented with five, spaced bubbles in several layers glass
Has a small circula...
Category
European Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
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
Italian Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Blown Glass, Art Glass
Baccarat Rare Concentric Close Pack Mushroom Glass Paperweight
By Baccarat
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare antique French glass paperweight containing a close pack mushroom design by renowned glass makers Baccarat and dating from around 1850. The large and heavily made paperweight ...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Beautiful paperweight in bronze by F. Barbedienne, ”The hand of grand duchess”
Located in Knivsta, SE
An antique and beautiful bronze paperweight by the renowned French artist Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892). This piece is a meticulous representation of the left hand of Maria Pavlo...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
19th Century European Green Glass Dump Paperweight with Controlled Air Bubbles
Located in Louisville, KY
This European bottle green dump glass paper weight features a display of frosted flower pedals erupting in a fountain motif, controlled bubbles that interplay with the design, with s...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Blown Glass
Antique Boston Sandwich or French Miniature Scramble Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique scramble paperweight.
With an entertaining collector's label to the base that reads 'Sandwich Junk Wt.'.
That collector thought it was a Boston Sandwich weight. We're unsure if this is American or French. So, Baccarat, Saint Louis, or New England Glass Co...
Category
Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Baccarat Red White and Blue Convex Glass Paperweight
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
Antique Baccarat faceted art glass paperweight with closepack cane millefiori mushroom at center, surrounded with a blue torsade ribbon.
Paperweigh...
Category
French Empire Revival Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Petite English Victorian Period 19th Century Carved Wooden Bird Sculpted Group
Located in Atlanta, GA
A petite antique English Victorian period small carved wooden sculpted group from the 19th century depicting two small birds nesting with each other and accented with orange paint. C...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Wood
Antique Florentine Grand Tour Pietra Dura Blossoming Rose Flower Paperweight
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique paperweight is unsigned, but presumed to have been acquired during a Grand Tour through Italy, and dating to approximately 1880 and do...
Category
Italian Arts and Crafts Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Stone, Marble
Pair of Antique Italian Grand Tour Models of Ruins in Sienna Marble
Located in New York, NY
A very fine and early pair of Roman neoclassical period grand tour Sienna marble models of the Temple of Castor and Pollux and the Temple of V...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Siena Marble
An Italian Grand Tour Porphyry and Sienna Marble Paperweight, late 19th century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The profile of Caesar in profile in high relief.
The yellow marble base with stepped edges.
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Porphyry
French 19th Century Set of Scale Weights Stand Desk Accessory
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th Century Set of Brass Scale Weights, France
A charming late 19th Century set of weights in brass, housed in their wooden stand. Weights such as these were used with different sc...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Brass
English "Grand Tour" Derbyshire Specimen Marble Plaque Paperweights, circa 1850
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A collection of three 'Grand Tour' English / Italian polychrome marble plaques or paperweights, one rectangular; two of cartouche form, the 'Derbyshire' or 'Belgian Black' marble slabs inset with native English stones 'Blue John' (Derbyshire Spar), 'Duke's Red', 'Bird's-Eye', and foreign Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, and Jasper in 'ovoid' and 'kidney' form inlays.
Measurements :
Rectangular plaque: 8" by 4.63" by .88"
Cartouche plaque...
Category
English Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Marble
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
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
19th Century French Patinated Bronze and Gilt Wrought Iron Book Binding Press
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique paper binding press was forged in France, circa 1870. The Classic "Presse a Relier" made of solid iron is almost square in shape; the base is connected to the manual scr...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Iron
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Agate, Malachite, Onyx, Granite, Marble, Porphyry
19th Pair of Bronze Stirrups of Horse Saddle
Located in Marbella, ES
19th Pair of Bronze Stirrups of Horse Saddle
Category
Spanish Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century English Set of 4 Brass Bell Weights
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century set of 4 brass bell weights, English. An assembled set by W&T Avery, Birmingham, England. Includes: 4lb., 2lb., 1lb, & 8 oz. sizes. Two smallest are not marked by t...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Brass
American Antique Red Lily Glass Paperweight
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Midwest American glass red lily paperweight dating from the latter 19th century. The round and tall domed shape paperweight is hand blown in clear glass with very fine...
Category
American Arts and Crafts Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Glass
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Malachite, Onyx, Marble
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
Italian Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Malachite, Onyx, Marble
Late 19th Century Bronze Winged Sphinx Statuette Red Griotte Marble
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique small bronze sculpture of a winged Sphinx, on a red "Griotte" marble plinth.
The statue is quite refined, with a nice golden color and old patina.
Decorative piece that a...
Category
French Egyptian Revival Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
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
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Plaster
Set of 7 Brass Bell Form Weights
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
An assembled set of 7 brass bell form weights, c.1860. 4lb, 2lb, 1lb, 8oz, 4oz, 2oz, 1oz.
Whitehall Antiques is a family business that has been a major source for the selective buye...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Antique Baccarat Pansy with Bud Glass Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Baccarat paperweight.
By Baccarat.
With a deep purple and yellow lamp work pansy with a branching stem, leaves, and small bud on a clear base.
In a high and round profile.
...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Rare Faceted Bohemian Amanita Muscaria Glass Paperweight
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A mid to late 19th century Czech paperweight, showing the mastery of Czech glass blowing. A similar example is in the Bergstrom-Mahler Glass Museum in Neenah, Wisconsin. It doesn't h...
Category
Czech Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
An Antique Baccarat Pansy Paperweight, c1880
By Baccarat
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
An Antique Baccarat Pansy Paperweight, c1880
Additional information:
Date : c1880
Origin : Baccarat France
Features : A lampwork pansy, leaves stem and bud on a clear ground with st...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Rare Meissen Cobalt Blue Hand Painted "Shoe" Slipper of Castle Moritzburg C 1890
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
German Baroque Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Indian Antique Wooden Hand Noodle Maker with Carved Elephant and Vice Press
Located in Yonkers, NY
An Indian antique carved wooden hand noodle press from the 19th century, with elephant motif. Created in India during the 19th century, this wooden piece was originally used to hand make noodles. Showcasing a vice press, the body is adorned with a carved elephant whose head and behind expand from a central square. This container is where the dough was placed and the vice part would press it into noodles. The elephant head is carved with subtle motifs, such as a jewel on the forehead. The trunk is tucked in. The sides are adorned with medallions adorned with foliage or a rosette. Boasting a nicely weathered appearance revealing its nice age and use, this antique Indian carved wooden...
Category
Indian Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Wood
Pair of French Louis XV Style Doré Bronze Dogs on Malachite Plinths
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 3in W: 4 1/4in D: 2 7/8in
This exceptional pair of French Doré bronze dogs on malachite plinths/bases are an amazing example of high quality antique smalls. Finding a pair in this good of condition is highly uncommon. Malachite Was believed to have healing factors in Europe during the Renaissance and later people saw malachite as a sign of wealth and power due to its rarity. Most pieces made with malachite whether it was a piece of furniture or a pair of bronze dogs...
Category
French Louis XV Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
Victorian Brass Lady's Hand Door Knocker 19th Century
Located in Rochester, NY
Victorian lady's hand door knocker. Heavy cast brass. Great decorative desk paperweight. 19th century.
Category
European Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Classical Bronze Male Nude Torso Sculpture/Statue
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Solid bronze male nudist statue. Classical Greek style sculpture.
Unsigned.
Would make a wonderful sculpture for desk, office, shelf, etc.
Category
Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
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
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Circa 1860 French Sulfide Portrait Paperweight of Empress Eugenie
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A circa 1860 French sulfide portrait on confetti ground paperweight table pillar, Empress Eugenie (wife of Napoleon III).
3 1/2" dia., 6 1/2" h.
Whitehall Antiques is a family busin...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Glass
A Blue John Paperweight, late 19th century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The parquetry Blue John Pattern within a rectangular black stone surround
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Quartz, Marble
19th Century English Pair of Cast Iron Mounted Lion Masks
Located in Staffordshire, GB
19th century English pair of cast iron mounted lion masks
circa 1890.
Price is each.
Measures: Large H 49 x W 19.5 x D 11cm
Small H 43 x W 18 x D ...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Iron
Crystal and Gilt Bronze Seal, Empire Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Crystal and gilt bronze seal, Empire Period"
Cachet of Empire period in crystal and gilt bronze, XIXth century, with the initials CC, very ...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Hand Carved Stone Possible malachite Paperweight office Desk Sculpture object
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand Carved Stone Possible malachite Paperweight office Desk Sculpture object . A nicely hand carved Hardstone paperweight sculpture frog object decorative...
Category
European Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Stone
Victorian Slate Paperweight of Hand style of Odd Fellows Hands Offs Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful very old professional office relic with a cheeky message; Hands off! Private papers. Reminiscent of the odd fellows Victorian Era designs.
Category
American Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Slate
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...
Category
Austrian Egyptian Revival Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Hand Carved Stone Paperweight Sculpture Object Decorative Antique Gift Idea LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand Carved Stone Paperweight Sculpture Object Decorative Antique Gift Idea LA . A nicely hand carved colorful stone paperweight of a frog object that is a high end decorative gift idea animalier.As a special gift item object to add a touch of elegance to your desk accessories office...
Category
European Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Stone
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
French Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Antique Boston & Sandwich Pink Poinsettia Glass Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique American paperweight.
By Boston & Sandwich Glass Company.
With a 10-petal pink poinsettia with two leaves on a clear background.
The center cane features a rare sta...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Pair of English Polished Steel Wheat Sheaths Book Ends, Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English cast polished steel wheat sheaths book ends resting on step back rectangular plinths, Early 19th Century.
Category
English George IV Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Steel
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
French Mid-Century Modern Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murrine
Antique Rare Paperweight Glass Ball with Picture
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique rare paperweight glass ball with picture, alpaca base, good original condition, around 1880.
Category
Austrian Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Alpaca, Glass
Late 19th Taxile Doat Manufacture De Sevres dated 1899 Flora
By Taxile Doat
Located in Marseille, FR
Art Nouveau ceramic paperweight "Flora" by Taxile Doat, Sèvres factory dated 1899. Some cracks on the periphery.
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Italian Micro Mosaic Grand Tour Paperweight The Doves Of Pliny
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Italian micro mosaic Grand Tour paperweight - The Doves of Pliny.
Rome - Circa 1870.
Cartouche shaped black slate ground, inset...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Slate
19th Century German Iron Padlock
Located in Marbella, ES
19th Century German Iron Padlock.
Category
German Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Iron
Early 19th Century Empire Russian Malachite and Ormolu Paperweight Spaniel Dog
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very fine Russian giltbronze mounted malachite veneered paperweight dating from the early to mid-19th century. The plinth of rectangular form surmounted by a fully sculpted giltbro...
Category
Russian Empire Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu, Bronze
French Belle Époque, Gilt Silver & Rose Quartz Sculptural Paperweight, ca. 1880
Located in New York, NY
French French Belle Époque
Sculptural Paperweight
Gilt Silver and Rose Quartz
ca. 1880s
DIMENSIONS
Height: 3-5/8 inches
Width: 3-3/4 inches ...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Quartz, Silver
19th Century French Paperweight Bronze Dog Sculpture on Grey Marble Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique dog sculpture paperweight was created in France, circa 1880. Standing on an oval grey and white marble base with bottom felt, the s...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Italian Micro Mosaic Grand Tour Paperweight The Doves Of Pliny
Located in Norwich, GB
19th Century Italian micro mosaic grand tour paperweight - The Doves of Pliny. Rome - Circa 1870.
Cartouche shaped black slate ground, inset ...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Slate
Elegant Paperweight in Bronze and Nero Portoro marble. Late 19th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant Paperweight in Bronze and Nero Portoro marble. Beautiful designed lioness. Made in France during the late 19th Century.
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
French Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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
Italian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Carrara Marble
Antique French Paper Clip
Located in Tampa, FL
A very whimsical antique French brass paper clip in the form of a hand.
Category
French Antique 19th Century Paperweights
Materials
Brass
