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Blue & White Ming Scale Weight Drum, c. 1600
Blue & White Ming Scale Weight Drum, c. 1600

Blue & White Ming Scale Weight Drum, c. 1600

Located in Chicago, IL

This small porcelain object is a scale weight from the late Ming-dynasty (1368-1644), a dense counterweight for a tabletop balances used by merchants to ...

Category

Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Chicago Paperweights

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Speckled Green Brush Rest, c. 1800
Chinese Speckled Green Brush Rest, c. 1800

Chinese Speckled Green Brush Rest, c. 1800

Located in Chicago, IL

Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush rest was an essential fixture of the Chinese scholars' desk. This early 19th...

Category

Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Paperweights

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Robin's Egg Peach Water Dropper, c. 1900
Chinese Robin's Egg Peach Water Dropper, c. 1900

Chinese Robin's Egg Peach Water Dropper, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

This porcelain peach is a traditional Chinese water dropper, a calligraphy accessory that would have been found upon a scholar's painting table a...

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago Paperweights

Materials

Porcelain

Italian Cream Architectural Polished Travertine Marble Four Sided Obelisk
Italian Cream Architectural Polished Travertine Marble Four Sided Obelisk

Italian Cream Architectural Polished Travertine Marble Four Sided Obelisk

Located in Chicago, IL

Italian cream pale polished travertine four sided marble obelisk composed of pieces of marble laminated together to compose the obelisk. Hollow on the interior and felted bottom. N...

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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Paperweights

Materials

Marble

Chinese Green Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1850
Chinese Green Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1850

Chinese Green Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush rest was an essential fixture of the Chinese scholars' desk. This 19th-centu...

Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Paperweights

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Yellow Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1850
Chinese Yellow Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1850

Chinese Yellow Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush rest was an essential fixture of the Chinese scholars' desk. This 19th-centu...

Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Paperweights

Materials

Porcelain

Reclining Ho Ho Boy Charm Weight, c. 1850
Reclining Ho Ho Boy Charm Weight, c. 1850

Reclining Ho Ho Boy Charm Weight, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

This 19th century weight originally used its heft domestically to protect a child. A simple yet ingenious concept, the stone anchored the baby’s swaddling cloth to the bed so the chi...

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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Paperweights

Materials

Ceramic

Carl Aubock Set of Smoking Accessories
Carl Aubock Set of Smoking Accessories

Carl Aubock Set of Smoking Accessories

By Werkstätte Carl Auböck

Located in Chicago, IL

Brass and Wicker Wrapped pipe stand (Or Paperweight) with two brass spoon rests.

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1940s Austrian Modern Vintage Chicago Paperweights

Materials

Brass

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Located in Chicago, IL

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Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art Du Bronze
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Art Nouveau Glass Paperweight with Floral Silver Overlay, c. 1910s
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Located in Chicago, IL

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Early 20th Century English Brass Horseshoe Clip
Early 20th Century English Brass Horseshoe Clip

Early 20th Century English Brass Horseshoe Clip

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H 1.75 in W 5.25 in D 5.75 in

Early 20th Century English Brass Horseshoe Clip

Located in Chicago, IL

This early 20th-century English desk clip is a charming and practical piece of history. Featuring a brass horseshoe mounted on a chip-carved wood base, it was originally designed to ...

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Chinese Rock Crystal Seal, C. 1900
Chinese Rock Crystal Seal, C. 1900

Chinese Rock Crystal Seal, C. 1900

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Chinese Rock Crystal Seal, C. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

This small rock crystal carving is a personalized seal once used by a Qing-dynasty scholar-official to sign important documents. Also known as a chop, such stamps were widely used by anyone who regularly signed formal documents, such as scholar-officials, merchants, and doctors. The final addition to any document or calligraphy painting, seal marks conveyed the scholar's authority and affirmed the document's authenticity. Seals were one of the many treasured accessories of the scholars' studio and many were carved from fine materials such as jade or jasper. This crystal seal...

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Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Seal

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Located in Chicago, IL

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Chinese Blue and White Water Coupe, c. 1850
Chinese Blue and White Water Coupe, c. 1850

Chinese Blue and White Water Coupe, c. 1850

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Alongside the Four Treasures of a Chinese scholar - paper, brush, ink, and inkstone - this delicate porcelain water coupe likely once resided on the desk of a great calligrapher. Created in the mid-19th century, this petite coupe would have sat beside an inkstone, and held the water used to mix the scholars' ink. An excellent example of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain, the dish is expressively painted with plum blossoms and eternal knot...

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Vintage Brass Horseshoe Paperweight
Vintage Brass Horseshoe Paperweight

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H 0.25 in W 5.25 in D 5 in

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Located in Chicago, IL

A playful vintage brass horseshoe paperweight meant to bestow good luck, prosperity, and good fortune--or just hold the papers in place on your desk.

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Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art Du Bronze
Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art Du Bronze

Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art Du Bronze

By Monique Gerber

Located in Chicago, IL

Monique Gerber French bronze cast letter opener in a very sculptural and minimalist form. Designed Monique Gerber. Can be used as a sculptural object or paper weight as well. Re...

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1970s French Minimalist Vintage Chicago Paperweights

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Bronze

Cast Brass Swordfish Letter Opener
Cast Brass Swordfish Letter Opener

Cast Brass Swordfish Letter Opener

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H 0.5 in W 7.5 in D 2 in

Cast Brass Swordfish Letter Opener

Located in Chicago, IL

A charming mid-20th century cast brass swordfish letter opener. Doubles as a paperweight too!

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Brass

Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art du Bronze
Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art du Bronze

Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art du Bronze

By Monique Gerber

Located in Chicago, IL

Monique Gerber French bronze cast letter opener in a very sculptural and minimalist form. Designed Monique Gerber. Can be used as a sculptural object or paper weight as well. Re...

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1970s French Minimalist Vintage Chicago Paperweights

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Bronze