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Item Ships From: Illinois
Art Nouveau Glass Paperweight with Floral Silver Overlay, c. 1910s
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant paperweight from the early 20th century is expertly crafted of cut glass and floral silver overlay in the manner of Art Nouveau. The translucent glass cube is shaped wit...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Silver
Fratelli Toso Murano Glass Latticino Paperweight Multicolor Blue, Pink and Green
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This Fratelli Toso Murano glass Latticino paperweight is a true burst of color and sparkle, crafted in Italy in the 1950s. A kaleidoscope of blue...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
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...
Category
1970s French Minimalist Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Mid 20th Century Murano Aquarium Art Glass Elio Raffaeli, signed Paperweight Egg
By Elio Raffaeli
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Spectacular and rare large venetian murano aquarium sculpture paperweight in the form of an egg with two colorful fish and multicolor strands of cane that resemble aquatic plants, ke...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Fratelli Toso Mid-Century Latticino Swirl Paperweight with Gold Flecks
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Add a little Mid-Century magic to your desk or display with this stunning Fratelli Toso Murano glass paperweight, crafted in Italy in the 1950s. This spherical beauty features an int...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Murano Glass
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.
Category
1940s Austrian Modern Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Ceramic
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Vintage Silver Thermometer, Italy, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This vintage silver thermometer is a precious decorative object realized in the 1910s.
Silver frame with weather thermometer. Frame with floral decorations.
On the back footres...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Silver
Silver Lady Woman Ex Voto religious Folk Art, Antique European, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A cute petite religious Ex Voto. I do not know what it is made of, thin and light filigree silver or silver plated metal. It is handmade, embossed an...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Silver Plate, Sheet Metal
Fratelli Toso Murano Green White Italian Art Glass Crown Paperweight
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and colorful vintage Murano hand blown green and white twisting ribbons Italian art glass paperweight. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. This paperweights are often ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Gorgeous Large Murano Italian Art Glass Fish Aquarium Paperweight, Italy, 1970s
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown aquarium Italian art glass paper weight. Showing some multicolored fishes, floating on controlled bubbles. Colors are a blue, orange and clear. A beautifu...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
H 5 in W 5.5 in D 3 in
Inkwell FRENCH MANUFACTURING OF THE EARLY 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Inkwell
FRENCH MANUFACTURING OF THE EARLY 1900s
Empire style inkwell in yellow Siena marble with gilded bronze inkwells and sphinx.
48 x 23 cm Height 20.
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Marble
Tiffany Studios New York Adam Bronze Letter Opener
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period bronze Neoclassical or Adam style letter opener
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Sotheby's, New York Important Paperweights, Sale No. 5349
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's - New York: Important Paperweights - Sale No. 5349 - Saturday, June 15, 1985. Sotheby's Auction House, NY, June 1985. 1st Ed softcover. 393 lots photographed in color and b...
Category
1980s American Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Paper
Murano White Latticino Filigrana on Pink Glass Paperweight, Vintage
By Venini, Seguso
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Murano glass paperweight features white filaments intricately superimposed and intertwined within the coral pink glass in filigrana or latticino technique. Controlled bubble...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
"Seahorse Letter Opener, " Rare, Beautiful Art Deco Bronze by Vitello
By Vitello
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and beautifully crafted, this Art Deco letter opener features a high relief seahorse on its handle and a wide, tapering blade, all in a gold-toned bronze. The sculptor was Vitello, a French artist who specialized in very fine bronze desk items...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Brass Plaque by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Bezalel brass plaque depicting a Jewish elder next to the Western Wall, made in Jerusalem, circa 1920, bearing a small metal label engraved "Bezalel Jeru...
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Cenedese Artistic Handmade Egg "Aquarium" Murano Glass Sculpture, Italy 1960s
By Cenedese, Alfredo Barbini
Located in Roma, IT
Impressive large hand blown egg-shaped Aquarium sculpture in Murano glass. This unique piece was designed by Barbini for Cenedese in Murano, Italy in the 1960s.
This fantastic Mur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Collection Four Jelly Fish Murano Italian Art Glass Aquarium Paperweights Statue
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful set of four Murano hand blown aquarium design Italian art glass paper weights or statues. Showing Jelly Fish inside, in different colors, floating on controlled bubbles. Co...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
H 6.13 in W 3.25 in D 3.25 in
Previously Available Items
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Rock Crystal
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Seal
Located in Chicago, IL
This small porcelain column recreates the personalized seals used to sign important documents throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. Also known as a chop, such stamps were widely us...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Seal
Located in Chicago, IL
This small porcelain block recreates the personalized seals used to sign important documents throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. Also known as a chop, such stamps were widely use...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Water Coupe, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Brass Horseshoe Paperweight
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.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Brass
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 Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Murano Blue and Amber Controlled Bubble Paperweight by Galaxy D’Arte
Located in Winnetka, IL
Murano blue and amber controlled bubble paperweight by Galaxy D’ Arte.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Murano Glass
Cast Brass Swordfish Letter Opener
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming mid-20th century cast brass swordfish letter opener. Doubles as a paperweight too!
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Brass
Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art du Bronze and Box
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.
Remini...
Category
1970s French Minimalist Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
H 5.5 in W 1.5 in D 0.5 in
Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art du Bronze
By Monique Gerber
Located in Chicago, IL
Monique Gerber bronze cast letter opener in a very sculptural and Minimalist form.
Can be used as a sculptural object or paper weight as well.
Reminiscent of a Brancusi form.
Sig...
Category
1970s French Minimalist Vintage Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
American Bronze Toy Mold
Located in Chicago, IL
A whimsical and charming American bronze toy, or possible dog toy, mold depicting a lounging bear or monster with a fantastic variegated patina.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Artist-Made Cast Iron Toast
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderfully whimsical artist-made cast iron piece of toast. Why? Who cares, it's fun! It's the perfect paperweight, but also completely useless and charming.
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Illinois Paperweights
Materials
Iron
