Vienna Paperweights

Complete set of 12 paperweights, made by the famous crystal manufacturer from France, Baccarat, for Franklin Mint, made in the late 1970s. The Baccarat Crystal Sulphide 3 Dimension...

Decorative pâte-de-verre vide-poche: bowl in yolk yellow, one side overflowing in dark blue, swimming around each other, plastically formed goldfish couple. Signed 'AWALTER NANCY' on the top. Manufactory: Amalric Walter, Nancy, Lorraine, France Dating of manufacture: circa 1920/1925 Designer: VICTOR AMALRIC WALTER (1870-1959) was a French glass manufacturer mainly known for his pâte de verre pieces. In the Cristalleries Daum at Nancy, France, he met the designer and modelist HENRI BERGÉ, with whom he produced the first pâtes de verre, which at the time were only signed with "Daum Nancy". After the war he continued to work with Henri Bergé. From 1919 to 1935 he cast no fewer than 500 models with Bergé and other famous sculptors or designers, always in few numbers due to the sophisticated technique of glass kiln casting. Technique: Pâte de verre (English glass paste) is a technique used in the production of multi-colored glass. A cold-formed paste made of glass powder and dyes is filled into a refractory mold and then fired in a muffle furnace, whereby the glass melts into the desired shape. To achieve polychrome color effects, the process is repeated with other colors. The technique was already known in ancient Rome and Egypt. Particularly in the Art Nouveau period and later in the Art Deco period, she found artistic use again in works by French glass artists such as Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, Henry Cros...

Rare original desk organization set by Austrian Bauhaus designer Carl Auböck featuring 1 leather and brass square letter tray, 1 leather ..... and 1 ...

Pâte de Verre paperweight 'Lucane': Stag beetle in shades of brown on a yellow stone base with greenish foliage. Signed 'AW' at the bottom. Manufactory: Amalric Walter, Nancy, Lorraine, France Dating of manufacture: circa 1920/1925 Designer: VICTOR AMALRIC WALTER (1870-1959) was a French glass manufacturer mainly known for his pâte de verre pieces. In the Cristalleries Daum at Nancy, France, he met the designer and modelist HENRI BERGÉ, with whom he produced the first pâtes de verre, which at the time were only signed with "Daum Nancy". After the war he continued to work with Henri Bergé. From 1919 to 1935 he cast no fewer than 500 models with Bergé and other famous sculptors or designers, always in few numbers due to the sophisticated technique of glass kiln...

Pâte de Verre Paperweight 'Bernard l'Heremite': Hermit crab in shades of black-brown and green with brown snail shell on dark blue seabed base with pentagonal plan. Signed 'Bergé' and 'AWALTER' on the sides. Manufactory: Amalric Walter & Henri Bergé, Nancy, Lorraine, France Dating of manufacture: circa 1920/1925 Designer: VICTOR AMALRIC WALTER (1870-1959) & HENRI BERGÉ (1870-1937) AMALRIC WALTER was a French glass manufacturer mainly known for his pâte de verre pieces. In the Cristalleries Daum at Nancy, France, he met the designer and modelist HENRI BERGÉ, with whom he produced the first pâtes de verre, which at the time were only signed with "Daum Nancy". After the war he continued to work with Henri Bergé. From 1919 to 1935 he cast no fewer than 500 models with Bergé and other famous sculptors or designers, always in few numbers due to the sophisticated technique of glass kiln...

This beautiful, heavy paperweight (Model 4820), created by the Austrian designer Carl Auböck and made of solid brass, is an original piece that bring...

Heavy and large brass letter "H" designed and executed by Franz Auböck, about 1960. Fully marked Aubock and Made in Austria. Total weight 440 gr.

Brass and red marble bird bookends, France, circa 1940 Good condition.

Cut glass paperweight, Vienna, circa 1950s Original condition.

Beautiful green frog paperweight, 1920s Original condition.

Austrian modernist paperweight in the shape of a foot by Carl Auböck.