Paperweights, used to hold down papers, and most commonly made in glass, evolved in Venice in the early nineteenth century, and spread to France via Bohemia about 1845, where the finest examples were produced by three factories: Baccarat, Clichy and St Louis. Examples from these manufacturers are mostly unmarked and widely faked and imitated and thus a minefield for the uninitiated. The most popular motif is millefiori ('thousand flowers'), though fruit, single flowers, insects, and other small objects are often used as well as portraits and view. The cheaper paperweights use air bubbles as decoration. The classic paperweights are round and domed, but lesser weights were also made in the form of pyramids and rectangles. The early period of paperweights is reckoned to have ended in 1870 but some 20th century manufacturers such as Lalique, Kosta Boda, Whitefriars and Caithness Glass have produced some fine examples. The great majority of more...

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Four Scottish Strathearn millefiori Glass Paperweights, c.…

Scottish Strathearn Millefiori Glass Paperweights (Set of 4)

Four Scottish Strathearn millefiori Glass Paperweights, c. 1965-1979, with one large seven, two nine and a medium nine spoke cartwheel designs on translucent ground (4), approx. diameter 8 cm

Paperweight. By Strathearn floral design

Floral Strathearn Paperweight

Paperweight. By Strathearn floral design

Paperweight. By Strathearn millefiori

Strathearn Millefiori Paperweight

Paperweight. By Strathearn millefiori

Paperweight. By Strathearn sea Urchin

Strathearn Sea Urchin Paperweight

Paperweight. By Strathearn sea Urchin