Vintage paperweights hold a special place in the world of collectibles, offering a unique blend of artistry, craftsmanship, and functionality. From intricate glass creations by to beautifully carved ...

It might be something that would normally go unnoticed on your desk. But one Winona artist takes the age-old art of making glass paperweights to a whole new level. “The paperweight tradition started ...

A paperweight can be both functional and a natural or manmade work of art. A paperweight can be a favorite rock found on the beach to hold down papers on your desk. It can be a chunk of round glass or ...

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Blue glass circling the orb, a delicate green-leafed flower suspended inside, it seemed one of a kind. But the paperweight, instead, is a near duplicate of artwork already on display. That’s one ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Rare paperweights, many from the 19th century and held in ...

Paperweights are popular and often expensive collectibles. The first glass paperweights probably were made for an exhibition in Vienna in 1845. Within a few years, the French Saint-Louis glass factory ...

IT’S FUNNY WHICH IMAGES remain imprinted on our minds, like vivid snapshots, for years and even decades after we’ve first seen them. They can be of anything—the soft weave of a childhood blanket, a ...

Jane Huey has collected paperweights since she was 13, when her grandmother gave her three of the colorful glass orbs as a gift. “They’re so intricate and so delicate,” says the now-65-year-old Ms.