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 ...

Host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Arlie Sulka discuss American glass paperweights. Host Mark L. Walberg enjoys a lesson in glass blowing at the Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center outside Atlantic City, ...

Glass paperweights are often found among the kitschy collections in flea markets and thrift stores, but they’re also having a moment in the contemporary art world. “They’ve actually become quite the ...

When Keren Hoover was 15, her parents returned from a trip to Italy with three paperweights for her. The small glass orbs were millefiore-style paperweights, one of the most popular designs, holding a ...

A look into the world of art glass paperweights as we preview an upcoming auction. “A fragment of a dream” is how Truman Capote described a glass paperweight. There are hundreds of those pieces of ...

Collectors who love glass often love paperweights. Do you have a fancy paperweight on a desk or side table? Paperweights became very popular in the 1880s in Europe and America when letter-writing was ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the 1700s, paperweights made from ...

Rare glass paperweights will be offered Sept. 16-30 during an auction conducted by telephone and mail. Held by paperweight dealer L.H. Selman Ltd., Santa Cruz, Calif., the auction will feature ...

Somewhere under the clutter of papers on my desk in the newsroom is a glass paperweight about to be laid to waste by the “Frankenstein of Cary.” “There's a night-and-day difference between ...

It is not what most would consider a dangerous hobby. But a glass paperweight nearly cost one collector his life after it caught the sun's rays and set his home on fire. Matthew Williams, who has ...

Information or research assistance regarding glass paperweights is frequently requested from the Smithsonian Institution. The following information has been prepared to assist those interested in this ...