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 ...

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 ...

From a mushroom shaped metal option to a wooden take on a Rubik’s cube, you’re sure to find one that suits your desk.

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 ...

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 ...

There's something doubly satisfying about a paperweight: not only does it serve a practical purpose, but it's also beautiful to look at—and a guaranteed conversation starter. Media Platforms Design ...

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 ...

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.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. One afternoon in Paris in 1948, when Truman Capote was young, he accompanied his friend Jean Cocteau to visit ...

Chris Buzzini makes lampwork paperweights, encasing tiny glass flowers inside more glass. Oregon City’s Chris Buzzini keeps the 150-year-old craft of lampwork paperweights alive. These crystalline ...