MISCELLANEOUS PAPERWEIGHTS
 
 

Czechoslovakia, ca. 1970's.  A paper-thin butterfly with wings finely dusted with white, orange, green and cobalt blue.  Multi-faceted, 9 7/10 cm wide and 4 7/10 cm high.  Maker unknown.

Poland (Jablonski).   Abstract teardrop shape of blue/green/pink.  Original paper label. 

Hans Ittig abstract paperweight.

Portugal.  Fantasy flower with placed bubbles on a bed of multi-coloured frit.  

Portuguese obelisk.



Paul Ysart? Belgian?  Encased Canadian Regimental Cap Badge.  Unsigned, late 1930's-1940's with a badge corresponding to the paperweight.



Paul Ysart? Belgian? Canada shoulder title badge paperweight.
Paul Ysart? Belgian?  Encased Fusilliers badge.  Unsigned, late 1930's-1940's.
Paul Ysart? Belgian? Australian Commonwealth Military Force badge paperweight. Enclosed sulphide made from actual badge.

Romanian blue cut crystal paperweight.

Bell shaped sand filled paperweight from the Isle of Wight.

New Zealand.  From the Monet series, "Summer", signed Peter Raos, 2002, NZ.
Diameter 2 7/8".
Peter Raos Pacific Collection paperweight.
Clear paperweight with five-stripe swirl of white.  Signed.
Abstract paperweight of dark green/grey glass with swirls of black and clay blue.  Bears some resemblance to the the British style of A.J. Thorneycroft.  This pontil is partially ground out however the piece is unsigned.  (Normally, the British weight would be scratch signed AJT with a date.)
Contemporary, yellow-green freeform weight with original label "Handmade by Ngwenya Glass, Kingdom of Swaziland, South Africa" (2001). 
India.  Ovoid shape with orange/brown/yellow frit 'flower' like shapes.  Base is ground, not polished.  Original paper label on base "Made in India".

India. In original cardboard box.
Bohemian style paperweight made at Pilkingtons, Lancaster, U.K.  Butterfly composed of coloured frit edged in white (rods).  Crazing due to construction gives the frit a sparkle effect.  Butterfly motif floats over a bed of multi-coloured/clear pot.  Encasing glass has a green tinge.  Rough pontil mark.  Unsigned.  Diameter 3".
Bohemian style paperweight made at Pilkingtons, Lancaster, U.K.  Butterfly composed of coloured frit edged in white (rods).  Butterfly motif floats over a bed of multi-coloured/clear pot.  Encasing glass has a green tinge.  Rough pontil mark.  Unsigned.  Diameter 3".