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The most sought-after antique paperweights are those made by famous French factories such as Baccarat, Clichy and St Louis during the middle years of the 19th century. Patterns were built up from tiny slices of differently coloured rods or canes of glass, set in a mould and covered in clear glass. The size can vary [...]
Where a stone or an inkwell once sufficed, paperweights in the 19th century became glass works of art.
Decorative paperweights were first made of semiprecious stones, silver, bronze or ormolu. The us ‘of glass began in the 19th century and reach a high point in France,
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