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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Musselwhite is taking me on a tour of Glass Worlds, a collection of 250 paperweights culled from the museum's holdings, reputedly among the world's best. Mostly from the 19th and early-20th ...

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 ...

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 ...

or that there may be artistic value in, for example, paperweights that I am simply too much of a rube to comprehend. Museum of Science and Industry Exhibit: Yesterday’s Main Street Walk straight ...