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These Were Big in the 19th Century

When is the last time you used a paperweight?

Paperweights in a digital age.

I opened my China cabinet and saw three. The glass one in front seemed to almost glow. My sister gave Matthew the Dandelion suspended in clear resin and the glass orb with the bubbles was from my maternal. grandmother.

Then I remembered I had a book about paperweights in my living room.

See the examples Concentric Millefiori

Millefiori (means a thousand flowers in Italian)

A couple of examples –

The plates in the book are colorful and informative

From Scotland in the 1950s

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