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Do you use paperweights? I admit to loving paperweights almost as much as I love my pens. I use them on my desk to hold papers down when I turn on the fans, but that's about it. Mostly they are dust collectors.

 

How about you?

 

PS, this is the next addition I am considering. (Except with my name, of course)

 

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I only have one: it's a mini reproduction of a Usonian block from Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House that I bought at Taliesin West. It's more decorative than useful; I don't really hold papers down with it, but I do like to look at it, and it sits happily on my desk.

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A good friend of mine recently sent me a crystal paperweight and it's doing a sterling job keeping my loose papers tidy on my dining / writing table.

 

In one of my previous jobs I used to have a boxed Corgi Beatles' Yellow Submarine as a paperweight, but my colleagues kept taking it out of the box to play with it on the desk.

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Have you visited the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass? http://www.bergstrom-mahlermuseum.com/index.php/about-the-museum.html at the Corning there are some examples of the small ones I enjoy. Gooderham, Hansen family, DuBois, Fox, Erickson are a few among those who made miniatures. Amazing with all the detail of the larger weights. http://www.cmog.org/collection/search?page=10&query=paperweight&has_image=1 http://www.cmog.org/artwork/miniature-paperweight-woman-holding-fan?page=19&query=paperweight&has_image=1&goto=node/51200&filter=%22bundle%3Aartwork%22&sort=score%20desc%2Cbs_has_image%20desc%2Cbs_on_display%20desc&object=582 Have a similar miniature with red base. John's reds were exceptional.

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We have a few paperweights of the type you posted Amber. Well, they are closer in appearance to the one that you haven't got yet but are going to get soon than they are to a brick. :)

 

My favorite though, was hand-blown by my great-grandfather in the late 1800s or early 1900s. It's solid glass, as big as my fist, and quite worn. The surface is hazed and pitted, and it has a crack that runs quite deep. However, it's worth more to us than all of the rest.

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Realized I have seven! Most are lead crystal or blown glass. The odd one is a marble carved turtle that belonged to my great-grandfather. I love open windows, so they're very functional.

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Pendemonium has gorgeous vintage paperweights, which always make me wish for a vintage desk.

Is it fair for an intelligent and family oriented mammal to be separated from his/her family and spend his/her life starved in a concrete jail?

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OOO..... more pretty things to look at. Thank you all for links!

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Now, if I could find one that actually held my uncapped TWSBIs so that I can use that to hold my pens between thoughts and color changes.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

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Hmmm interesting idea. I do know one glass person who does mini pieces with holes in the middle, actually one on top, and two on the bottom, they are called whistles. You might contact her and see if she could work a larger, deeper piece that would hold a specific diameter/weight (pen size). If she were willing to try, you would have to help her understand the specifics so the pen would stand, and not fall out. The size could be beyond the scope of her studio set up. Just don't know. Her name is Mary Gaumond. She does have a web site. Her skills have now really developed, and her work is very in demand. At this time, her prices remain very modest, and she is a dear to work with.The pieces seen on her site don't do her work justice, imho. It's worth an inquiry. If she has time, and necessary size is within her scope, she might enjoy the challenge. This spring I added one of her pieces to my small collection. More complicated than those on her site, it is two bluejays set diagonally, on and among berried branches, with addition dimensional work on the exterior. Lots of detail, very balanced, and exacting to a t.

Now, if I could find one that actually held my uncapped TWSBIs so that I can use that to hold my pens between thoughts and color changes.

 

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Now, if I could find one that actually held my uncapped TWSBIs so that I can use that to hold my pens between thoughts and color changes.

 

Amber

 

You need one of these ink / pen trays.

 

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Amber

 

You need one of these ink / pen trays.

 

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Jason

 

 

That's very pretty!

 

Actually, I have one that is similar that a fellow FPNer made for me from purple heart wood. The problem is that living in the desert the ink dries out so quickly. I need to keep the nib covered, but its irritating to keep capping between thoughts.

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I just realized it's my wife that has the 4-5 pretty round glass paper weights. I've never seen any paper under them.;)

 

It is a bronze Queen Chess piece over crystal block paper weight from the porcelain maker Rosenthal, with a saying from Paul Rosentahl..."Anyone who thinks they are something (someone), has stopped becoming something (someone)."

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I was surprised how few paper weights I have (3)...but having no correspondence and an open window never needed one.  I do have a bronze fish floating on a stick in a marble stand (with no picture), but it holds my flintlock pistol up for display on a bookcase shelf.........and I never really thought what it actually was, until now.

 

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In the back. It is my only totally full set....5 pieces.

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Nice looking pink marble ensemble!

 

 

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Thank you, Anne-Sophie,

There had been times when I could have bought inkwell sets with paperweights, but I didn't go out of my way for them....having no correspondence than needed to be weighed down.:headsmack:

I guess the letter holder could be used as a paperweight.

 

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The letter opener; and the initial stamp I still haven't gotten around to getting engraved are not quite a match. But close enough for horseshoes.

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In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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