Unexpected new interest

I never thought I'd be interested in paperweights, but when a friend of mine inherited a boxful, I realized how exquisitely beautiful they can be. I think I've fallen in love.

I knew nothing at all about art glass paperweights, so I started doing research when we took several on consignment. Luckily, most of them were signed and dated by the artists. Unfortunately, many of the signatures were difficult to read, so there was a good bit of Google trial and error that went into identifying them. Thank goodness for the "Did you mean...?" feature.

Here are a few of the ones by well known glass artists. They sparkle like little jewels mixed in among the pieces of Blenko on our lighted shelves. There was also one small bowl by Swedish glass artist Paul Kedelv for Flygsfors among the paperweights that is perfectly brilliant in color and shape.

Sparrow paperweight by Joe St. Clair

Steven Correia frog encased in frosted white paperweight
Signed and dated limited edition 46/200

Robert Eikholt signed and dated large jellyfish paperweight

Robert Eikholt signed and dated  paperweight
with metallic gold exterior and a tiny encased tornado

Matthew La Barbera signed and dated purple striped paperweight
Fire Island Studio 

Coquille bowl by Paul Kedelv for Flygsfors