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Murano Paperweights

Murano’s reputation as a centre for glassmaking was born when the Venetian Republic, fearing fire and destruction to the city’s mostly wood buildings, ordered glassmakers to move their foundries to Murano in 1291. Murano glass is still interwoven with Venetian glass.

Murano’s glassmakers held a monopoly on quality glassmaking for centuries, developing or refining many technologies including crystalline glass, enamelled glass (smalto), glass with threads of gold (aventurine), multicoloured glass (millefiori), milk glass (lattimo), and imitation gemstones made of glass. Today, the artisans of Murano are still employing these century-old techniques, crafting everything from contemporary art glass and glass jewellery to Murano glass chandeliers and wine stoppers.

First shown by Venetian glassmakers in Vienna in 1845, glass paperweights are collected by lovers of glass around the world. Available in a variety of styles, shapes, and colors, each paperweight is decorated with its own unique design and is created in much the same way as those shown in Vienna over a 150 years ago. Our paperweights are mostly modern, primarily from the 1980's unless otherwise noted. Murano glass does not ordinarily have any kind of logo or signature, just paper labels, which sometimes makes identifying Murano a case of guesswork if the label is gone.


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PW015

Murano Paperweight Paperweight made by Murano (Italy). 2.75 inches by 1.5. Millifiori floral canes with yellow white-lined cylinders surrounding each cane. Produced prior to 1981. A few stray interior bubbles but otherwise in good condition. Original Murano label.  

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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item PW020: Murano Millefiori Paperweight
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PW020

Murano Millefiori Paperweight Predominantly blue millefiori under clear glass. Some dark red, yellow & white canes, spaced closely. Slight wear around widest circumference. 3 inches x 1.5. No label.  

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PW041

Murano Egg-shaped Paperweight Upright egg-shaped paperweight with coarse millefiori surrounding clear glass core. In mint condition, 2.5 inches x 3.25, with original label.  

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PW046

Paperweight attributed to Murano Magnum sized paperweight of hollow satin glass, diamond quilted in a bluish aqua, very pretty. 3.5 inches x 2.5, in mint condition. No label, but believed to be Murano.  

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PW005

Murano paperweight from Ferro & Lazzarini Clear glass over multi-colored flowers and green leaves of scattered millefiori over sand ground. 3.5 inches x 2, magnum size, in mint condition. Made circa 1980.  

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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item PW326: Murano Egg-shaped Paperweight 1986
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PW326

Murano Egg-shaped Paperweight 1986 This egg-shaped paperweight features a white and pink helix of threads inside a crystal case. Note that there are a couple of bubbles caught in the twisted cane. 2.75 inches x 3.5, in mint condition. Made in 1986.  

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