Intaglio Paperweight - Diana rugs creating the prototypes to take

creating the prototypes to take moulds from

Brimming with natural extracts of cocoa & shea butter

Dimensions: 26cm (height) x 16cm (width) x 11cm (depth)

Amethyst coloured glass

Ravilious’ pictures often subvert tradition as much as echo it

Intaglio Paperweight - Diana rugs creating the prototypes to takeBelieve it or not paperweights were part of a showcase of international artistic innovation at The Great Exhibition of 1851. Paperweights were viewed as luxury items that satisfied the C19th taste for ornamentation, but were inexpensive to make. Letter writing was a popular activity at the time and paperweights became a fashionable and economical way to decorate a home while keeping papers organisedin drafty rooms Over time experimentations and new