{"product_id":"intaglio-paperweight-wedgwood-blue-3","title":"Intaglio Paperweight - Eros","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBelieve 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLetter writing was a popular activity at the time and paperweights became a fashionable and economical way to decorate a home while keeping papers organised\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ein drafty rooms\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOver time experimentations and new techniques took \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003epaperweights away from their sole functional purpose into their own world of artistic expression. They’ve gone from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again. Ours are for beauty and made as mementos from the Grand Tour we never took.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHandmade in London and measuring approximately 8cm x 7cm x 2cm.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMade from Jesmonite. Not for consumption. Keep out of reach of children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bridie Hall","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39778333360187,"sku":"SOR-BHB813","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0298\/3113\/5291\/products\/OSC08220.jpg?v=1637246843","url":"https:\/\/shirayuki-nara.mom\/products\/intaglio-paperweight-wedgwood-blue-3","provider":"Pentreath \u0026 Hall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}