Vintage Murano glass paperweight,Murano Italy Art Glass Paperweight Blue seafoam

The vintage art glass paperweight is not too large nor too small.centuries old center of glass blowers. The center of this orb is a blue sea foam form that under glass really does make one feel as though we are looking through water at some sea formation. It also resembles a type of coral or maybe a type of blue lava. The foam has indentations all around and within each of those scoops is a controlled bubble. There is one section at the base where the paperweight has a flaw--this was pre-production, not post. It is not a chip nor break, as it has been smoothed during the grinding of the base. The paperweight came to me from a collection of Italian and US made paperweights. I love the look of a grouping of paperweights, which reminds me of Victorian looking glasses or old industrial steampunk devices. Makes one feel that the midcentury was, indeed, a long time ago.