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Vintage paperweight - Portuguese galleon (mauve)

Price £30.00

1950s retro perspex paperweight. Typical of tourist memorabilia of the time, this features a delicate filigree style Portuguese galleon set in resin with word, Portugal. Measures approximately 7.5 x 6 x 3 cm. Excellent vintage condition.

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I love these vintage paperweights – sadly, I could sit and look at them all day. I think it’s something to do with the wonderful colours in the resin, for instance this one graduates from a deep bluey mauve to a pale acacia honey colour. Every one tells a story too – I wonder who this belonged too. Imagine being on holiday in Portugal before package holidays were invented – it must have been beautiful. This would make a really unique and unusual gift and should also appeal to collectors of retro tourist memorabilia/vintage paperweights.

Susan x

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