# Do you know where to get a paperweight like this?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 24, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-to-get-a-paperweight-like-this/373942 "2006-09-24T15:05:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-to-get-a-paperweight-like-this/373942/1 "2006-09-24T15:05:00Z")

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A couple of months ago, I was looking at some art quality photographs of frogs’ eggs and thought that would be a very neat design for a paperweight. Unfortunately, I’ve yet to find anything remotely like what I’m looking for…all I’ve found is egg-shaped paperweights with frogs in them.

Basically, I’m looking for a glass dome or ball with a cluster of small clear balls with black centers inside of it. No real frog eggs in glass, though. Ever see anything remotely like that?

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**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-to-get-a-paperweight-like-this/373942/2 "2006-09-24T16:13:50Z")

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You may have luck if you use the words Murano or Venetian in your searches. [Controlled bubble](http://www.decospirit.com/lamp33.htm) work would give you sort of the effect you are looking for.

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**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-where-to-get-a-paperweight-like-this/373942/3 "2006-09-24T16:40:07Z")

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Although, they are not strictly paperweights, [Art Glass Marbles](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=art+glass+marbles) may be what you are looking for. Marbles are about the size of an average paperweight but are entirely spherical and need a base for display.

The [Glasswurx](http://www.glasswurx.com/anakin.php?show=marbles) site has many exquisite organic design marbles. I haven’t found any that are exactly as you describe, but there are some designs evocative of frog eggs.  
(The navigation on this site is arranged by artist, so be sure to check out each artist’s galleries- there are some incredibly beautiful designs there.)