Featured Gambaro & Poggi Murano Paperweight?

When I bought this, I thought it was a paperweight. Something I am particularly fond of. The label says

Vetreria Artistica
Gambaro & Poggi
Murano
Made in Italy.​

When I got it home, I discovered it had a hole in the middle. It looks like a paperweight - is this a type of paperweight? Is it missing a stand? Or was this done to reduce weight? It is opaque, so its not for a light. It is 3 1/2 inches tall and 3 1/2 inches in diameter at its widest point.
I do have a reverse painted paperweight that revolves that I posted earlier. (below) Is that what is going on here? Please help. I need to know if something is missing.

The Gambaro and Poggi paperweight.

 

are you sure it isn't a shade?



https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/210534_406-art-deco-1920s-dancer-millefiori-lamp#&gid=1&pid=1


https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/l...o-millefiori-glass-shade-globe/id-f_10251013/



https://www.artedeco.com.au/product/rare-art-deco-egyptian-revival-lamp-with-millefiori-shade/

 

Those are two excellent links. I'll put a flashlight in it, but it looks really, really opaque to me.

 

Here is a comparable.
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/27715215_gambaro-and-poggi-millefiori-orb-paperweight
This one has a smaller rough opening on the bottom.

James.

 

Well, you were right and I was wrong. It does allow some light through. So now I have to find the lamp!

 

So that's very interesting. It has the same opening as mine. Thank you

 

there are paperweight light stands, maybe get one of those until you can find the right lamp for it It looks beautiful as it is, but I bet it would really pop lit up

 

Apparently they do lamps -

That would be great. Can you give me the link to those pictured. I have a plastic one under my Harry Potter and the Cursed Child paperweight, but it does colors.

 

sorry, I meant to include it - there are all kinds available, metal, wood, round, square etc
https://www.amazon.com/Mintso-Adjustable-Light-Display-Paperweight/dp/B07V4S1SNF

 

Thank you very much. I’m so glad you
Found those links for lamps. It will be an interesting search to track a base down but this will be good in the meantime

 

that is pretty. I learned a lot from this thread.

 

I did too. The bases with the Art Deco Pixie on them are priced in the low four figures on ebay.

 

your shade isn't from the deco period so wouldn't be original to a deco lamp, not sure if that would make a difference in sale price or not though.

 

You are right. Gambaro & Poggi was started in 1974. I looked at lamps with globes and found they were dominated with this 1920's Austrian born designer Gerda Gerdago Pixie Lamps with this millefiori shade. I know you found another design, but I haven't anything yet that is modern or a reproduction.

 

According to Christie's, there is such a thing as a hollow paperweight. Mine doesn't even come close to their description, though. Quote from Christie's "and crown weights, which are hollow weights that usually alternate swirling white and coloured filigree canes radiating from a central millefiori cane."
I found examples of hollow paperweights even a Murano one.

 

do you mean reproduction lamp bases? check out this site, they have amazing stuff, all reproductions
https://classiquesenfurniture.com.au/art-deco-lamps

 

maybe yours is a hollow weight
Crown weights aren't really hollow, the designs are on the 'outside' so to speak, but still solid glass. The design is open at the bottom but sealed in glass. Here is a St Louis 1986 Crown weight, hopefully you can see what I mean by looking at the bottom of the weight

 

Way cool. They even have some that might fit my shade. Thanks for this. I limited my art deco lamp search to those pixies.

 

I love what you know. I took Christie's statement as meaning actual hollow. They should have put quotes around it, but I did see others mention crown weights as hollow too. I have no clue obviously.

 

Just MHO...I have had hollow..hole in bottom PWs..and were to be used on a light stand as shown as cxgirl said or without light . I never did call them "lamps"...but guess that is a fair term. The size of yours..is a common one for PWs. BTW--nice PW !!!