Antique paperweights were made in the “classic” years between 1845 and 1860 primarily in three French factories named Baccarat, St. Louis,and Clichy. They made between fifteen and twenty five thousand weights in the classic period.Weights  were also made in the United States, Great Britain. Modern weights have been made from about 1950 to the present.You can see below some most attractive and most beautiful paperweights.