Beautiful Old Brass Paperweight with Concentric Circles and Bulb Handle Inuit craft one mixes them with a

one mixes them with a medium (oil

Flipping these all to the white sides while I sorted made me realize how completely gorgeous and painterly these creamy whites are too--and all the more so when there are 160 of them laid out in a huge grid

so in certain positions (not all)  it leans a bit one way

but I have never seen another set like this: inside the walls of each of the boxes are what I'd guess are tiny metal balls

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Beautiful Old Brass Paperweight with Concentric Circles and Bulb Handle Inuit craft one mixes them with aA perfect paperweight. Solid brass, great form, great patina, great object, very useful. Feels more early than mid 20th century to me. No maker's mark and I can't find another out there like it. 2 1 2" d x 1 3 16" t and in very nice old vintage antique condition.