Paper Weight Depicting Entwined Elephants by Arthur Court

Two elephants cuddle up in shiny metal, one with its trunk in the air.

This mixed metal and glass paperweight depicting entwined elephants is by Arthur Court, from the United States, and is ca. 1992. It is mixed metals & glass. Arthur Court was an American designer known for cast metal tableware and decorative objects, many of them based on animals and natural forms. Compact group of two rounded elephants pressed together, the front one with its trunk curled up high. Dark glassy eyes shine against a bright silvery body. The surface is textured with hammered, wrinkled detail. It is 3 inches wide, 2.75 deep and 3.25 high.

Plump, polished and cheerful in the extreme.