Terrestrial Globe Paperweight, Czechia

Glowing lime sphere with the continents frosted into its surface.

This vaseline glass terrestrial globe paperweight is from Bohemia or Czech Republic, Czechia, and is contemporary. Bohemia has been famous for glassmaking since the medieval period, and its workshops produced paperweights, beads and vessels in many forms and colors. Solid, smooth sphere in translucent yellow-green. Continent shapes are etched in a frosted, matte finish across the polished surface, while the seas stay clear. Light bends through the body in soft, deep areas of green. It is 3.15 inches wide, 3.15 deep and 3.15 high.

A world in lime, and delightfully smug about it.