Charles Kaziun Jr.

Charles Kaziun Jr. helped renew American paperweight making in the mid-twentieth century. His flowers, millefiori arrangements, and miniature pedestal weights combine delicate scale with a remarkable variety of design. Roses, lilies, and small natural subjects give his work an intimacy that continues to reward close attention.

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Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, in 1919, Kaziun developed his skills in scientific and ornamental glassworking. During the 1940s, while working at the University of Pennsylvania, he pursued paperweights inspired by historic examples and Evangeline Bergstrom’s book Old Glass Paperweights. His experiments grew into a lifelong artistic practice encompassing lampworked flowers, millefiori, and crimp roses.

Kaziun’s contribution was both artistic and historical: he demonstrated the possibilities of fine paperweights made by an individual studio artist. His son, Charles Kaziun III, worked alongside him and later continued a distinct paperweight practice of his own.

Charles Kaziun Jr. Glass Art Paperweight Flamework Purple Pansy on Mauve Colored Ground
Charles Kaziun Jr. Glass Art Paperweight Flamework Purple Pansy on Mauve Colored Ground

$ 300.00

Charles Kaziun Jr. Glass Art Paperweight Footed Pink Crimp Rose
Charles Kaziun Jr. Glass Art Paperweight Footed Pink Crimp Rose

$ 300.00