{"product_id":"shipmans-anchor-crystal-dome-paperweight","title":"Shipman's Anchor Crystal Dome Paperweight","description":"\u003cp\u003eNavy and cream. Rope and iron. This is the paperweight that coastal shops can't keep on the shelf and Manhattan offices keep buying for reasons they can't quite explain. An anchor just works. It always has.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeneath the crystal sits a deep navy anchor wrapped in knotted rope, pulled from a 19th-century shipman's trade mark. The kind of bold, graphic insignia that once stamped cargo crates and chandlery storefronts from Nantucket to Liverpool. \"TRADE MARK\" bookends the anchor top and bottom in clean block type, grounding the whole composition in that particular era when commercial graphics were built to last and designed to be read from a dock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery paperweight starts as a solid dome of optical-grade French crystal. In our New York City studio, we hand-apply the decoupage image to the flat base, back it with soft felt, and seal it by hand. The crystal's dome shape acts as a built-in magnifying lens, pulling the navy anchor forward with a sharpness and depth that makes the rope look like you could reach in and untie it. In person, the contrast between deep navy and warm cream through crystal is striking. It catches light the way water does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA year-round seller for coastal and nautical retailers, but just as strong on a desk in a landlocked zip code. Anchors don't need an ocean to mean something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach piece ships with a folded card explaining the centuries-old decoupage technique. Slight variation in image placement is the fingerprint of the handmade process, not a flaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpecs:\u003cbr\u003eSize: 3.5\" x 3.5\" x .675\"\u003cbr\u003eMaterial: French crystal dome, felted back\u003cbr\u003eOrigin: Handmade in New York City\u003cbr\u003eStyle No. DPWI-5435\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ben's Garden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50916072194295,"sku":"DPWI-5435","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0051\/3502\/files\/DPWI-5435.png?v=1783200849","url":"https:\/\/bensgarden.com\/products\/shipmans-anchor-crystal-dome-paperweight","provider":"Bensgarden.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}