Topic: How do you display your weights?

[smilingwolf]

Beginning collector here ....

I assume that many on this board own dozens if not hundreds of weights. Do you display them all? How? (Are there standardized shelving units - preferably with a light?). So far, I'm using a bookcase, but I'm looking for the ideal ...

Also, is there a place on this site to view photos of the collections of others? I'd love to be able to see them!

Thanks,

Meg

[KevinH]

Welcome Meg,

My weights are set among my general clear and coloured glassware, on top of ..
- table between the computer and the keyboard
- spare piano stool
- compact freezer unit
- sideboard
- music and video cabinet
- TV stand
- video / DVD recorder
- upper surface of a music station
- wall shelves
- compact set of bookshelves
- clear plastic stands
- wardrobe
And also in ...
- cupboards
- plastic bags in built in wardrobes
And most conveniently ...
- on various patches of floor space

[keith]

Ditto, but probably not so many as KevinH,

[Antonia]

Many of our paperweights are displayed inside lighted curio cabinets with glass shelves. Others are displayed inside tables that have glass tops. Some of our earliest acquisitions have moved out of doors to decorate the garden.

[tropdevin]

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Hi. I have one of the little Chinese butterfly paperweights partially embedded in the wall of our house, so it looks like there is a butterfly resting on the wall.

Alan

[donaldf]

Alan...so you don't have a 1858 church weight under your house's footings too? The illusion is shattered  

[Tony G]

Hi,
       just a boring set of shelves in my den as I am banned from using most of the house. Pic attached.

Cheers,

Tony

[donaldf]

Hi All, I display my weights on a windowsill (yes, I throw caution to the wind too) and my wife just refers to them as 'blobs of glass'. She also says "do we really need all these blobs of glass? we haven't that much paper to hold down"

Don

[daveweight]

Hi Meg
I found these superb cabinets to display my weights, they are called Tapley 33, made in the UK, and can be found on Ebay. They have a special fitting so you can hang them upside down. You put one cabinet up and if the door opens to the left and you want the other opening to the right you simply hang it the other way up if you see what I mean.
I bought some clear plastic risers so that the back row of weights on each shelf can be raised in order to see them properly and you can see how they look in this picture
Hope you find a nice way of displaying yours
Dave

[daveweight]

I should just clarify there are two cabinets in the first picture with doors opening left and right. These cabinets are made in various styles so here is a picture of another one
Dave