Reliefs as paperweights

Little reliefs of mountains are ideal gifts for alpinists or other people loving the mountains. They can be used as paperweights with engraved dedication. Xaver Imfeld (1853 – 1909) realised this already about 1900 and offered in 1904 12 different galvano-plastical models in scales of 1:12,500 to 1:150,000, mounted on a pedestal of rock. The models covered an area of about 10 x10 cm or larger. They could be ordered in bronze or silver-plated [1].