Christina Rossetti Goblin Market paperweight

Christina Rossetti’s Lizzie and Laura slumber peacefully, encased by the glass of this beautiful paperweight. The Goblin Market sisters, illustrated by Rossetti’s brother Dante Gabriel, are held in domed solid glass with a felt base, and presented in an elegant, satin lined black gift box.

The paperweight itself is an 8cm diameter circle with a flat base, making it both a functional object (particularly useful when painting with a brush or sketching on fine paper) and an art inspired ornament. A gift to treasure for fans of Christina Rossetti’s poetry and Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s Pre-Rahaelite artworks, it also serves as a lasting memory of Tate Britain’s 2023 exhibition, The Rossettis.

Exploring the lives and legacies of Christina Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal, the exhibition takes a fresh look at the works of this creative family.

About the artists

Christina Rossetti (1830 – 1894) was an English poet. Educated at home by her mother, Rossetti was a prolific writer, and had her poems published at the age of 18. Her first commercially printed book of poetry, Goblin Market and Other Poems, 1862, was very favourably received by critics and contemporaries, who declared her the successor to Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 – 1882) was an English painter, poet, illustrator and translator. In 1848 he founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood alongside Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais. He was married to fellow artist Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal, who modelled for many of his paintings. Several his works form part of Tate’s collection, including many of his most celebrated paintings.

• Artist Christina Rossetti
• Artwork Goblin Market and Other Poems, book cover
• Exhibition The Rossettis
• Dimensions Paperweight is 8cm diameter, 11.1 x 10.8 cm in box
• Material 4 colour UV print on glass block with felt base, in a black card gift box with magnetic closure.