Vintage glass paperweight. Hippopotamus Hippo. 3inx2inches. Flat on one side.

Vintage glass paperweight. Hippopotamus Hippo. 5 inches x 3 inches. Flat on one side. Solid glass. The tradition of the “house hippo” is a playful Canadian superstition that's been in circulation for the last twenty years or so. Essentially, adding a small hippo statue or figurine to the house is supposed to bring happiness and prosperity to the tongue-firmly-in-cheek homeowner or renter