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Crystal Table Top with Two Inkwells, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Crystal table top with two inkwells, 19th century
Rare crystal, brass and blue opaline table top
Category
19th Century French Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique English Novelty Pen / Nib Wipe, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A most unusual figural pen nib wipe made from brass with a wonderful untouched antique patina
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Wells Fargo Bank Bronze and Steel Padlock c.1910
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original antique bronze and steel padlock with working key and brass medallion from Wells
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Steel
Unusual Antique English Novelty Match Striker, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful and most unusual novelty match strike made from cast brass and just back from a
Category
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique English Equestrian Inkwell, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome heavy cast brass inkwell with a highly collectable Equestrian theme. The horseshoe
Category
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Smart Antique Magnifying Glass by P H Vogel
Co. c.1920
By P.H. Vogel
Co.
Located in Bath, GB
A smart and elegant magnifying glass with polished brass fittings and an attractive black textured
Category
1920s British Art Deco Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Three English Pug Inkwell
Located in Pomona, CA
Three English pug inkwell with glass eyes two of them have brass inkwell one has glass. Big size 3
Category
1910s English Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Pregevole stazione barometrica in ottone composta da orologio e barometro 1890
Located in Milan, IT
Pregevole stazione barometrica in ottone, composta da orologio e barometro inseriti all’interno di due ferri da cavallo sormontati da una coppia di mazze da polo.
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Category
Late 19th Century Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Inkwell
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Coromandel Inkwell Set with Persian Turquoise Mounts
Category
19th Century English Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$1,485
Antique Kingwood Writing Slope Stationary Cabinet by Paul Sormani, 19th Century
By Paul Sormani
Located in London, GB
Sormani, circa 1870 in date.
This wonderful writing slope is brass inlaid with wonderful Kingwood
Category
1870s French Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
18th Century German Equinoctial Pocket Sundial and Compass by Ludwig Theodor
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
From the first quarter of the 18th century - a German brass equinoctial pocket sundial by Ludwig
Category
18th Century German Grand Tour Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Inkwell and Ink Stand with Letter Holder in Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century inkwell and ink stand made of brass with double letter holder in the back. Made in
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique English Novelty Inkwell, Owl, circa 1890
Located in Bath, GB
brass.
The solid oak base has a polished brass gallery to the top which houses the tactile glass
Category
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Swivel Date Stamp Caddy c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
An antique "Achilles" cast iron, brass and metal swivel date stamp caddy.
Creator
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass, Iron
19th Century campaign metamorphic camphor writing slope
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
tambour table top desk made in camphor wood.
Many features to this brass bound desk. Fitted with brass
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Campaign Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Rare Antique English Novelty Inkwell, Ostrich, 1888
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful figural inkwell made from heavy cast brass and beautifully executed with great detail
Category
Late 19th Century European Late Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
A Fine Mid 19th Century Decorated Islamic Qalamdan,
Scribe
s Box
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine mid 19th century decorated Islamic Qalamdan, (Scribe's Box), The Qalamdan is in solid brass
Category
Early 19th Century Central Asian Islamic Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Inkwell
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Brass & Crystal Ram Horn Inkwell
Category
Early 20th Century British Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass
$2,200 / set
Antique Cold Painted Bronze Budgerigar / Parakeet Inkwell, circa 1890
Located in Bath, GB
, beautifully cast and painted.
The base is made from polished brass, having been professionally polished by
Category
1890s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
19th Century Victorian Lignum Vitae Bulldog Inkwell, c.1860
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
an empty ink pot insert compartment with a brass hinged lid.
Condition
In Great Condition - no
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Note Pad, Vienna, circa 1920
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco note pad, Vienna, circa 1920
Brass polished and stove enamelled.
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Amazing Art Nouveau Inkwell, circa 1900
By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Very stylish inkwell made in Germany, 1900 circa, it's in copper and brass.
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper
Small Antique Letter Rack, English Oak Desktop Tidy, Office Organiser, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique letter rack. An English, oak and brass desktop tidy or office organiser
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Mahogany Captains Writing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Antique Mahogany Brass bound Captain's writing box containing three secret compartments, one for
Category
19th Century British George III Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Cordage Gauge Callipers, English, Rope, Cable Measure, Rabone, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique cordage gauge callipers. An English, boxwood and brass rope or cable
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique English Gilded Novelty/Figural Inkwell, circa 1880 Tortoise or Turtle
Located in Bath, GB
figure on a naturalistic base.
Beautifully cast in brass retaining the original gilding with a
Category
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Terrestrial Library Table Globe by W
A. K. Johnston, 19th C
Located in London, GB
, Engravers & Printers to the Queen, Edinburgh & London, dated 1891.
The globe features a brass sector
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Mid-19th Century Anglo-French Mold
Cut Glass Inkwell
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-19th century Anglo-French mold & cut glass inkwell. Brass collar. Fine condition with a few
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th Century Ram
s Horn Decorated Inkwell, Possibly Scottish
Located in New York, NY
19th century ram's horn decorated inkwell, possibly Scottish. Comprised of a brass topped glass
Category
Mid-19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Fine Antique Postal / Letter Scale by Sampson Mordan, circa 1890
Located in Bath, GB
cantered edge and Rosewood to the base.
The brass fittings have been professionally polished together
Category
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique English Coromandel Wood "Partner
s" Inkstand, Circa 1870-80
Located in New Orleans, LA
Museum quality Antique English Coromandel wood "Partner's" Inkstand, Circa 1870-80.
Category
1870s English Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Postal Scale
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This is a functional scale for measuring postage that has worked like a dream, since the turn of the 20thc. The scale was manufactured in Austria and features unique bilateral compon...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique English Coromandel and Silver Dressing Case T Dalton, 1849
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning antique Victorian lady's coromandel brass banded travelling dressing case, mid
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique English Oversized Magnifying / Library Glass c.1900
Located in Bath, GB
surrounded by a brass frame and the handle made from turned ebony.
Dating to c.1900, it remains in superb
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Victorian Bronze Sculpture of “Three Lambs” Paperweight over Rose Marble
Located in Shippensburg, PA
marble base with applied twisted-rope bronze edging over a brass plate underside. Beautifully cast and
Category
Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Brass
Antique Officer
s Correspondence Box, English, Writing Slope, Regency, C.1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
in brass for a tactile, attractive contrast
Unmarked brass plaque to the lid, with a matching lock
Category
1820s British Regency Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Huge Rare Antique English Magnifying Glass Lens circa 1910 Decorative Stand
Located in London, GB
comes displayed on a bespoke stand made from brass and ebonized wood as shown in the photos provided
Category
1910s British Folk Art Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
French Antique Golden Boule D
Escalier
Located in London, GB
An increasingly scarce glass 'boule d'escalier'.
France, late 19th century.
With original screw fixture so these can be re-used as their original use as newel posts for stairc...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique English Novelty Inkwell, Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut, circa 1890
Located in Bath, GB
Clearly created after the well known idiom "use a sledgehammer to crack a nut"; this is an unusual and fun figural inkwell.
The walnut is the inkwell with a hinged lid which opens...
Category
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th Century Coromandel Writing Slope by Betjemann
Sons
By George Betjemann
Sons
Located in London, GB
-lined slope and beautiful tiger-satinwood lined fitted interior. A brass button stamped with Patented
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Telescope, Tripod, Refractor, Terrestrial Astronomical T Cooke
Sons
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique telescope on tripod, a three inch tapered refractor for terrestrial or astronomical use, probably originally for military use and dating to circa 1900-1915.
Rai...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Traveling Wooden Burl Walnut Writing Slope Stationary Box 19c
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality early English Well Figured Solid grained Burr Burl Walnut Ladies or Gents twin handle Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and generous propo...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Smart Antique Magnifying Glass by P H Vogel
Co., circa 1920
Located in Bath, GB
The frame surrounding the magnifier is signed by the well renowned maker, P H Vogel & Co. and "Made In England". The undamaged lens is clear with a good magnification ready for use.
...
Category
1920s English Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique English Pieced or Reticulated Lectern / Book Rest, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
An attractive late Victorian Lectern / Book Rest, dating to circa 1880.
The front panel is reticulated or pierced with additional stamped decoration. The angel can be adjusted as ...
Category
Late 19th Century European Late Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Oversized English Boulle Inkstand
Located in Northampton, GB
used to sit pens leading up to a large central Ink Well with a faceted spherical lid and brass collar
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Gilt Bronze and Ebonised Wood Boulle Marquetry Antique Inkstand
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in London, GB
rectangular shape, set on four gilt bronze paw feet and is decorated on all sides with brass and tortoiseshell
Category
19th Century English Baroque Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Rare 19th Century Napoleon III Document Holder/Scriptorium
By Susse Freres
Located in Paris, FR
reine with brass and mother-of-pearl inlay flowers and polished bronze pourtour. Only the binding is
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
19th Century Biedermeier Glass Inkwell Judaica Inkpot
Located in Milano, MI
shows oval engravings, whereas a star of David is engraved in the bottom.
Brass ink lid, fully hand
Category
Early 19th Century Hungarian Biedermeier Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Table fan MARELLI, 220V - Italy, 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
In nice original and functional condition. Fully functional. 220V, European plug.
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron, Brass
19th Century Mahogany Writing Slope Befit with a Pair of Inkwells by J J Mechi
Located in Reading, Berkshire
hidden compartment.
Has an oval front brass plaque ideal for engraving a message if the item is a gift
Category
19th Century British Campaign Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th Century J J Mechi Mahogany Writing Slope Befit with a Pair of Inkwells
By John Joseph Mechi
Located in Reading, Berkshire
action hidden compartment.
Has an oval front brass plaque ideal for engraving a message if the item is a
Category
19th Century British Campaign Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Victorian Coromandel Writing Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Northampton, GB
exotic Coromandel wood with double brass stringing. The front and lid feature a scene of floral sprigs in
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Margeuritte Daisy Letter Opener Page Turner Coupe Papier One-of-a-Kind France
Located in Trensacq, FR
Unique One-of-a-Kind Marguerite Daisy Letter Opener / Coupe-Papier / Page Turner — Signed “Didier”
Beautifully detailed, hand crafted love token depicting a single stemmed bloom.
A ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Metal
Antique English Novelty Letter Opener, Dogs with Glass Eyes
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous desk-top accessory, this solid cast brass letter opener dates to circa 1900, with the
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Japanese 19th Century Mixed Metals, Letter Opener C.1880
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Japanese 19th century mixed metals, letter opener C.1880. The letter opener brass and copper mixed
Category
19th Century Japanese Other Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique Victorian Oak and Brass Smoking and Desks set
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Victorian Oak and Brass Smoking and Desk Set, c. 1870-80
Category
19th Century British Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
M. E. BERNHARDT 1912 Austria Top-Hat Petrol Desk Lighter In Polished Brass
Located in Miami, FL
Top-hat desk lighter designed by M. B. Bernhardt.
This is a very unusual novelty petrol desk
Category
1910s Austrian Art Deco Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
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Antique Brass Desk Accessories For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of antique brass desk accessories for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique brass desk accessories was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and wood. Antique brass desk accessories have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique brass desk accessories to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Victorian, Art Nouveau and Art Deco antique brass desk accessories are of considerable interest. Erhard
Söhne, National Cash Register Co. and Sampson Mordan
Co. each produced beautiful antique brass desk accessories that are worth considering.
How Much are Antique Brass Desk Accessories?
Prices for antique brass desk accessories can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, antique brass desk accessories begin at $13 and can go as high as $37,000, while the average can fetch as much as $882.
Finding the Right Desk-accessories for You
Whether you’ve carved out a space for a nifty home office or you prefer the morning commute, why not dress up your desk with antique and vintage desk accessories? To best tiptoe the line between desk efficiency and desk enjoyment, we suggest adding a touch of the past to your modern-day space.
Desks are a funny thing. Their basic premise has remained the same for quite literally centuries: a flat surface, oftentimes a drawer, and potentially a shelf or two. However, the contents that lay upon the desk? Well, the evolution has been drastic to say the least.
Thank the Victorians for the initial popularity of the paperweight. The Industrial Revolution offered the novel concept of leisure-time to Europeans, giving them more time to take part in the then crucial activity of letter writing. Decorative glass paperweight designs were all the rage, and during the mid-19th-century some of the most popular makers included the French companies of Baccarat, St. Louis and Clichy.
As paper was exceedingly expensive in the early to mid-19th-century, every effort was made to utilize a full sheet of it. Paper knives, which gave way to the modern letter opener, were helpful for cutting paper down to an appropriate size.
Books — those bound volumes of paper, you may recall — used to be common occurrences on desks of yore and where there were books there needed to be bookends. As a luxury item, bookend designs have run the gamut from incorporating ultra-luxurious materials (think marble and Murano glass) to being whimsical desk accompaniments (animal figurines were highly popular choices).
Though the inkwell’s extinction was ushered in by the advent of the ballpoint pen (itself quasi-obsolete at this point), there is still significant charm to be had from placing one of these bauble-like objets in a central spot on one’s desk. You may be surprised to discover the mood-boosting powers an antique — and purposefully empty — inkwell can provide.
The clamor for desk clocks arose as the Industrial Revolution transitioned labor from outdoors to indoors, and allowed for the mass-production of clock parts in factories. Naturally, elaborate designs soon followed and clocks could be found made by artisans and luxury houses like Cartier.
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