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English Victorian Multi-tonal Hardstone Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
into a carved black stone casing. The inkwells and pedestal are cut from thick faceted glass with brass
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Chinese style blue
gold ceramic inkwell
Located in London, GB
A Chinese style blue and gold ceramic inkwell, with a hinged brass lid, mounted on a reticulated
Category
Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Broom and showel set vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Broom and showel set vienna around 1920s
Polished and stove enameled
Showel: H: 3cm W: 15,5cm D: 17.5cm
Broom: H: 10cm W: 10cm D: 3,5cm
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$336 / set
19th Century Wooden Letter Rack - Napoleon III
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique letter rack, made of Black ebonized wood, with brown patinated brass trims
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Ultra-Rare 1900 Picture Frame Clip Paperweight - Antique Glass Decor
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
frame is elevated on a sturdy base made of thick-tinted glass, complemented by decorative brass elements
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Exquisite Georgian Hand Crafted Mahogany Writing Slope With Red Tooled Leather
By Thompson Cabinet Company
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Early 19th Century Exquisite Brass Bound Hand Crafted Mahogany Writing Slope Burgundy Red Tooled
Category
1820s British Georgian 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
A Beautiful Victorian Japanned Writing Slope With Decorative Enamel Inlays
Located in Reading, Berkshire
quill pen set.
Antique lap desks had hinged writing surfaces, often covered in leather, felt, or other
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Rare Antique Regency Travelling Writing Box, English c 1810-1820
Located in Kastrup, DK
A rare Regency writing desk box made in solid ebony.
Original leather with natural age-related
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Boulle Inkwell of Large Proportions
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Dublin, IE
wells and covers, with dished pen tray, decorated with cut brass arabesques above a long frieze
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Art Nouveau Inkwell, Signed Gaston Bigard, 1910s, France
By Gaston Bigard
Located in Greven, DE
"BIGARD".
Ceramic with authentic craquele lacquer and a brass lid with beautiful Art Nouveau design of
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th Century Enameled Pocket Watch Stand, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful pocket watch stand, or jewelry stand.
Brass with enameled ornaments.
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Rare Mammoth English Victorian Novelty Inkwell, Owl with Glass Eyes C.1880
Located in Bath, GB
winning combination of brass and silver plate and retaining his wonderful two original glass eyes without
Category
1880s British Late Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
19th Century Enameled Pocket Watch Stand, Jewelry Stand, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful pocket watch stand, or jewelry stand, France, circa 1880.
Brass with enameled ornaments.
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Georgian Rosewood Writing Box by William Chrisp
Located in Northampton, GB
Scrolling Brass Inlay
From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Antique
Category
1820s English George IV Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Brass
Exquisite Victorian Walnut
Black Leather Campaign Writing Slope
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Secret Compartment
SLOPE 23
Brass front shield could be personalised with engraving.
The top and front
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
A Rare C19th Anglo Indian Antler And Vizagapatam Writing Slope
Located in London, GB
A Rare Anglo-Indian Stag Antler Writing Slope Table Top Desk. Late 19th century. The whole veneered
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Cased Drawing Set Length of Longest Tool
Located in Buchanan, MI
An 19th century English cased drawing set length of longest tool. Measures: 6 1/4 inches.
Category
19th Century English Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Mechanical Objects on Lucite Stand, Bookends
Located in North Miami, FL
This pair of antique Industrial elements made in brass on thick Lucite base. The brass details are
Category
1920s American Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Georgian Mechanical Fire Bellows
Located in London, GB
A Georgian brass and mahogany mechanical fire bellows with unusual brass wavy spoked turning wheel
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique English Victorian Boulle Inkwell by JC Vickery
By J. C. Vickery
Located in Northampton, GB
square glass inkwell with brass collar. The Boulle work finished in typical fashion with Tortoiseshell
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
L. M. Ericsson BC 2000 Telephone Made in 1900 Designed as Old Times Book Press
By L.M. Ericsson
Located in Sweden, SE
number of firms to ensure supplies of essentials like brass, wire, ebonite and magnet steel. Much of the
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
Art Nouveau Viper Lamp by Unknown French Artist
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Little is known about the origins of this amazing lamp, apart from it being from France, circa 1900.
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, f...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Antique English Figural / Novelty Ostrich Inkwell C.1880
Located in Bath, GB
traditional (modern) dip pen to finish off the look of the inkwell.
A hefty piece, cast in solid brass with
Category
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$826 Sale Price
20% Off
Oversized Antique English Olivewood Stationery Cabinet by Betjemann
Leuchars
By Leuchars
Son, George Betjemann
Sons
Located in Northampton, GB
veneer and brass mounted to the extremities. The double doors feature a symmetrical brass mounted ducal
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Traveling Inkwell Milk Churn Shape
Located in Vienna, AT
churn. We believe it is made of nickel plated brass; some of the plating has worn away to show the brass
Category
Early 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Art Deco centerpiece alpaca with original glass around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco centerpiece alpaca with original glass around 1920s
Alpaca polished
Original glass
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Rare jugendstil writing set by Erhard
Sohne Germany
By Erhard
Söhne
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Rare jugendstil writing set by Erhard & Sohne Germany including letter holder 10x13x6cm, letter dryer 15x8x6cm and knife 18cm long.
Category
Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique French Empire Style Gilt Eagle Motif
Emerald Glass Paperweight
Located in Atlanta, GA
French, early 20th century.
An antique French empire style paperweight. The paperweight features an emerald green glass base adorned with gilt bronze laurel wreaths surrounding a ce...
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
19th Century Victorian Lignum Vitae Bulldog Inkwell, c.1860
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
is hinged and opens to reveal an empty brass and glass ink pot, within an insert compartment
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Kralik Loetz Art Nouveau Iridescent Glass Inkwell
By Loetz Glass
Located in Vienna, AT
on Loetz Pampas. Lobed square form with typical trailed decoration, applied floral Art Nouveau brass
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Nautical Rolling Ruler, English, Maritime, Draughtsman, Captain Field
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
design added compass points and a protractor scale to the opposing edge
Brass rollers allow the ruler to
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th Century Victorian Blackened Lignum Vitae Bull/Pug Dog with Bow Tie Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
era. Add a touch of sporting elegance to your desk. This inkwell is a testament to the artistry and
Category
19th Century English High Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Inkwell with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
Located in NYC, NY
Fine mid-19th century inkwell with inlaid mother-of-pearl decoration surrounding pen trays, a lidded compartment and two crystal inkwells. The whole raised atop four flattened bun feet.
Category
19th Century English Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Ink Bottle with Boar Head and Antlers
Located in Sheffield, MA
Antique English brass and crystal inkwell with small horns and brass boar head.
Diameter for
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19th Century English Charles II Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Black and White Glass Inkwell
Located in Wien, AT
Black and white glass ink well
Brass nickel platend
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$300 Sale Price
72% Off
Early 20th Century Silver Wax Seal Stamp by Bezalel School Jerusalem
Located in New York, NY
Brass acid-etched wax seal stamp by Bezalel School, Jerusalem, circa 1920.
Acid-etched on each side
Category
Early 20th Century Israeli Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Initial Stamp F.J, Art Nouveau, circa 1910
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful and authentically preserved stamp for sealing wax with the initials F.J
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th Century Handmade Bird with Inlaid Turquoise and Coral Stones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This handmade brass bird has inlaid coral and turquoise with small flakes of amethyst and shell
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Early 20th Century American Adirondack Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Boulle Writing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Edged In Brass
From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this French Boulle Writing
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Black Marble Standish Double Inkwell
Located in Germantown, MD
An exceptional Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Black Marble Standish Inkwell with Cherub playing music.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Louis XV Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
$2,246 Sale Price
25% Off
Small 1820s Travel Inkwell, France
Located in Greven, DE
Wonderful antique travel inkwell in a cover of red leather.
France, early 19th Century.
Category
Early 19th Century French Early Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Cloisonné-Emaille Inkwell, Bronze Doré, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkwell with Cloisonné-Enamel, France circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Cloisonné-Emaille Inkwell, Bronze Doré, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkwell with Cloisonné-Enamel, France circa 1880.
Stamped at the bottom "M B 5 9".
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Enamel
English Victorian Mahogany Double Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian mahogany and brass inlaid trim double inkwell with crystal wells having copper
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Copper
Chinese Art Deco Enameled Bronze Inkwell w/ Bird and Flower Motif, ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Art Deco
Enameled Bronze Inkwell
w/ Bird and Flower Motif
ca. 1920
Dimensions:
Height: 2.5 inches.
Width: 6.75 inches.
Depth: 3.5 inches.
Category
1920s Chinese Art Deco Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Bronze Inkwell Sculpture "Les Moutons à L
abreuvoir" by Jules Moigniez
By Jules Moigniez
Located in Paris, FR
removable. The group is set on an oval, brass base. Signed on the base: J. Moigniez.
Jules Moigniez
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique Iron Sunflower Floral Magnifier
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This unique and rare magnifier has a lovely hand painted sunflower. The magnifier portion is a later addition to the incredible antique handle. He is the perfect addition for the sop...
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Iron
$196 Sale Price
20% Off
Two 19th Century English Walnut Carved Victorian Dachshund Wiener Dog Inkwells
Located in Haarlem, NL
glass inkwell inside.
He has a nice carved collar with brass little rivets and in his mouth there is a
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$2,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Victorian Glossy Extending Black Leather Stationary Writing Slope With Key
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Victorian Glossy Black Leather Extending Correspondence Box / Writing Slope With Black Tooled Leather Interior
SLOPE 30
Inside the slope there is a leather bound blotting sheet, le...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Steel
RESTORED ANTiQUE ART NOUVEAU STATIONERY WRITING CABINET WITH CALENDAR
KEy
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable, Art Nouveau, fully restored stationary writing cabinet with date func...
Category
19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th Century Victorian Lignum Vitae Bulldog Inkwell, c.1860
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
19th century Victorian lignum vitae inkwell modelled as the head of a growling bulldog with realistic glass inset eyes, original leather collar with a copper buckle. The head is hing...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Handsome Collection of 16 19th Century English Walking Sticks, Some with Daggers
Located in Buchanan, MI
Handsome collection of 16 19th century English walking sticks, some with daggers. Priced Per walking stick.
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Equestrian / Jockey CAP Inkstand / Inkwell, C.1890
Located in Bath, GB
hinged brass lid in the form of a Jockey's cap with a silver plated peak, slight wear to edge.
There
Category
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Japonais Revival Coppered Inkstand with Hand Carved Glass Ink Wells
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
are collared in brass and have thick round ground bottoms to fit perfectly into their base. There is
Category
1890s English Japonisme Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Copper
$550 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique Cloisonne Inkwell
By Inaba Cloisonne Co.
Located in Vienna, AT
This inkwell comprises a base and hinged cover. The base is elaborately decorated with red, gold, blue and white against a green background.
The inside of the inkwell is colored red...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Bohemian Czech Art Nouveau Art Glass Inkwell with Water Lily Overlay
By Loetz Glass
Located in San Diego, CA
, circa 1900s. The green art glass well is capped with a gorgeous brass leaf motif lid and rim (there is a
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Antique Brass Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
$425 Sale Price
34% Off
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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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