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Desk Accessories For Sale
Vintage Rolex Dealer
s Quote Pad, Swiss, Leather Bound, Notebook Slip, Late 20th
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage Rolex dealer's quote pad. A Swiss, leather bound notebook slip, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980.
Wonderfully tact...
Category
Late 20th Century Swiss Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Inkwell Grand Tour Neoclassical Patinated Bronze Marble Campaign
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Inkwell Grand Tour Neoclassical Patinated Bronze Marble Campaign
Grand Tour neoclassical patinated bronze campaign inkwell. Finely cast and chased patinated bronze inkwell decorated...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$611 Sale Price
33% Off
Ocean Liner Ship Souvenir Metal Money Box Piggy Bank, Vintage 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous vintage metal money bank. A beautiful decorative item in metal with a missing lock. Made in Europe, circa 1910s or older. Nice addition to any collection, desktop, living ro...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Fratelli Toso Murano Antique Fenicio Blue Orange White Italian Art Glass Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique Murano hand blown cobalt and sky blue, orange, and white Italian art glass decorative double handle cabinet vase. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company, circa 190...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
$488 Sale Price
24% Off
Barbini Murano White Gold Flecks Pink Italian Art Glass Bird Figure Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white, pink and gold flecks Italian art glass bird on base figurine, paperweight. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950-60s. The bird...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Leaf
$450 Sale Price
25% Off
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Inkwell
Located in Greven, DE
French Inkwell with Sheaf of Grain Decoration, signed "Frecourt"
France, circa 1900
Gilded metal, glass
Dimensions: H × W × D: 5 × 12 × 11 cm
Description:
A compact French inkwell ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Italian Leather Gold Leaf Embossed Desk Blotter
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage Florentine Leather Desk Accessory, Italy 1960´s.
Certainly a luxurious addition to any executive or home office desk. Designed for ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Austrian Midcentury Horn Matchbox Holder by Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Minimalistic and pure shaped desk accessories, iconic for its Designer Carl Auböck and in excellent condition.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Horn
$296 Sale Price
63% Off
French Art Nouveau Bronze Card Tray or Pin Tray, Vide - Poche, 1920s
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Art Nouveau Bronze card tray or Pin Tray, Vide - Poche, 1920s
This absolutely adorable card tray or pin tray, Vide - Poche, is made of bronze ...
Category
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Hand Painted Middle Eastern Moorish Style Photo Album, 19th Century
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Middle Eastern Qajar style Moorish picture photo album, with hand painted miniatures on the cover.
This fine Middle Eastern Moorish style scrapbook is hand painted with 22-k...
Category
Late 19th Century Moorish Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
English Wedgwood Jasperware Jewelry Dish Neoclassical Design
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful English Wedgwood Jasperware sage green and white round jewelry dish with neoclassical design, circa 20th century, 1979, England...
Category
20th Century English Neoclassical Desk Accessories
Materials
Stoneware
$192 Sale Price
30% Off
Gilt Bronze and Griotte Red marble inkwell, Empire Period, early 19th century
Located in Paris, FR
Elegant Empire-period inkwell featuring a rectangular base in griotte red marble, embellished with gilded bronzes. The main decoration, of great finesse, represents a winged figure i...
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Elegant Victorian Flame Mahogany Writing Slope
Stationary Leather Interior
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Elegant 19th Century Antique Victorian Flame Mahogany Decorative Inlaid Writing Slope With Black Ebonised Accents & Fitted Stationary Compartments With A Tooled Leather Interior
Supplied with two glass inkwells
A new notepad
A vintage ink pen...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Functional unused phone in top condition, Tesla T65H 1969, Czech Republic
By Tesla
Located in Praha, CZ
- Never used, in original box top condition !!!!
- Fully functional.
- Tesla manufacturer.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Set of Bronze Artillery Cannons with Italian Royal Insignia
Located in New York, NY
Set of bronze artillery cannons with Italian royal insignia. Set of three vintage patinated bronze artillery models including a larger cannon on hand ca...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Carl Auböck Model #9038 Knob in Nickel
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #9038 knob in nickel.
Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese knob is executed in softly brushed nickel by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Nickel
$393 / item
Set Tronador Mini Boxes, Bordeaux Onyx Stone and Silver Alpaca
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Dimensions :
3.1 x 3.1 x 3.9 "
3.9 x 3.9 x 3.2"
The shape of the inactive Tronador volcano reminded us of the pyramid shaped idea of our boxes that make up this collection. With a...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Onyx
Brian Lonsway Paperweight, Toledo OH, American Art Studio Glass, 1980
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage sculptural art glass paperweight features a free-flowing central core of light amber glass and controlled bubbles, enclosed in clear glass in sommerso technique. Reflective ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
1970
s Italian Malachite and Diamond Gold Ring
By Cartier
Located in North Miami, FL
1970's Italian Malachite and diamonds gold ring. 14K gold,.
Has wear by age and use.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite, Gold
Antique Inkwell From France, Brass With Glass, 1880s
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkwell, made from glass with brass.
France, circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$554 Sale Price
20% Off
Danish Crown Letter Opener in Sterling Silver, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stylish paper knife with elongated sterling silver handle set with the Danish Royal Crown hence its name Danish Crown or Dansk Krone in Danish. Fully Hall-marked.
Measurements: ...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Steel
Lunt Silversmith Letter Opener Sterling 925 Desk Set
By Lunt Silver
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a letter opener by Lunt Silversmith, 925 stamped.
Dimensions: 8 Long x .63 W x .38 Thick
Please visit take a look at our listings, we have an amazing curated...
Category
1960s American Neoclassical Revival Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel
Ico Parisi Square White Ashtray, Chrome
Melamine by Lamperti, Italy, 1970s
By Lamperti, Ico Parisi
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and large, square modernist ashtray from the 1970s. Designed by Ico Parisi for Lamperti Italy. Made of melamine plastic with a chromed metal top. In very good condition with a few little spots and marginal fine and slight scratches in the chrome plating, but really nothing major. Fully marked on its underneath. Lamperti Robbiate...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Italian Lucite Pen Pencil Desk Holder By Designer Rede Guzzini
By Rede Guzzini
Located in New York, NY
An Italian Lucite pen, pencil, marker and small paper desk organizer/holder, Postmodern period or Modern style, by designer Rede Guzzini, circa 1980s, Italy. A great desk accessory a...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Tiffany
Co. Antique Arts
Crafts Bronze Pen Holder
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period bronze pen holder
By Tiffany & Co. (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 3.5"W x 3.5"D x 2.5"H.
Good o...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Eagle Motif French Art Nouveau Letter Opener Antique 1900s signed Mauroy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
We are offering this wonderful and original heavy french art nouveau letter opener. The design dates back to the early 1900s to 1910s, the object is made of Bronze. We believe that t...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
HERMES PARIS 1970 Desk Cylinders Lighter
Cigarettes Box In Gilt And Sterling
By Hermès, Louis Ravinet and Charles D
Enfert 1
Located in Miami, FL
A desk set of lighter and cigarettes case designed by Hermes Paris.
This is a very handsome smoker set, created in Paris France by the luxury house of Hermes, back in the 1970. The ...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Gold
$4,889 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Art Nouveau Sterling Vanity Brushes, Set of 6
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of 6 Art Nouveau Sterling silver vanity brushes. American circa 1900.
All stamped Sterling. Original horsehair bristles.
Each brush features a sli...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,200 / set
Italian Murano Art Glass Sphere Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful vintage Italian Murano hand blown art glass paperweight, Midcentury Modern period, circa mid-20th century, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Modernist Solid Oak Pencil / Pen Holder, USA, 1970
s
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Modernist Solid Oak Pencil / Pen Holder, USA, 1970's.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Cartier Gold Buddha Amulet Card and Envelope Set in Luxury Box Desk Stationery
By Cartier
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Cartier Card and Envelope Set with the Iconic Cartier Gold Seated Buddha Pendant Jewelry Design.
Authentic Luxury Cartier Stationery Card Letter and Envelope stamped with the iconic ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Chinoiserie Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Stylized Starfish Sculpture / Paperweight by Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous stylized starfish sculpture / paperweight by Baccarat, circa 1990s. The piece is in excellent condition with no visible imperfections and has great clarity. Signed on the un...
Category
Late 20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Silver Gilt and Full Radial Guilloche Enamel Singing Bird Box with Original Key
Located in London, GB
A sublime silver gilt and full radial guilloche enamel with highlights, singing bird box, with original silver and enamel key and original leather carry case. When wound and the bird-form start/stop button actuated, the magic starts immediately with the bird lid...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Herman Miller Signed Leaf LED Desk Lamp by Yves Behar Model G6510.3Y Modern 2007
Located in Miami, FL
Modern LED Leaf Desk lamp designed by Yves Behar and made by Herman Miller.
Organic shaped steel in Dove gray with adjustable LED Arm and rotates.
Touch controls at the base turn th...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Steel
Wicker Cane Lucite Acrylic Tissue Box Dior Style
Located in New York, NY
A wicker cane and acrylic tissue holder box in the style of Christian Dior Home. This acrylic and wicker cane box holds standard size tissues. Beautiful natural wicker cane and clear...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Cane, Acrylic, Wicker
Murano Art Glass Swimming Fish Aquarium Italian Vintage Sculpture Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso swimming fish aquarium Italian art glass paperweight / sculpture. The piece is created in the manner of designer Riccardo Licata and the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Dalmatian Murano Glass Black White Spotted Puppy Dog Figure Paperweight
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cute hand blown Murano glass Puppy Dog Figurine Sculpture in Black and White Murrine, Italy, 1950s.
This nice doggy stands up on a small clear glass base. It has white spots on a bla...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
$907 Sale Price
20% Off
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Doré Partner
s Inkwell With Desk Tray
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze partner's inkwell with desk tray featuring the iconic Zodiac pattern
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
Ne...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Curved Horn and Mirror Cube Sculptures Pair of
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely pair of curved horn and mirror base cube sculptures are from the 80's. The gradients of colors of the horn range from tan to off white to gray and slate gray and etc. The...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Horn, Mirror
Carl Auböck Paperweight #4751-1 Paperclip, Austria
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Huge #4751-1 paperweight in the shape of a paperclip, Austria. New.
Category
2010s Austrian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Grand Tour Pietra Dura Specimen Top Paperweight, 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a superb decorative antique Italian Grand Tour marble Pietra Dura mounted desk paperweight, circa 1880 in date.
This splendid rectangular paperweight is exquisitely inlaid with a sumptuous arrangement of semi-precious stones including malachite, agate, onyx and amethyst.
It is beautifully inlaid on a slate base.
Not only is this desk paperweight very functional, but it is also an exquisite mineralogical wonder that can be admired by all discerning collectors.
Condition:
In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation,
Dimensions in cm:
Height 2 x Width 17 x Depth 10
Dimensions in inches:
Height 1 inch x width 7 inches x depth 4 inches.
Pietra dura is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly polished coloured stones to create images. It is considered a decorative art.
Pietre dure is an Italian plural meaning "hard rocks" or hardstones; the singular pietra dura is also encountered in Italian. In Italian, but not in English, the term embraces all gem engraving and hardstone carving, which is the artistic carving of three-dimensional objects in semi-precious stone, normally from a single piece, for example in Chinese jade.
The traditional convention in English has been to use the singular pietra dura just to denote multi-colored inlay work. However, in recent years there has been a trend to use pietre dure as a term for the same thing, but not for all of the techniques it covers, in Italian.
But the title of a 2008 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe used the full Italian sense of the term, probably because they thought that it had greater brand recognition. The material on the website speaks of objects such as a vase in lapis lazuli as being examples of "hardstone carving (pietre dure)"
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London uses both versions on its website, but uses pietra dura. "A method of inlaying coloured marbles or semi-precious stones into a stone base, often in geometric or flower patterns...."
Giovanni Montelatici...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Malachite, Onyx, Marble
Italian Photo Frame Art Nouveau with Black Marble, Illumination
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Illumination is a rectangular golden silver photo frame with black marble designed by Laura G Art with Heart and it is decorated 360°, both front and back as every one of my picture ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Silver
Large Antique Oak Perpetual Desk Calendar. English, C.1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
A fabulous oak desk calendar
Lovely colour of oak
Original patina. Not re-polished
Good condition. All text and numbers complete
Free UK shipping
Category
1890s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
Austrian Art Deco Silver Plate
Cut Glass Casket or Table Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Austrian casket or table box.
With a silver plate mount, a beveled glass insert top, and with a mold blown and cut body with a facete...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage MCM Walnut Pencil Holder
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage MCM walnut pencil holder, circa 1970s. The piece is in great vintage condition and measures 3.625"D x 3"H. Superb craftsmanship on this very attractive desk accessory! #4795
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
English Victorian Brass Owl Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian brass owl inkwell on rectangular tray.
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Fontana Arte Empty Pocket Glass, 1955, Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, IT
Fontana arte empty pocket.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Grey Agate Onyx Decorative Object or Display Piece
Located in New York, NY
A substantial polished natural agate/geode/onyx decorative object in shades of grey and white. Piece can be used as a decorative piece for a shelf, table, desk, etc., or as a display...
Category
20th Century Unknown Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Quartz, Agate
$380 Sale Price
41% Off
Tiffany Studios Pine Needle Bronze Doré and Slag Seven-Piece Desk Set
Located in Northport, MI
An exceptional seven-piece desk set by Tiffany Studios New York, crafted circa early 20th century in the iconic Pine Needle Pattern. This finely detailed ensemble features warm bronz...
Category
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Apothecary Mortar
Pestle, Circa 1800
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The cup shaped cast body decorated with incised ring-turned detail, rising from a waisted & stepped circular foot, together with its original pestle.
Combined weight, 3.75 lbs.
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Blue Agate Quartz Bookends or Decorative Objects, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial pair of cobalt blue agate bookends or decorative objects, circa late-20th century, Brazil. Great as bookends and equally great as standalone decorative ob...
Category
Late 20th Century Brazilian Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate, Quartz
Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti Valentine Typewriter, Italy 1960s
Located in Naples, IT
Famous and Iconic Portable Typewriter Mod. Valentine designed by Ettore Sottsass and Peter King, for the company Olivetti in 1960, the typewriter is in very good condition with case ...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Contemporary F.ACE Golden Finish Aluminium Wall Hook by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
F.ACE Aluminium Wall Hook by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 6 x D 5 x H 10 cm
Materials: Aluminium
The F.ACE Hook is a riff on our popular compass Hook. It is sand cast in solid Alumin...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Black Bakelite Rotary Wall Cradle Telephone
Dictograph 1940s
Located in London, GB
This is a rare vintage GPO desktop or wall cradle fire emergency telephone 164 in black Perspex Bakelite together with a Dictograph system sub station, serial number 21858 circa 194...
Category
1940s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Other
English Silver Car Cigar Holder
Located in New York, NY
The 12 cigar holder detachable top reveals a compartment for additional usage, the top of the engine lifts up to reveal a compartment for matches, the top...
Category
1910s English Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
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 Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
English Country Brass Paperweights
Located in Queens, NY
English Country style (19th Cent) brass 3 similar piece weight set with loop top (1@ 4 oz, 1 @ 1lb., 1 @ 2lbs.)
Category
19th Century British British Colonial Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$390 / set
Set of 4 Lucite and Chrome Ashtrays in Dior Style, Dior Style, France 1970s
By Dior Home
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful set of 4 Mid-Century ashtrays in clear lucite and chrome. These stylish items were designed in France during the 1970s and are attributed to Dior Home production.
In amazi...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Delightful Sapphire Blue Czech Crystal Cushion Shaped Perfume Bottle circa 1930s
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Delightful sapphire blue Czech crystal cushion shaped perfume bottle with dabber
Vintage Bohemian, Czech crystal,
circa 1930s
Measure...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Stylized Rabbit Sculpture / Paperweight by Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous stylized rabbit sculpture / paperweight by Baccarat, circa 1990s. The piece is in excellent condition with no visible imperfections and has great clarity. Signed on the unde...
Category
Late 20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Antique, New and Vintage Desk Accessories
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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