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Desk Accessories For Sale
Vintage Coastal Cane and Rattan Desk Organizer
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Beautiful handmade coastal desk organizer. Made from wood, rattan, and cane weave.
Rarer form of cane box weave creates and exceptional pattern. Color pairs well with the darker ra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Cane, Rattan
Handmade Small Decorative Paperweight Cube in Black Marquina Marble
By Fiammetta V.
Located in Carrara, IT
Small decorative paperweight cube full in black Marquina marble. Each piece is in a way unique (every marble block is different in veins and shades) and handmade by Italian artisans ...
Category
2010s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
English Arts
Crafts Bronze Seal, Cat
Mouse Motif, circa 1900–1930
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
English Arts & Crafts Bronze Seal, Cat & Mouse Motif, circa 1900–1930
A finely cast English Arts & Crafts bronze desk seal, surmounted by a sculptural mouse crouched at the top of t...
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Space Age German Metal Desk Utensilo from Deyhle, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Space Age German Metal Desk Utensilo from Deyhle, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969.
Additional information:
Material: Metal
Color: Black
Styles: Mid...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Tiffany Studios New York Grapevine Bronze and Slag Glass Desk Calendar Frame
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period bronze and slag glass "Grapevine" pattern desk calendar frame or picture frame
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the back)
New York,...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Rosewood Writing Slope Decorated With Beautiful Inlay Throughout
Located in Reading, Berkshire
19th Century Rosewood Writing Slope Decorated With Beautiful Woodland Floral Scenes & Inlay Throughout.
The slope features a well executed fitted interior sadly no hidden compartme...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$2,827 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Jeff Seely Large Paperweight, American Studio Art Glass 1980s
By J. Seeley
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Massive, heavy paperweight features complex asymmetrical fused glass center, accentuated by groups of controlled bubbles. Three free-form string stru...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso
Italian Vintage Marble Eggs, Circa 1960
Located in CH
Italian vintage marble eggs, Circa 1960
Set of 10 Eggs of different colors and marble type.
The glass bowls are not included in the price.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
JAZ Paris 1930 Art Deco Geometric 8 Days Glass Desk Clock in Stainless Steel
By Jaz
Located in Miami, FL
A desk clock designed by Jaz Paris.
A beautiful and very handsome desk clock, created in Paris France by the the clock company of Jaz during the art deco period, back in the early 1930. This very decorative piece is very hard to find has been designed with geometric art deco patterns and assembled from an octagonal beveled cranberry glass and stainless steel steeped mountings. Deceptively weighty time piece showing the quality that one expects from this maker.
Movement: French mechanical wingding Jaz movement, Eleven Jewels, 8 days. The dial is round with metallic cranberry color, Arabic silver...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
$1,575 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Late 17th Century Baroque Iron Door Lock
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large French baroque wrought iron door lock on acrylic stand.
Category
Late 17th Century French Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wrought Iron
$650 Sale Price
48% Off
René Lalique Cup with Foot "Dampierre"
By René Lalique
Located in Madrid, ES
René Lalique
Cup with foot "Dampierre", in French crystal from the 20th century, molded and relieved, signed 'Lalique, France'. Dimensions: 12.5 x 12 cm.
Category
20th Century French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
1950
s New Old Stock Vintage Pocket Plane Whistles - Bundle Of Ten
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950's New Old Stock Vintage Pocket Plane Whistles - Bundle Of Ten. We recently came across a large hoard of new old stock hardware and general merchandise items, laying untouched si...
Category
1950s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Massive Art Nouveau Bronze Poseidon Inkwell, by Hans Müller
By Hans Muller
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Massive Art Nouveau Bronze Poseidon Inkwell, by Hans Müller
Austrian, circa 1900.
Behold the Art Nouveau Bronze Poseidon Inkwell, a masterpiece attributed to the skilled hands of Ha...
Category
Late 19th Century Belle Époque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Famille Verte Porcelain Inkwell by Samson
By Samson
Cie
Located in Paris, FR
Small famille verte porcelain inkwell decorated with enameled flowerpots, foliage, and stylized rinceaux. The inkwell is set on a gilt bronze b...
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Desk Accessories
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Royal Doulton Porcelain Figurine, "The Mendicant"
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Royal Doulton The Mendicant, Moroccan figurine of a man wearing a turban and playing a tamburine.
High glazed, finely modeled bone china with exquisi...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Folk Art Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Fantastic 19th Century French Dore Bronze Mounted Blue Opaline Crystal Box
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Fantastic 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Dore Bronze Mounted Blue Opaline Crystal Box. The box is composed of two sections of French opaline crystal which are mounted to a fa...
Category
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Argentor Sugar bowl made of brass and glass. Design by Jutta Sika around 1910
Located in Wien, AT
Sugar bowl made of brass and glass. Design by Jutta Sika. Around 1910. Stamped Argentor; Jutta Sika was a member of the Wiener Werkstätte and a founding member of the Austrian Werkb...
Category
1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Two Small Amber and Sterling Silver Handle Letter Openers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
As found in Denmark, this set of two amber handled letter openers are made 925 Sterling silver. These are a perfect addition to any home office as a desk accessory for opening mail o...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Brass and Wrought Iron Skeleton Key
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A vintage brass and wrought iron skeleton key. Embossed "PENN" on the side.
Shown with lifesize hand model for scale.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE Unknown....
Category
19th Century Industrial Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Small Twirling Bird Polished Wood Sculpture by Jakob Hermann for Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
Unique rotating wooden birds, created in the 1950s by the Danish furniture designer and true artist, Jacob Hermann and now being manufactured by Warm Nordic. The Danish-manufactured Twirling Birds...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Tiffany Studios New York Venetian Bronze Double Inkwell
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique bronze double inkwell box in the Venetian design
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 2...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Art-Deco inkwell depicting globe and plane on Portoro marble base
Located in Milan, IT
Art-Déco inkwell depicting globe mounted on polished Portoro marble base.
Earth globe with the names of the continents and seas written in French, cast in aluminum with embossed con...
Category
1930s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Cartier 18ct Gold Plate Nib Vendome Trinity Brushed Ballpoint Pen, Leather Case
By Cartier
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Cartier Vendome Trinity Brushed Ballpoint Pen With Bordeaux Leather Slip Case
Brushed Silver-tone with Trinity rings to the cap, and a retractable mechanical clip, together with the...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Perthshire Art Glass Paperweight Twists and Millefiori
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Perthshire paperweight features large central P cane (signature cane), surrounded by 3 rings of highly detailed millefiori can...
Category
20th Century Scottish Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Glass, Sommerso
Mid Century Murano Glass Fish Aquarium Sculpture
By Aldo Barberi, Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Italian hand blown solid glass aquarium with fish and sea life inclused into a clear blue curved wave shape sculpture. Murano, Italy
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Antique Brass Letter Opener with Celtic Cifer - Symbolism
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unusual paper knife in solid brass. Its top depicts a Celtic cifer with symbolism of both love and power. It was made in Europe during the 19th century. It has indistinguishable mark...
Category
19th Century European Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Tiffany Studios New York "Damascene Harp" Desk Lamp
Located in New York, NY
This desk lamp by Tiffany Studios, dating from circa 1910, features a damascene favrile glass shade on an adjustable patinated bronze harp base. With dichroi...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Daum France Pate de Verre Cactus Flower Paperweight or Decorative Sculpture
By Daum
Located in Atlanta, GA
This delicate pate de verre frosted crystal flower paperweight or decorative sculpture is by Daum, France, and was hand-made in the 1970s. The sculpture features a lovely cactus flow...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
François Godebski Signed Fractal Resin Globe Sculpture in Amethyst Purple
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Sculptural resin globe by François Godebski (1940–1997), France, created and dated 1980. Executed in translucent fractal resin, the work takes the form of a perfectly rounded sphere ...
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Luxury Swedish Art Deco Red Marble
Bronze Desk Set, 1920s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Exquisite Swedish Art Deco desk set from the 1920s, crafted in richly veined red marble with elegant bronze details. This luxury set includes:
*Letter holder
*Letter knife with marb...
Category
1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Minimal Bottle Opener Made in Brass, Stainless Steel and Raw Steel
Located in Chicago, IL
Strong in form and heavy in weight, the bottle openers are elegant in their simplicity and precision. Solid bar stock is transformed through the most minimal intervention possible, c...
Category
2010s American Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel
Hervé Obligi, Colors, Sculptural Fountain Pen, France, 2017
By Hervé Obligi
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural fountain pen by Hervé Obligi. Gold leaf lacquer, rock crystal, yellow gold. Marked: HO. Unique piece.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desk Accessories
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold, Gold Leaf
English Edwardian Mahogany Book Stand, Circa 1900
Located in High Point, NC
Lovely period Edwardian book stand made from Mahogany and expertly inlaid with satinwood.
This charming book stand is absolutely precious! The stand is made from mahogany and then...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Vintage Silver Plate Hand Held Magnifying Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A substantial, silver plated hand-held magnifying glass, circa 1980s.
Perfect for the desk top or a library, this heavy magnifying has a ribbed metal handle terminating in a solid b...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown International Style Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Gold Gilt Rope Letter Mail Holder, circa 1960s
Located in New York, NY
A small gold gilt 'rope' style desk letter mail holder, circa 1960s. Piece is metal with a gold gilt overlay in a rope design. A great piece for desk to hold small papers, etc., show...
Category
Mid-20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
1960
s Italian Brass Shopping Bag Set Magazine and Letter Holders
By Gio Ponti
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Rare set of brass shopping bags from Italy, circa 1960.
Both are stamped "made in Italy" on bottom.
Fabulous as decoration together or use separate as magazine/letter bin.
Both ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Copper
Large English Antique Brass Desk Magnifying Glass / Paperweight c.1910
Located in Bath, GB
Always very popular and a very useful desk-top accessory, this one is one of the larger examples, quite an imposing size. These large circular magnifiers actually are the condenser o...
Category
1910s British Edwardian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Sublime Wedgwood Ordinary Lustre Butterflies Baluster Porcelain Vase #Z4830
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
A stunning Wedgwood vase with a glaze reminiscent of fine gossamer. The sky blue base ground has veil of golden brown mottling, adorned with a flutter of gilded butterflies...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
$2,211 Sale Price
40% Off
MCM Bruce Fox Gold Anodized Aluminum 3D "Excellence" Motivation Desk Accessory
By Bruce Fox
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Bruce Fox motivational desk accessory 3D Font " Excellence " in gold anodized aluminum. In fine condition, maybe needs to clean a little better, mino...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Sable Shaped Letter Opener
Located in Meer, VAN
Early 20th Century Sable Shaped Letter Opener.
A letter opener with a very distinct sable style design - early 20th century or even late 19th century. Shows a nice patina.
About O...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Art Deco Inspired Horse Bust Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and unique addition to your desk. This beautiful horse bust rests on a marble base making it an understated elegant part of your décor. The base i...
Category
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
$120 Sale Price
20% Off
Hermes Pheasant Letter Opener, 1960s France
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A stunning and eclectic addition to your office or display, this silver plated Hermès letter opener is incredibly rare. In the shape of a pheasant, with an elegant blade of tail feat...
Category
1960s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Silver
Max Le Verrier Bronze Vide Poche or Catch All, Libra Zodiac
Located in Miami, FL
Max Le Verrier Bronze Vide Poche or Catch All, Libra Zodiac
Bronze by Max Le Verrier that makes a great key holder/vide-poche, Libra Zodiac Bronze Vide Poche.
The balance symbols ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Signed Gustav Stickley Arts
Crafts Hammered Copper Rocker Blotter
Located in South Bend, IN
A rare antique Arts & Crafts period hammered copper rocker ink blotter
By Gustav Stickley
USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 7"W x 2"D x 2.5"H
Good original vintage condition, wit...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
20th Century Bronze / Brass Industrial Flame Proof Ceiling Light / Desk Lamp
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Solid bronze desk lamp with braided cable and dimmer switch.
Comes with vintage Edison filament lamp E27.
Made in the 1980s by Kokosha - Osaka, Japan.
...
Category
19th Century Japanese Industrial Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Tiffany
Co. Style Antique Empire Marble Rocker Blotter With Brass Handle
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional antique Empire or Neoclassical marble rocker ink blotter with brass laurel wreath handle
In the manner of Tiffany & Co.
USA, Late 19th Century
Measures: 5.13"W x 3"...
Category
Late 19th Century American Empire Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass
Crystal Pink Ashtray for Val Saint Lambert, Paper Weight Signed
By Guido Bon, Val Saint Lambert
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Free-blown pink and clear crystal ashtray by Val Saint Lambert.
Could be used as a vide poche or decorative desk accessories.
Hand blown beautif...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Rare Gucci Solid Sterling Silver Lion
s Paw Letter Opener
By Gucci
Located in Bath, GB
I have only ever had one other of these and it was silver over bronze; I was amazed to find this heavy solid silver example fully marked "925" on the underside and signed by the famo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gilt Bronze and Champleve Enamelled Inkstand
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th Century gilt bronze and champlevé enameled inkstand with single well with hinge cover and pen rest. All raised up on bun feet.
Dimensions
H...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
$955 Sale Price
40% Off
French Dore Bronze Mounted Blue Opalescent and Dore Bronze Finial Covered Box
Located in New York, NY
A French dore bronze mounted blue opalescent and dore bronze finial covered box. This round form box is very unusual with a blue opalescent color and dore bronze mount. The top is fi...
Category
1920s French Louis XVI Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Napoleon III Gutta Percha Desk Accessory Pen Holder, circa 1880
Located in Atlanta, GA
An outstanding testament to 19th-century craftsmanship, this exceptional Napoleon III Gutta Percha pen holder was masterfully designed at the end of the 19th Century. The piece was m...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Latex
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Pattern Bronze Letter Rack
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period bronze "Zodiac" pattern desk letter holder rack
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Dutch Delft Blue and White Ink Well attributed to Anthoni Pennis
By Delft
Located in Hastings, GB
A superb 18th Century Dutch Delft Blue and White Ink Well and Desk Stand attributed to Anthoni Pennis, beautifully decorated in the chinoiserie style.
Marked to the base with the Blu...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Pottery
TRONADOR Rectangular Brown Onyx Stone Box
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The shape of the inactive Tronador volcano reminded us of the pyramid shaped idea of our boxes that make up this collection. With a rectangular or square base, the box is a reflectio...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Onyx
$1,100 / item
Oversized Antique English Olivewood Stationery Cabinet by Betjemann
Leuchars
Located in Northampton, GB
Bearing a Duke’s Coronet
From our Writing Boxes collection, we are delighted to offer this exceptional Victorian Olivewood Stationery Cabinet. The Cabinet of large size finished in ...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Snow Globe Black White Chanel Number 5
By Chanel
Located in Munich, DE
Rare limited edition of a Chanel Snow Ball with white bags on a white base, which are only for VIP Customers in excellent condition and with the original bo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic, Acrylic
English Notary Travel Mail Desk Correspondence Box, circa 1910
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Antique writing slope, notary desk or travel correspondence box in oak, dating to the Edwardian period. Origin England, Circa 1910.
The wood in the box shows a patina in good condit...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Austrian "Figa" Lighter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A great tabletop lighter depicting.
It is traditional in Brazil to wear a figa symbol to ward off bad luck.
Category
1940s Austrian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze
$1,500
Tiffany Box and Bow Crystal Paperweight by Tiffany
Co.
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous iconic Tiffany box with bow crystal paperweight by Tiffany & Co. circa 1990's. The box is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 3"W x 3"D x 2....
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Baccarat French Crystal Heart Paperweight or Decorative Object
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
From French luxury crystal Maison Baccarat, a beautiful clear transparent puffed heart paperweight or decorative object, circa early 21st century, Fr...
Category
Early 2000s 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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