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Desk Accessories For Sale
Monte Dunlavy Striped Paperweight, American Studio Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage colorful paperweight features white, pink, powder blue, and cobalt blue glass stripes fused in concentric manner. Harmonious color palette allows the use of bright colors to...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Snow Globe Red Chanel Number 5
By Chanel
Located in Munich, DE
Rare limited edition of a Chanel Snow Ball, which are only for VIP Customers in excellent condition and with the original box.
It features the iconic Chanel Number...
Category
2010s French Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Tiffany Studios New York 7-Piece "Pond Lily" Desk Set
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany Studios’ Pond Lily Desk Set is a rare model, with only three extant sets known. The set is decorated with a dazzling array of lily pads, lily buds, dragonflies, and moths. The dragonfly and moth was a leitmotif of the Art Nouveau, but Louis Tiffany encountered the creatures and explored their form and significance throughout his childhood and artistic life, beginning as a youngster who sketched au plein air in the woods and wetlands surrounding his father’s summer house. At his Laurelton Hall estate, an artwork of nature coaxed into form over decades, Tiffany observed these insects in the teeming saltwater marshes and wetlands of Oyster Bay. The crown jewel of his Laurelton Hall garden was a water lily pond filled with varieties of colored water lilies, a novelty that debuted at the 1900 Exposition Universelle. Tiffany proceeded to make a series of designs based on the pond lily which he displayed to much acclaim in the 1902 Turin Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna.
Product Details:
Item #: T-21399
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Country: United States
Circa: 1905
Materials: Patinated Bronze
Signed: blotter ends, inkstand, calendar frame, pen tray and rocker blotter each impressed "Tiffany Studios New York"; the inkstand, pen tray, rocker blotter and blotter ends further impressed with firm's respective model numbers
Literature: Martin Eidelberg, Nina Gray and Margaret K. Hofer, A New Light on Tiffany...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Italian Gold Gilt Tole and Black Marble Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Mid-20th century Italian gold gilt tole and black marble table or desk lamp, Italy, circa 1960s. Gilt tole is a combination of flowers and l...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Metal, Tôle
Porcelain Horse Bookends Decorative Objects, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and fine pair of white and gold porcelain horse bookends or decorative objects, circa late-20th century, Portugal. Pieces have beautiful detail in mane, snout, and ears, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Portuguese Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Gilt Bronze Desk / Inkwell Tray with Sévres Porcelain Plaques
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning French gilt bronze table inkwell tray or desk tray, adorned with exquisite Sèvres soft paste porcelain inset plaques. These hand-painted plaques showcase exceptional craft...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Michel Mangematin Bronze Paperweight, circa 1970, France.
Located in Brussels, BE
Michel Mangematin stone shaped paperweight, circa 1970, France.
Polished bronze.
Signed with the two inverted M and numbered 16.
Dimensions: 7 cm W, 5 cm D, 3 cm H.
All purchases ar...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Victorian Writing Slope/ Travel Desk Box, Brass Bound, UK ca. 1815
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Impressive Victorian writing slope or travel desk - attributed to the famous company of Thompson - from the period around 1800 - 1815 in the United Kingdom. This fantastic Captain’s campaign writing slope dates back to the Napoleonic wars. Well constructed out of solid mahogany with screwed down mount re-enforcements, brass banding, and inset carrying handles at each end, this outstanding travel desk box was designed to withstand the harsh maritime life at sea. The exterior of this Victorian travel box shows an attractive mahogany grain, beautiful colour, and a lovely pleasing patina. There are a couple of old indented scars to the lid along with the usual minor surface scratching, but these imperfections confer it an absolutely unique charme. The box has a tri-fold operation, opening to reveal a secondary smaller writing surface for quick use, then opening again to reveal the main slope fitted with a green felt writing surface which is in reasonable condition and compliments the original interior. When it is completely opened you have two storage compartments underneath. The original lock works smoothly with the original key. The original interior is nicely fitted out with a dark green leather drop-down section in the lid which features four memoire pockets. This section can additionally be lowered to reveal a document wallet...
Category
Early 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Squared Lucite and Chrome Pocket Emptier in Dior Style, France 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning midcentury Lucite and chrome squared valet tray or ashtray. This wonderful item was produced in France in the style of Christian Dior in 1970.
The pocket emptier is lovely because of the beautiful straight lines and the chromed metal central part, making it look like a cube of ice with a floating rounded chromed plate in the middle.
A wonderful example of design from the 1970s, both for the fusion of materials and colours. The chromed plate can be moved, changing the shape of the item.
A gorgeous item that will enhance a midcentury-style living room, studio or entrance hall.
Christian Dior was founded in 1946 by designer Christian Dior. It currently designs and retails leather goods, fashion accessories, footwear, jewelry, timepieces, fragrance, makeup, and skincare products, while also maintaining its tradition as a creator of haute-couture under the Christian Dior Couture division. The Christian Dior label remains largely for women's offerings, although the company also operates the Dior Homme division for men and the baby Dior...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Hand Painted Middle Eastern Qajar Style Picture Photo Album
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Middle Eastern Qajar early 1900s Persian style picture photo album, with hand painted miniature on the cover.
Middle Eastern scrapbook is hand painted with 22-karat gold, wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Moorish Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Leather Waste Basket by Merit Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful leather waste bin in the style of Jacques Adnet produced by Merit Los Angeles. Made entirely of a thick cowhide leather in a distressed sad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
$1,200 / item
Antique Victorian Ashford Pietra Dura Marble Obelisk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful Derbyshire Ashford pietra dura obelisk, inlaid with lillies, circa 1880 in date.
The obelisk is beautifully inlaid with a Pietra Dura of white flowers and malach...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite, Marble
French Gilt Bronze Sculpture Statue Marble Base, circa 19th C.
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, small. French gilt bronze statue in the style of sculptor Hippolyte Francois Moreau, circa late-19th century, France. This gilt ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Inkwell w/ Chinese Jade and Carnelian and Silver Mounts by Edward Farmer, 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Memorialized as an art and antique dealer and "collector of Chinese jades and porcelains" in a 1942 obituary in the New York Times, Edward Farmer, like his father, traveled to China ...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Jade, Silver
Murano Fratelli Toso and Barbini Murrine Flowers Italian Art Glass Paperweights
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Priced per item (3 different designs available).
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Italian art glass paperweights. They are documented to Fratelli Toso company and one to designer...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
$240 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Mid-Century German Red Space Age Desk Utensilo from Quandt Hamburg, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century German Red Space Age Desk Utensilo from Quandt Hamburg, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Baccarat Paperweight Gridel Millefiori B1847
By Baccarat
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Baccarat Paperweight Gridel Millefiori B1847
Date : 1847
Origin : France
Features : Millefiori gridel canes, monkeys, birds, flowers, horse, and devil interspersed with lat...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Russian American Silver Diamond Ruby Letter Opener
Located in Long Island City, NY
A letter opener knife with a patterned metal blade and a black wood and silver handle with two crowns. The end of the handle is decorated with a silver bull's head. The silver elements on the grip are set with colored diamonds and faceted ruby stones. There are engraved inscriptions of O. Voronkoff, USA on the rim of the handle. The knife comes with a pink rhodochrosite and silver stand. The blade is not silver. Collectible Knives...
Category
19th Century North American Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Antique Bronze Sculpture, Elegant Lady Playing Golf
Located in Berlin, DE
Pretty and decorative antique bronze sculpture.
Elegant lady playing golf.
Bronze on marble base.
Very detailed quality.
Category
19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
$6,687 Sale Price
20% Off
Chopper Motorcycle Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a two seat chopper motorcycle. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Beautiful burnished silver color with intricate details. Tip of...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Tiffany Studios New York Bronze Doré
Abalone Blotter Corners With Leather Pad
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous set of four Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period gilt bronze and abalone blotter corners, with a custom blue leather desk blotter.
By Tiffany Studios (blotter corners signed ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Murano Mandala Millefiori Flower Mosaic Red Swirl Italian Art Glass Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown, optic design, millefiori flower mosaic "Mandala" design Italian art glass paperweight. Created in the manner of the Fornasa De Murano A L'Insegna...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Inkwell with Butterfly and Enamel Decoration
Located in Greven, DE
Inkwell with Butterfly Finial
Origin: Probably France
Material: Gilded metal with floral engraving and enamel decoration
Date: Circa 1870–1890
Dimensions: H × D: 11 x 15 cm
Descri...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Roycroft Arts
Crafts Brass Finished Hammered Copper Desk Calendar Frame
By Roycroft
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period brass finished hand hammered copper desk calendar frame or picture frame
By Roycroft (signed with impressed orb and cross mark)
USA, Early 20th Cent...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper, Brass
Mid-20th Century Barovier
Toso, Murano Art Glass Egg Paperweight
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-20th century Barovier & Toso, Murano art glass egg paperweight. Internal radiating threads of glistening aventurine copper floating over a deep, rich opaque core.
2 3/8" dia. x 3...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Large Art Deco Green Onyx Cigar Ashtray with Nude Bronze Lady Sculpture
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Art Deco Green Onyx Cigar Ashtray with Nude Bronze Lady Sculpture.
Signed "Made In Austria".
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
$344 Sale Price
64% Off
Set of 4 Antique Distressed Books for Decoration, C.1800
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderfully distressed books with a lovely color of boards and equally beautiful fore edges.
They are random volumes of The Encyclopedia Britannica...
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Style WMF Art Nouveau Brass and Copper Flowerpot with Levers and Organic Details
Located in Verviers, BE
Style WMF Art Nouveau brass and copper flowerpot with levers and organic details
Hand-hammered out of one piece of copper.
Brass handles with Organic style details
With original...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Copper
Frank Stella Abstract Artist Metropolitan Museum of Art Book, 1970, New York
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
A hard-cover book with dust-jacket on abstract American artist Frank Stella, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970, New York, NY. This book presents a decade of Sella's work from 1959 - 1...
Category
1970s American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Vintage Desk Fan designed by Cadume, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage table/desk fan designed by Codumé, 1960s, swivel foot, 2 speeds, works perfectly, height: 45cm, diameter: 35cm, foot: 16x22 cm. This unique fan captures the essence of vintag...
Category
1960s French Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome, Aluminum
Milan 1910/20 F.lli Koristka Antique Microscope Wooden Box with Accessories
Located in Milan, IT
Tri-ocular optical microscope Euskop model, antique scientific instrument of painted brass and chromed steel, with four-magnification turret n. 40122 by Fratelli Koristka, Milano, ci...
Category
1910s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Burl Stamp Box
Located in New York, NY
A burl wood stamp box with brass hinge, circa early to mid-20th century. Very good condition as shown in images and video. Dimensions: 2.63" Depth x 3.38" Width.
Category
Early 20th Century European Desk Accessories
Materials
Burl
$475
Bronze Gnome Holding Basket Trinket Dish Tray Desktop Item, Vintage Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A lovely and unusual vintage solid bronze trinket dish or tray formed of a basket (cast to look like wicker) being held in the outstretched arms of...
Category
1930s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Carl Auböck Handcrafted Midcentury Hand Brass Figurine Key Ring Chain Holder
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist hand keyring / key holder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria. Fully stamped and m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Murano Art Glass Paperweight Lily Shaped Flower with Curled Stem Italy
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Italian Murano art glass lily flower with curled stem paperweight.
Beautiful blown art glass Murano lily shaped flower with a short curled stem, allowing ...
Category
20th Century Italian Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Art Deco Bronze Rabbit Table Bell Ring by Edouard-Marcel Sandoz 1920s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
A fine quality, early twentieth century bronze model of a ‘Rabbit with Ear Raised’ by Edouard Marcel Sandoz (Swiss, 1880-1971). This bronze was produced using the lost wax process at...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Barbini Murano Sommerso Blue Green Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Fish Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso green to blue, and gold flecks Italian art glass fish sculpture on pedestal. Documented to Master glass artist and designer Alfredo Barbi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Leaf
$375 Sale Price
25% Off
Enzo Mari Letter and Pen Holder for Danese 1962, in Blue and Green
Located in Milan, IT
Early Enzo Mari Letter and Pen Holder for Danese 1962.
In the colors of Blue and Green.
Carries the Danese label.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Hermcès Stirrup Shaped Pencil and cards Holder in Brass and Leather
By Hermès
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Hermcès Stirrup Shaped Pencil and cards Holder in Brass and Leather
Exceptional Hermès Stirrup Shaped Pencil and cards Holder
...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Chrome
Zanetti Italian Murano Twisted Rope Paper Weight or Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A complex and beautifully made rope class twisted into a 5" round sphere of glass - perfect for a paperweight on you desk or workstation.
Also, a stand alone sculpture or bookend.
...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage French Bulldog on Agate Base
Located in New York, NY
Vintage French bulldog on agate base. Carved crystal carnelian red French bulldog mounted on antique agate and marble base. Italy, circa 1940
Dimensions: 5....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate, Crystal
Late 19th Century Porcelain Inkwell With Gilt Bronze Mount
Located in Greven, DE
Chinese Porcelain Desk Vessel with Gilt Bronze Mount
Origin: China, made for the European export market
Material: Porcelain, overglaze decoration, glass liner, gilt bronze
Date: Lat...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Lizard and Lapis Lazuli Paperweight
Located in North Hollywood, CA
French cast bronze / brass lizard in lost wax technique on a solid polished Lapis Lazuli. Can be used as a paperweight or decorative desk accessory.
Lizard itself is 5.5" wide, 3" de...
Category
1920s French Belle Époque Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Seguso Murano Opalescent White Dark Olive Italian Art Glass Baby Bear Figurine
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white and dark olive green opalescent Italian art glass baby bear cub sculpture / figure. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso. The bear is nic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Cenedese Italian Glass Fish Aquarium Paperweight
By Cenedese
Located in New York, NY
Cenedese Italian glass fish aquarium round paperweight. Hand blown in the Cenedese workshop, Murano, Italy, c. 1970's
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
$550 Sale Price
26% Off
Antique Tiffany Studios Zodiac 6-Piece Bronze Doré Desk Set
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This lovely 6-piece bronze doré desk set was made by Tiffany Studios of New York. The early 20th-century set has a warm golden finish with its original patina and has been made in Tiffany's popular Zodiac motif featuring stylized depictions of the 12 signs of the Zodiac set in ovoid cartouches. The Zodiac signs are set amongst intricate Celtic-style knots.
The desk set is comprised of a 2-row letter rack, a pair of desk blotter ends, a pen tray, a letter opener, and a large inkwell fitted with a hinged lid. The inkwell comes complete with its original clear glass ink reservoir. This particular selection of pieces is quite practical and represents an ideal manner in which to start a collection of Tiffany Zodiac desk set...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Arco Blue Bee Fountain Pen
By Pineider
Located in Milan, IT
This stunning piston-filled fountain pen belongs to a limited series of 888 pieces. It is made by overlapping layers of blue and yellow resins, joined by gold glues accents for a str...
Category
2010s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Bronze Sculpture Lioness / Roger Godchaux Jewish Artist
Susse Lost Wax Bibelot
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Bronze Sculpture Lioness / Roger Godchaux Jewish Artist
Susse Lost Wax Bibelot . An important bronze sculpture By the great Jewish Master animalier , Estampille
1- Cire perdue Lost Wax Stamp "La Lionne" by Roger Godchaux. See Photo
2- 2- With A Stamp of Susse. See Photo
3- 3- the signature of the Artist on the bronze. See Photo
Incredible Executed and very fine details with Dark Brown Patina with a hue of green . The movement of the lionesse is very graceful and sinuous (as most of the lion Sculpture he produced) Mounted on a black stone base 5 1/2" x 11 1/2" Godchaux Né à Vendôme le 21 décembre 1878 et mort le 6 mars 1958 à Paris.
Excellent color and details Collector’s item, hand finished On a Desk as garniture on a mantle fireplace, on a side table or a library , placed on a console or inside a niche . Decorative accent in any home , on top of a chest-of-drawers or credenza . As a special gift item small object that adds a touch of history or as a whimsical accent finishing touches. A Great Holiday season Gift or a house warming present. on a bedroom nightstand, or to make it part of the bibelot in a library . What sets this piece apart from other productions is the quality of the bronze casting, the level of attention to details, the depth and the character reflecting the passion of the maker. Over the decades you can see signs but overall good condition. For your office desk elegant space , a man's den , living room or entry way, this fun piece is very versatile.
Roger Godchaux Sculpteur animalier regularly produces animal drawings and paintings. Thus, unlike his sculptures which mainly represent wild animals, especially elephants and felines that he was going to study at the Jardin des Plantes, his paintings are often inspired by farm animals that he could observe in a small village of Brie where lived the mother of his companion. He also paints commissioned portraits or portraits of his family or friends, such as Gaston Switzerland or René Huchet .
But it is above all a sculptor. He made some works by direct carving of the wood. However, he mainly worked by modeling the earth. It treats surfaces by smoothing and oblique streaks. In this respect, unlike other animal sculptors like Édouard-Marcel Sandoz , François Pompon or Armand Petersen whose works are smooth, his work is close to the art of Paul Jouve which leaves apparent textures.
The lioness is finished with Godchaux’s distinctive surface modeling where the flesh is left textured like a wax model on the artists bench...
Category
20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Italian Photo Frame in Lost Wax Silver , Harmony Coral
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Harmony coral is a unique edition photo frame designed
and realized by atelier Laura G for Art with Heart collection.
It is a wonderful lost wax silver model hand chiselled by master...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Paperweight, ruler with pen by Vanni Mazzetti
Located in Lugo, IT
Paperweight, ruler with pen by Vanni Mazzetti
Brass and steel
Good condition.
Thank you
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Contemporary Authentic Leather Navy Blue Covered Tissue Box
Located in Toronto, ON
Your powder room may be small, but that doesn't make it and less deserving of extravagant ornamentation. This navy blue leather tissue box cover is nothing short of exceptional, fully wrapped in leather and bone on a base of sycamore. Concealed bottom door to allow access for square tissue box.
Category
2010s Philippine Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Leather
Crocus Chocolate Paper Tray A4
By Cassigoli
Located in Milan, IT
Handmade paper tray A4 dressed in fine and soft genuine grain leather and soft microfiber. Available in two colors.
Category
2010s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
$375 / item
1970s Stunning Pair of Big Italian Marble Dices, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s. Stunning pair of big Italian dices in white marble, in very good conditions. Made in Italy.
Dimension:
2,75 x 2,75 x 2,75 inches
7 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm H.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Antique Victorian English Bramah Leather Fold-out Correspondence Writing Desk
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Beautiful
Luxurious Handcrafted Victorian Bramah Hardwood Fold-out Travelling Writing Companion With Fitted Leather Interior, Ceramic Blotting Tablets.
Complete with Beautifu...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Pan-Am DC3 Wooden Airplane Desk Model, Midcentury
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco / midcentury large DC3 desk aviation model.
Pan-Am wooden airplane model.
It was in an office of the company in South America.
Very good restored conditions. Slight age wear.
History
Pan American Airways began the first transatlantic passenger service on this day in 1939. Pan American World Airways, as it was to be known, commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal United States international air carrier from the late 1920s until its collapse on December 4, 1991. Founded in 1927 as a scheduled air mail and passenger service operating between Key West, Florida, and Havana, Cuba, the airline became a major company credited with many innovations that shaped the international airline industry, including the widespread use of jet aircraft, jumbo jets, and computerized reservation systems.
The history of Pan American Airways is inextricably linked to the expansive vision and singular effort of one man – Juan Trippe. An avid flying enthusiast and pilot, Trippe, only 28 years old when he founded the airline, lined up wealthy investors and powerful government officials from his personal acquaintances in the high-society of the 1920s. However, Pan Am’s first flight was an inauspicious start to its epic saga.
In 1927, facing a Post Office deadline for the commencement of mail carriage, Pan Am had no working equipment for its sole airmail contract between Key West and Havana. Fortunately for Pan Am, a pilot with his Fairchild seaplane arrived at Key West and was willing to carry the mail to Cuba for the start up operation. It is fitting that Pan Am’s first flight would be over water, since the airline would Pioneer overseas routes throughout its history.
Pan Am’s fortunes took a turn for the better in the fall of 1927. Through the heavy lobbying efforts of Juan Trippe, Pan Am was selected by the United States government to be its “chosen instrument” for overseas operations. Pan Am would enjoy a near monopoly on international routes. Added to Pan Am’s Cuba route were lines serving Mexico, Central America, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico. Most of these destinations were port cities, which could be reached only by landing on water. Therefore Pan Am made good use of its “flying boats,” the Sikorsky S-38 and S-40. Flights were eventually expanded to serve much of South America as well.
EnlargePan Am’s fleet of Clippers allowed the airline to conquer the Pacific in the mid-1930s. The flying boats would later be put to military use in WWII.
Just a few years later, Pan Am launched its effort to cross the world’s largest oceans. Survey flights across the Pacific were conducted with the Sikorsky S-42 in 1935, but passenger service required bigger and better aircraft. Accompanied by much fanfare, the Martin M-130 was introduced in 1936, followed by the Boeing 314...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Prehistoric Ammonite Fossil or Natural Specimen
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Prehistoric fossilized ammonite is likely from Madagascar and thousands of years old. This fossil is free standing and could be used as a unique design element as a natural specimen...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Prehistoric Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Underwood Vintage Manual Typewriter
By Underwood Universal
Located in Pasadena, TX
Underwood ” Vintage manual typewriter
The Underwood Typewriter Company was a manufacturer of typewriters headquartered in New Yor...
Category
1940s North American Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Russian Bronze Kettlebell Weight Girya 1898 10 Funts!
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A rare and unusual object-use it as a paperweight or for exercise as the traditional Russian kettlebell or girya. Bronze unit of weight-10 funts or about 4 kg or 9 pounds. Beautifull...
Category
1890s Russian Other Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Bronze Doré and Abalone Pen Tray
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period gilt bronze and inlaid abalone pen tray
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 8.75"W...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Renaissance Inkwell Calamelli workshop, Italy, Faenza, second half of the 16th
By Virgiliotto Calamelli
Located in Milano, IT
Inkwell
Calamelli workshop (attr.).
Faenza, second half of the 16th century
Height 4.33 in; length 8.07 in; depth 2.95 in (11 cm; 20.5 cm; 7.5 cm)
Weight: 0.800 lb (363 g)
State of conservation: some chipping to the top of the mask around the mouth. Handle glued, without any restorations; minor chips in some raised areas.
This object has the shape of a foot wearing Greek-style footwear, as can be seen in some raised areas. The foot is anatomically modeled with bare toes, while the ankle is partially covered by the footwear. On the heel, there is a small circular handle to support the object. The mouth of the container is shaped like a mask. The interior, completely enameled, suggests that the piece was intended to be used as an inkwell or to contain some other liquid. The base, however, is not enamelled.
The painted decoration, scant and brief, consists of rapid cobalt blue shading between the toes of the foot, with more precise emphasis on the nails. It is accompanied by yellow citrine accents to enhance the forms. The mask is painted with the tip of the brush, to accentuate the tense nature of the eyes and to accentuate their outline. Thin strokes of yellow-orange line the interior of the mouth.
Since the Renaissance, this decoration has been referred to as "compendiaria" and it characterizes the period of production extending from the mid-16th century to approximately the middle of the following century. It significantly influenced tastes at the time. It evolved from the polychrome style "istoriato" and transformed into a new style that "summarized" (compendia), or condensed, the ornamentation of the works into a few colors, placing greater prominence on the shapes. It was often inspired by metal specimens. Since the Renaissance, this decoration has been referred to as "compendiaria" and it characterizes the period of production extending from the mid-16th century to approximately the middle of the following century. It significantly influenced tastes at the time. It evolved from the polychrome style "istoriato" and transformed into a new style that "summarized" (compendia), or condensed, the ornamentation of the works into a few colors, placing greater prominence on the shapes. It was often inspired by metal specimens.
This artwork finds parallels in similar objects all characterized by this refined style and produced in the city of Faenza and other Italian centers starting from the mid-16th century.
The closest comparable example in majolica is a foot acquired by the British Museum in 2011 (inv. 2011, 8008.1). This was previously published by Carmen Ravanelli Guidotti in 1996 and later by Dora Thornton in 2016 during the conference on Renaissance ceramics...
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Maiolica
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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