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Desk Accessories For Sale
Auböck bussines card holder around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Auböck bussines card holder around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Swedish Black Bakelite Table Phone
Located in Vienna, AT
Bakelite table phone by LM Eriksson from the early 1960s.
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Amalric Walter and Daum Nancy "Crabe" Pâte de Verre Glass Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite “Crabe” pâte de verre glass paperweight, by Amalric Walter and Daum Nancy is decorated with a relief of a reddish-brown crab poised upon a bright contrast of green and...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Vintage Parisian Ink Tray, French, Pewter Brass, Desktop Inkwell, Art Deco, 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage Parisian ink tray. A French, pewter brass desktop inkwell in Art Deco taste, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
Alluring tonality and form, to this fin...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Art Deco Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Impressive Victorian Banded Agate Seal
Located in Riverdale, NY
Beautiful Large Banded Agate Victorian Seal from the mid-late 19th Century. Incredible lapidary work on a beautiful single piece of antique banded agate...
Category
1870s British Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate
Studio Pencil Holder Custom Wood Organic Modern Nakashima Era
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a studio pencil holder in custom wood. Organic modern design. Unmarked. In the style of Nakashima.
Dimensions: 3 H x 6 D x 5.5 W
Please visit take a look at...
Category
1960s American Organic Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Hand-Blown Murano Glass Paperweight w/ Yellow Trumpet Motif
Located in New York, NY
This remarkable Mid-Century Modernist hand-blown Murano glass paperweight, crafted in Italy circa 1960, features a vibrant yellow trumpet motif with intricate murines delicately embe...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Gorgeous Highly Polished Rainbow Obsidian Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A gorgeous highly polished rainbow obsidian paperweight, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good condition with wonderful colors and measures 6.25"W 4....
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Mid-Century Modern Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Rare Brass, Metal
Wood Art Deco Mushroom Hat Table or Desk Lamp Sign M. Sabino
Located in Lisse, NL
100% Unrestored and original condition, mushroom design table lamp.
This very unusual and modernistic work of lighting art comes with the maker's mark M. Sabino in the base and it is another one of our latest great 'finds'. Similar work is mentioned in Janneau "Le lumiere francaise" and since it has the entire natural wear showing its long history of usage, we decided to leave it exactly as is. Both the metal shade and the wooden base have been 'marble painted' and the wear has made this rare light extra special too look at. Over the many decades this timeless, layered mushroom design table lamp has also developed an incredibly rich patina. This hand-crafted and documented table...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass, Nickel
Strawberry Pink Semi Sphere Sculpture in Polished Resin by Paola Valle
By Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
This Geometric sculpture is handmade in polished resin in a variety of colors. It is a modern and colorful piece that will liven up any space.
Our Semi Sphere is a very cool and f...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Shoehorn wood and brass around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Shoehorn wood and brass around 1950s
Brass and wood
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Italian Photo Frame Handmade Wood, Double Heart
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Double Heart is a unique arge Italian hand crafted wood double photo frame by sculptor Massimo Pasini.
Wood is a very warm material and it is very m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Jacques Adnet Art Deco Crystal Balls Table Lamp, France, 1930s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Jacques Adnet Art Deco crystal balls table lamp, France, 1930s.
Stamped made in France.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vi...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Pair of decorative table frames, brass, circa 1880
Located in Wien, AT
Wonderful pair of rare stand/table frames, made circa 1890.
The construction is made of brass, into which a glass plate has been inserted, in between is place for the image you hav...
Category
1890s European Belle Époque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Intricate Hand Carved, Vintage Asian Mid-Century Wooden Scalloped Printing Block
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Splendidly intricately hand carved large wooden heavyweight printing block from Asia
Traditionally used for hand held block printing ink or dye to textiles and paper
Fully function...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Rattan Caned Letter Holder Desk Organizer
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Rattan Caned Letter Holder or Desk Organizer. Three compartments on top and a large area on bottom. Good condition and sturdy, ready to use. 10.5" wide. Sticker on bottom mar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Adirondack Desk Accessories
Materials
Wicker, Cane, Rattan
Emerald Green Art Glass Ball Sphere Paperweight Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Emerald green art glass ball sphere, in the modern style, with a tropical grass or palm-like design, circa late-20th century. Piece is a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Leather Desk Set by Le Tanneur, France 1970s
By Le Tanneur
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
French leather desk set manufactured by Le Tanneur.
France, circa 1970’s.
All pieces are saddle leather with black contrast stitching, typical of Le Tanneur.
Beautifully worn in l...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Carl Aubock „C“ Walnut Clothes Coat Brush, Signed, Midcentury, Austria, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful modernist clothes or coat brush in the shape of the letter C from the 1960s. Designed and executed by Carl Aubock III, Vienna/Austria. Handmade of walnut and natural hors...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Decorative Clear Acrylic Chain Link by Paola Valle
By Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Handmade acrylic horseshoe-shaped links are looped together to form a beautiful modern chain. Its translucent and clear color give a bold yet neutral touch to any space, from the most classic to the most modern.
Whether layered into entryway vignettes or styled atop the coffee table, the Chain Link adds interest and depth to your styling.
Material: Acrylic
Care: Carefully dust with feather duster...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
A Set of Two Scottish Banded Agate Table Seals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jewels for your desk or table.......A Pair of antique semi-precious Scottish banded agate wax seals for sealing letters. They are hand carved in natural s...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate
$280 Sale Price / set
49% Off
French Empire Bronze Inkwell After the Roman Oil Lamps, c. 1815–25
Located in Atlanta, GA
A richly detailed French Empire bronze and brass inkwell conceived in the archeological revival manner, after the form of ancient Roman oil lamps. The central reservoir, cast with a ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Art nouveau silver letter opener
By Geschutzt
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Artnouveau silver letter opener
opens letters with partridge motif
Art nouveau style Material silver and vermeil
Origin Austria Circa 1900
Perfect condition
Sealed behind 900 and Ges...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Barovier Toso Murano Blue Orange Red Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and unusual, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso multi color canes and gold flecks Italian art glass paperweight. Documented to designer to the Barovier e Toso company. Crea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Leaf
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Regency Bronze Figures of Reclining Whippets on Green Marble Bases
By Thomas Weeks
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of English Regency bronze whippets or greyhounds on verdi antico marble book form bases, after a model by Thomas Weeks. Each dog sculpture is beautifully cast with their individual personalities.
6 inches high 5 wide 5 deep including bases.
These whippets are resonant of the early nineteenth-century work of Thomas Weeks (d. 1834) who established a 'Royal Mechanical Museum' or emporium in Tichbourne Street in about 1797. The attractions included various animated animals and insects, ingenious clocks, musical instruments, elaborate temples, toys and other such peculiarities that appealed to the London public in the late 18th and early 19th Century (C. Gilbert, 'Some Weeks cabinets reconsidered', The Connoisseur, May 1971...
Category
Early 19th Century European Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Venetian Murano Blue Opalescent Italian Art Glass Pleated Flower Vase
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful antique Venetian / early Murano hand blown opalescent white and blue Italian art glass flower vase. It has a genie bottle shape, with pleated surface on the body. It has sk...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Petite English Victorian Period 19th Century Carved Wooden Bird Sculpted Group
Located in Atlanta, GA
A petite antique English Victorian period small carved wooden sculpted group from the 19th century depicting two small birds nesting with each other and accented with orange paint. C...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Dice Steel Metal Sculpture or Paper Weight Mid-Century Modern, German, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Vintage German Steel Dice Paperweight (Art Deco Style, c. Mid-20th Century)
A striking minimalist sculpture and paperweight, this German steel cube features a single dice form balan...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Steel
Hermès blue leather pencil case 1990s
By Hermès
Located in Paris, IDF
This blue Hermès pen case from the 1990s is an elegant and functional piece. Made from Epsom calfskin, a leather embossed through heat printing, it features...
Category
1990s French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Gucci Geometric G Paperweight
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gucci Geometric G red white and blue glass paperweight / Made in Italy
Original mark stamped underside, comes in original box
Diameter: 4 inche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
$525 Sale Price
30% Off
Purple Amethyst Natural Specimen
Located in New York, NY
A substantial purple amethyst natural specimen piece. A beautiful decorative object with a rich purple hue. A beautiful piece that could make a great ...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Amethyst, Crystal, Quartz
Travertine Letter
Pen Holder Desk Accessory Fratelli Mannelli Style Italy 1970
Located in Rome, IT
Letter and pen holder in travertine marble, the perfect desk accessory, in the style of Fratelli Mannelli.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine
Mid-Century Modern Walnut Slat Magazine Holder
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful Mid-Century Modern walnut slat magazine holder, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 16.5" W x 7.75" D x 12.5" H. #3027.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Handmade Ceramic
Crackle Glass Paperweight, United States, c.1970
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Handmade Ceramic & Crackle Glass Paperweight, United States, c.1970
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
$140 Sale Price
20% Off
Carl Auböck Model #7250 Polished Brass
Swing
Vase
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #7250 Polished Brass 'Swing' Vase.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and modern vase is executed in polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Murano Sommerso Orb Blue Art Glass Ashtray
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Gorgeous vintage Murano Venetian handblown art glass bowl or ashtray.
Italian Murano Sommerso Cenedese orb blue art glass ashtray.
Heavyweight glass ashtray in a gorgeous minimal design.
A very beautiful and substantial two-tone blue Italian Murano art glass cigarette ashtray...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Mission / Craftsman Style American Quarter Sawn Oak Waste Basket by Stickley
Located in San Diego, CA
A very well constructed mission / craftsman style American quarter sawn oak waste basket by Stickley, circa 2004.
The waste basket is in very good condition and measures 13"W x 13"...
Category
20th Century American American Craftsman Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
Vintage German Made Globe, Globe Terrestre Wooden Base
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Nice vintage globe, issued in the 1960s by Professor Doctor Arthur Krause. The globe has a wooden base, oak. The sphere itself is made of cardboard cover...
Category
1960s German Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Onyx Marble Jewelry Trinket Box
Located in New York, NY
A small '70s modern hexagon shaped onyx box with lid, circa 1970s. Box is multicolored onyx, in a hexagon shape with lid and feet. A nice piece to hold small items on a desk, or smal...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx
$340 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Rosewood
Inlay Stationary Writing Slope With Leather Interior
Located in Reading, Berkshire
19th Century Victorian Rosewood Decorative Inlaid Writing Slope With An Engraved Shield. Stationary Compartments and Storage Space.
The item has black ebonised decorative accents
is fitted with a tooled black leather interior
Supplied with two glass inkwells
A new leather writing pad
A vintage ink pen...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Rosewood
Sculpture of a Stylized Eagle Designed by Livio Seguso, Ca. 1970s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A sculpture of a stylized eagle in smoke grey glass. Hand made in the Gral glass manufactory, Germany. Designed by Livio Seguso, ca. 1970. Base with incised signature of the artist (...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Edgar Brandt Bronze Paper Knife/Letter Opener
By Edgar Brandt
Located in NANTES, FR
Art Nouveau bronze paper knife, circa 1905. Decorated with mistletoe, stamped E. Brandt.
In perfect condition.
Length: 14.5 cm
Width: 3.2 cm
Thickness: 0.3 cm
Weight: 35 grams
Ed...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
1950s Arte Murano Millefiori Cane Round Globe Clear Paperweight
Located in Charleston, SC
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown, clear surface and applied flower murrines Italian art glass paperweight. Documented to the A.Ve.M. (Arte Vetraria Murano) company. The paperweigh...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
English Edwardian 1900s Silver Dressing Table Mirror, Hair and Clothes Brushes
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Edwardian period dressing table hand mirror, hair and clothes brushes from the early 20th century with silver piqué décor of garlands and medallions. Born in England during the early years of the 20th century, this exquisite set of hand mirror and brushes...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
$1,720 Sale Price / set
20% Off
White 1930s Glamour Bakelite Telephone by Bell Systems
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage white bakelite 1930s glamor telephone made by Bell Systems for the Western Electric company.
This phone is present in many Hollywood Glamor fi...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
$776 Sale Price
30% Off
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and most elegant French 19th century Louis XVI st. Sèvres Porcelain and ormolu inkwell, stamped, P.C.G. The inkwell is raised by Fine fluted bun shaped feet below the beau...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu
Postmodern Chrome Table Lighter by Sarome Japan
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Postmodern chrome table lighter.
Excellent vintage condition, works great.
Great decorative collectible rare vintage table lighter.
Lighter made by Sarome, Asia Japan.
Measure: 5.75 in H, 2.5 in D.
About Sarome:
SAROME
Japanese cigarette lighter manufacturer founded in 1940.
The brand is named after SAROME, god of flames, object of fascination for humans. SAROME artisans craft delicate, glossy lighters in Tokyo to fascinate and enchant. Though known early on in Europe mainly for our superb crafting of cigarette lighters the luxury brand spread Worldwide.
Sarome lighters...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Stunning Cartier Diabolo Black Resin Pen Platinum Mounts
Cabochon Finish Boxed
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Elegant Diabolo de Cartier ballpoint pen in black composite, with steel details, blue resin cabochon.
Dimension: 136.5mm
Manufactured by Montblanc
Cartier pens are designed b...
Category
1990s French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Refurbished 1960
s Two-Tier Paper Organizer
Located in Alhambra, CA
Fun refinished vintage 1960's paper organizer, with two-tiers. Freshly power-coated in deep fushia (RAL 4006). Made with American-made steel in the 1960's. The perfect mid-century fl...
Category
Late 20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Rare Vintage Gucci Monogram Chess Set in Case — Italy, c.1980s
Located in Tarzana, CA
Vintage Gucci Monogram Chess Set in Case — Italy, c.1980s
A rare and elegant Gucci travel chess set housed in a GG monogram canvas suitcase with signature red and green stripe and g...
Category
1980s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx
Large Carl Auböck Model #4751
Paperclip
Brass Paperweight
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Aubo¨ck Model #4751 'Paperclip' brass paperweight. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly clean and refined Viennese paperweight is hand fabricated in polished brass by Werkstät...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique French Gilt Bronze Inkwell on Rouge Marble Stand, 19th Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique French gilt bronze inkwell on rouge marble stand. It is of superb quality and features a central figure of Diana The Huntress.
Provenance: From the estate of Texas Oil...
Category
19th Century Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique Art Nouveau Ink Well, French, Pewter, Decorative Pen Tray, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Art Nouveau ink well. A French, pewter decorative pen tray, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Wonderful example fro...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Doré Pen Tray
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique gilt bronze pen tray featuring Zodiac designs
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 10"W x 3.13"D x 0.5"H
Ve...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Brass Sword Letter Opener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A brass letter opener in the shape of a sword. perfect for the desk or work station.
Category
20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Space Age Plastic Desk Set Organizer
By Kartell
Located in San Diego, CA
Nice black & white Space Age plastic desk set organizer, circa 1970's great condition 2 pieces set great for envelopes, clips pens, etc.
Category
Late 20th Century North American Space Age Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
$140 Sale Price
20% Off
Mission / Craftsman American Quarter Sawn Oak Waste Basket Art Deco
Located in San Diego, CA
A very well constructed mission / craftsman style American quarter sawn oak waste basket great detail and craftsmanship solid oak edges tall elegant and rare. circa 1940's.
Category
20th Century American American Craftsman Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
Joseph Reinemann Jugendstil Pewter Novelty Bird Desk Inkwell, Germany c1902
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Joseph Reinemann Jugendstil Pewter Novelty Bird Desk Inkwell, Germany c1902.
Joseph Reinemann, Munich, a Jugendstil silvered pewter novelty desk inkwell in the form of a grotesque bi...
Category
Early 1900s German Arts and Crafts Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Ritz Carlton Osaka Porcelain Jewelry Dish
Located in New York, NY
A dark blue porcelain jewelry dish from The Ritz Carlton, Osaka, Japan, circa late-20th century. Iconic Ritz Carlton Lion head and crown at center, 'Osaka...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-century Typewriter Grome Model N, 1940
s Germany
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Germany in the 1940's by Groma.
Made of plastic, chrome.
With aged patina.
Fully functional, re-polished, in original condition with signs of wear.
Category
1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
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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