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Desk Accessories For Sale
1920s Dental Paperweight Sculpture Glass Slab Temperature Gauge Thermometer
By Honeywell, S.T. Dupont
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare item from the L.D. Caulk Co. of Milford Delaware. New old stock, New in box. A true Relic from yesteryears building technics. A beautiful desktop sculptural object. Temp rises w...
Category
1920s American Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Vintage Brass Turtle Box Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
Unique vintage brass turtle box and paperweight, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and as paperweight is really well constructe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Haziza Jewel Toned Green, Purple, Orange, Pink, Blue Lucite Tic Tac Toe Game
Located in North Miami, FL
This fun never used vintage happy tic tac toe set game is by the lucite artist and sculptor Schlomi Haziza. It is from the 70's and sits its original black box and plastic wrap never...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Rollei 35B Miniature 35mm Film Miniature Viewfinder Camera Carl Zeiss Triotar 28
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Rollei 35B Miniature 35mm Film Miniature Viewfinder Camera Carl Zeiss Triotar 28mm F2.8 Prime Lens
Case (Black Model)
Preceded by two concept studies, the entry-level model wi...
Category
Late 20th Century Singaporean Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
$337 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Honda Cafe Racer Motorcycle Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage table lighter in the shape of a Honda CA 750 Dream. This great cafe racer style body is made completely of metal with a hollow body. Light patina giving this piece a classic silver color. Cool tobacco accessory and conversation piece. Working lighter. Very unusual piece.
Other motorcycle...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
"Simone" Leather Desk Blotter Designed by Claude Bouchard for Oscar Maschera
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Simone" is a leather desk blotter, designed by Claude Bouchard and manufactured by Oscar Maschera. Genuine Italian leather vegetable tanned.
Co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Typewriter/ Remington 10S USA, 1920s
Located in Praha, CZ
The packaging of the machine has surface defects that are associated with the age of use.
Made in USA
Serial number Z192196
Fully functional
Made of metal, steel, chrome, fabric.
Go...
Category
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Murano Glass Penguin
Located in New York, NY
A Murano glass penguin, circa 1960s.
Category
1940s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
$2,200
Seguso Spherical Paperweight in Murano Glass with Gold Dust, Italy 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Fantastic spherical shaped paperweight made mouth-blown Murano glass with gold leaf inside. This incredibly charming paperweight was designed by Archimede Seguso in Italy during the ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Louise Nevelson Style Dimensional Signed Wood Box Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
This amazing and intricate carved wood box sculpture that stands tabletop is signed and dated. The signature is not terribly legible but is dated 1996. It is in the style of Louise Nevelson. The box opens to geometric and raised forms that are dimensional. It bridges Folk Art, Tramp Art and modern art all in one. As you can see from the photos it folds up like a small suitcase...
Category
1990s American Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Hermès Ink Blotter by Dupre-Lafon, 1970s France
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Hermès ink blotter by Dupre-Lafon. Made with thick tanned cowhide and finished with a thick brass ring on top with the words Hermès Paris imprint...
Category
1970s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$3,200 / set
Five Piece Art Deco Desk Set by Silver Crest Bronze Co.
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice five piece Art Deco desk set in sterling silver coated bronze by Silver Crest Bronze Co., circa 1930s. The set is in good vintage condi...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
$360 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Brass Whale Tape Dispencer
Located in Studio City, CA
Brass tape dispenser of a whale. 1970s.
Category
1970s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Max Ingrand mod. 2291 paperweight for Fontana Arte, Italy 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Max Ingrand model 2291 paperweight for Fontana Arte, Italy 1960s
Signed with the incised F X
Reference: Quaderni Fontana Arte 6
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Cut Glass
French Empire period Inkwell, identical to the one of Elisa Bonaparte
Located in Paris, FR
Empire period gilt bronze and bird's eye maple veneer inkwell.
This model is an exact replica of the inkwell that belonged to Elisa Bonaparte, Princess of Lucca and Piombino, sister...
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Carl Auböck Model #4206A Polished Brass Bowl
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #4026A polished brass bowl.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese bowl or catch-all is executed in polished brass. Originally con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$420 / item
19century English Balancing Scale
By G. None
Located in Tarrytown, NY
19century English balancing scale.
Category
19th Century European Industrial Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Solid Red Marble Apple Paperweight with Brass Stem
Located in San Diego, CA
Solid red marble with brass accent stem apple paperweight or sculpture, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 3" x 3.75"H. #3539
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass
Brass Arc Pen Tray by Stem Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Arc Pen Tray by Stem Design
Dimensions: D 6 x W 18 x H 2.5 cm.
Materials: Brass.
Finish: Tumbled and burnished.
Weight: 0,7 kg.
Finished and assembled by hand in India. Also available in aluminum. Please contact us.
Arc pen tray is designed as a pedestal for a pen that you hold close.
The linear piece with an elevated concave surface graciously exhibits any writing instrument and demonstrates a sculptural quality through its simplified form.
The objects layers on as a metaphor and showcases the beauty of being who you are. It strips off all the layers of ornamentation and artificial finishes to build an immediate and intuitive connection with the product that lasts a lifetime.
Stem is a contemporary Indian product...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$192 / item
Ballpoint Pen Modern Contemporary Style Blue Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Ballpoint Pen cylindrical for large Desk.
Ballpoint Pen in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24carats.
Ballpoint Pen with translucent fired enamels on guilloché Modern Contemporar...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Art Nouveau Bat Inkwell by Unknown French Artist
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Little is known about the origins of this amazing piece, apart from it being from France, circa 1900.
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, ...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Carl Auböck Model #5261 Patinated Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #5261 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in patinated and polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$391 / item
Large Jade Calligraphy Brush 21" Long
Located in Somis, CA
This is a very large, substantial brush with 12 jade gemstone beads. Beads in barrel shape, hand made with polished celadon jade gemstones. Bone ferrule and horse hair. This exceptio...
Category
20th Century Chinese Desk Accessories
Materials
Jade
Pedersen
Hansen Desk Organizer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pederen & Hansen design teak desk top organizer. High quality materials and execution perfect for keeping an organized desk or work space. In very good original condition.
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak
19th-C. French Neo-Classical Style Gilt Bronze Ram Form Inkwell
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a mid-19th century French gilt bronze neo-classical style ram form inkwell. It has dual rams to possibly hold the writing instrument.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique Perpetual Calendar, French Table Calender, France, Early 20th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique perpetual calendar made from marble with complete and original set of plates for the dates.
France, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Baccarat Cobalt Cut to Clear Crystal Eight Piece Dresser Set 19th Century
By Baccarat
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This lovely and complete dresser set, made by Baccarat makes a dramatic statement. The vibrant hand blown cobalt blue crystal is cut to clear to reveal a lovely pattern with clean lines and a modern sensibility.
The set contains 3 Atomizers (new bulbs needed) measuring 6 1/2" tall x 3" in diameter,
2 perfume bottles with facet cut stoppers/Toilet waters measuring 8 1/2" tall and 3 1/4" in diameter
1 covered soap dish measuring 4 3/4" x 3 1/2"
1 water tumbler...
Category
19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Rare 19th Century Small Circular Tray
Located in Richmond, London
A rare 19th century small circular tray.
Why we like it
Simple and useful piece of interior decoration.
Dimensions
Diameter: 24.5 cm / 9.75”
Height...
Category
19th Century European Georgian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Antique Norwegian Silver Gilt
Enamel Wax Seal Container and Stamp, circa 1910
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Norwegian silver gilt and enamel wax seal container and stamp; an addition to our diverse enamel work collection.
This exceptional antique Norwegian silver gilt wax seal container / stamp has a cylindrical tapering form.
The surface of this exceptional antique silver wax seal...
Category
1910s Norwegian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Carl Auböck Model #4995 Wall Hook in Nickel
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4995 wall hook in nickel. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in softly brushed nickel by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Nickel
$401 / item
Gucci Leather and Brass Note Pad, 1980s Italy
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome leather notepad by Gucci. Made in Italy, circa 1980s. Rich color to saddle leather with contrast stitching along the borders. Brass brackets holding leather flap. New 3" x 5...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Salta Large Square Black Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
$1,100 / item
Post-Modern Italian Marble Column Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice post-modern Italian marble column paperweight, circa 1980s. The piece is primarily cream in color with grey and black veining throughout....
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed Rare Authentic Original French Art Nouveau Letter Opener Antique 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
French Art Nouveau Bronze Letter Opener, Feather and Pinecone Motif, 1890s to early 1900s
A wonderful and original French Art Nouveau...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Hermes Equestrian Desk Tray, 1960s France
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant silver Hermès desk tray with a detailed horse head handle in solid metal. Hermès Paris stamped on the side as well as Made In France. Beautiful con...
Category
1960s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Doré Match Box Holder
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze match box holder featuring symbols of the Zodiac
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 2...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Harley Davidson Motorcycle Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a Harley Davidson Motorcycle. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Great dark patina on the silver metal with great details. Cool tobacco accessory and conversation piece. Made in Japan in the 1980s. Working lighter.
Other motorcycle lighters...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Tiffany Studios New York Bronze Doré and Abalone Pen Brush
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Art Nouveau or Art Deco period gilt bronze and inlaid abalone pen brush or pen wipe
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measu...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Gothic English Ink Stand, circa 1880
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 brass & wood ink stand, English. Gothic Revival brass strapwork. Ebonized trim accents. Burl walnut. 10 1/2" W., 7 7/16" D., 3 5/16" H.
Whitehall Antiques is a family bus...
Category
1880s English Gothic Revival Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$300 Sale Price / set
33% Off
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
Rock Crystal Ball on Stand Paper Weight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rock crystal ball on stand - a lovely rock crystal specimen on an acrylic base, which also looks to be cut crystal. A compliment to any desk or s...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Rock Crystal
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: 10.25"W x 3.25"D x 0.38"H...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
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)
N...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Collectible Vintage Baccarat Crystal Noel 1983 Ornament with Box
By Baccarat
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Baccarat Crystal 1983 Annual Christmas Ornament.
This is the first year that Baccarat released an annual ornament and is extremely rare.
Highly collectible from year 1983, Made in France.
Hand made in France. Comes with traditional red Baccarat...
Category
Late 20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Tiffany
Co. Figural Sterling Silver Clothes Pin Desk
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, figural silver paper clip.
By Tiffany & Co.
In sterling silver.
In the form of an old-fashioned clothes pin.
Marked to the base 'Tiffany & Co' and 'Sterling' to the other...
Category
20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
MCM Walnut and Naugahyde Double Letter Tray by OPCO
By Opco Company
Located in San Diego, CA
Very cool and functional MCM walnut and nauhgahyde double letter tray by OPCO, circa 1970s. The tray is in very good vintage condition and measures 15.5"W x 10.25"D x 6.5"H and would...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Naugahyde, Walnut
Small Murano Red and White Heart Shaped Paper Weight, Italy circa 1960
s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian 1960's Murano Red and White Heart Shaped Paper Weight
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
19th Century Napoleon III Letter Rack with Lacquered Panels and Bronze Mounts
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful 19th century letter rack from the French Napoleon III period. The letter rack is made of bronze with wooden panels. The wooden panels are decorated with red traditional lac...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
1940
s Colour Card Thread - New Old Stock - Mixed Set Of Ten
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940’s Colour Card Thread – New Old Stock – Mixed Set Of Ten.
We recently came across a large hoard of new old stock hardware and general merchandise items, laying untouched since t...
Category
1940s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
String
Vintage Petrified Wood Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage petrified wood paper weight, circa old! The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown and tan colors and measures 4"W x 3.5"D x 3"H. Coll piece! #3899
Category
15th Century and Earlier Congolese Mid-Century Modern Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Petrified Wood
19th century dolphin Inkstand
Located in Cheshire, GB
Ram Horn and Silver Plate Dolphin Inkwell, bearing a pair of ram’s horns, mounted with plated dolphin mounts, the tail suspending a bell, the beater for which is on mounts to the fro...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
$4,404 Sale Price
20% Off
Silver Los Castillo Statement Brooch w Ornate Drop and Chrysoprase Stones
Located in Van Nuys, CA
An exquisite example of mid-century Taxco artistry, this vintage Los Castillo brooch features elaborate scrollwork and a bold central Chrysoprase S...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Silver
$279 Sale Price
40% Off
Italian red typewriter Valentine by Ettore Sottsass Perry King Olivetti, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern typewriter Valentine by Ettore Sottsass and Perry A. King for Olivetti, 1970s
Iconic typewriter model Valentine with rectangular base and rounded corners, in bright re...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Round Ink Stone with Qianlong Mark
Located in San Francisco, CA
Round Ink Stone with Qianlong Mark
A round Chinese ink stone with a dark, textured exterior and smooth central basin for grinding ink. The rim is de...
Category
20th Century Chinese Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Erhard
Söhne Jugendstil Inkwell 1910 Austria
By Erhard
Söhne
Located in Den Haag, NL
An early 20th century, Jugendstil period inkwell by Erhard und Sohne. Austria ca. 1910 .Burl wood with Brass inlay .Beautiful crafted piece .
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Calligraphy Brush Rare Blue Serpentine Extra Large 16"
Located in Somis, CA
One of a kind, extra large, rare blue serpentine gemstone brush in bamboo form with carved bamboo leaves. Serpentine is a beautiful stone highly valued for its similarity to nephrite...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Desk Accessories
Materials
Serpentine
English 19th Century Clothes Brush with Petit Point on Silk with Brass Edges
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English clothes brush from the 19th century, with petit point décor on silk and brass borders. Born in England during the 19th century, this sweet rectangular clothes brush featur...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Lavender, Jasmine, Grapefruit, Linden, Handmade Soap Set of Four by Umé Studio
By UMÉ Studio
Located in Oakland, CA
Luscious soap and unique shapes, form and function work together to add a different kind of beauty to the daily ritual of bathing. Created with an abundance of unique botanicals, antioxidants, mineral rich clays, and skin-nurturing essential oils to cleanse, hydrate & nourish all skin types. Perfect for daily use.
Each Erode Summit is poured and cast by hand. As each batch is unique for each pour, no two are the same.
Certified organic
~ 1.35" round x 3.75" tall
~ 87g e3.1oz
Lavender Creme Notes:
Creamy, rich and uplifting
Brazilian clay / goatmilk / indigo leaf
Jasmine Ylang Ylang...
Category
2010s American Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Soapstone
Antique French Art Deco Chrome Table Lamp With Inlaid Glass Panels
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Antique French Art Deco Chrome Table or Desk Lamp Inset With Purple Stained Glass Panels & Boom Arm Pivotable Shade - 1930s
Has been Pat Tested 2...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Red Cobra Table Phone, Ericofon by LM Ericsson
Located in Vienna, AT
Vintage Rotary dial red ericofone. This is the model Cobra. It is made of thermoplastic ABS
Designed in the 1950s in Sweden by Hugo Blomberg, Ralph Lysell and Gösta Thames, LM Ericsson...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
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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