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Desk Accessories For Sale
Vintage 1970s Roger Bezombes Bronze Starfish Medallion Table Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Florentine Bronze medal from the Monnaie de Paris (cornucopia hallmark from 1880). Minted around 1971. This is a Starfish like form Paperweight by Fr...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Greece Art Nouveau Bronze Dragon Letter Opener, 1910s or older
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful antique bronze letter opener dating to the 1910s or earlier, crafted by an unknown sculptor, signed but can not find any information. This beautiful Art Nouveau piece dis...
Category
Early 20th Century Greek Belle Époque Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Art Nouveau Bronze Sailing Ship Letter Opener, 1910s or older
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful antique French bronze letter opener dating to the 1910s or earlier, crafted by an unknown sculptor, signed G.Garreáu. This beautiful Art Nouveau piece displays graceful, ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Art Glass Paperweight Abstract Modern Art Design Blue and Pink
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted Gorgeous Vintage Art Glass abstract design paperweight.
Beautiful paperweight pink and blue swirl modern art design.
Colors are a cobalt blue, pink and transparent clear....
Category
Late 20th Century Gibraltarian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Vintage French Renaissance Silver Plated Figural Italian Inkstand Desk Inkwell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Renaissance Silver Plated Figural Italian Inkstand Desk Double Inkwell. Item features double inkwell with inserts, central can...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Renaissance Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Carl Auböck Horn Penrest, Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Horn Penrest, Austria 1960s.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Horn
Chinese Swirled Wood Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite wooden vessel is sculpted in the manner of a traditional Chinese brush pot, a container used to hold calligraphy brushes and tools in a scholars' studio. Placed alongside...
Category
20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Pair of Large Carl Auböck Model #4219
Hands
Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Large Carl Auböck Model #4219 'Hands' Brass Bookends.
Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in polished brass. Hand fu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Italian Handmade Photo Frame Black White Plexi, Otto Sharing Black
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Sharing Otto back is a unique multiples edition of Art with Heart collection of pop recto-verso photo frames by Laura G Italy. It is beautiful wherever you look at it, its surface is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plexiglass
French Oak Letter Holder in the style of Chambron
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French oak letter holder
France, circa 1940s
Handsome solid wood letter holder
Two escalating storage compartments rest on a platform base
Decorat...
Category
1940s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plaster, Oak
HIGH-RISE Shoes Mid Century Modernist 1960 Bookends In Carved Precious Wood
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of modernist bookends.
This is a very decorative pair of bookends created during the mid-century modernist period, back in 1960. The bookends have been crafted in the shape of ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
$1,188 Sale Price
30% Off
Just Andersen, early Art Deco inkwell in bronze. Rare model.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Just Andersen, early Art Deco inkwell in bronze. Rare model.
Including an original glass insert with a lid.
Model 1895.
Approximately from 1930.
Condition: In good condition, with si...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Enamel, Sterling Silver and Silver Plate Bowl Black, Pink 60
s
Located in North Miami, FL
This gorgeous artist vintage bowl from the 1960s is enamel black with rose toned center with swirls of sterling silver and the bottom is silver plate. It ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Enamel, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
Art Deco Wood, Fur and Leather Desk Accessory, 5 Pieces by Dan Karner France
By Dan Karner 1
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite desk set by Dan Karner (also known as Daniel Karner) showcases the beauty of French Art Deco design. Crafted with genuine pony skin fur, rich cognac leather, intricate...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Maserati Eyeglasses Titanium Black
By Maserati
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Maserati eyeglasses titanium black.
Vintage glasses maserati angular shape circa 1980s
Glasses are delivered without a case.
Have an optici...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver and Cranberry Glass Inkwell
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, antique Victorian English sterling silver and red cranberry glass inkwell; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver inkwell has a circular shaped domed form.
The body of this exceptional antique inkwell is embellished with impressive pierced and embossed scrolling leaf decoration, accented with pensile, baluster style bead motifs.
The ornamentation to the body incorporates five oval cartouches; four are ornamented with an embossed male profile: two bearded males and two in a soldier's helmet.
The cartouche to the anterior surface of the inkwell features the contemporary engraved crest of a stag encompassed with a garter and the motto 'God and my Honour'.
The intricate sterling silver body of the inkwell incorporates five conical shaped pen receivers.
The swept waisted upper portion of this antique inkwell is fitted with a hinged hallmarked cover, ornamented with engraved simplified leaf decoration.
The cover is surmounted with an impressive embossed three-dimensional bust of a male figure in robes.
This antique inkwell retains the original and substantial red cranberry glass ink bottle liner, with a cut glass star motif to the underside; the cranberry glass liner is highly desirable.
This exceptional silver and glass inkwell is supported by five swept feet, ornamented with a continuation of scrolling leaf and circular motif decoration from the body.
This exceptional example of Victorian silverware, crafted by the renowned London silversmith Joseph Angell II, is the finest example of its type
Condition
This antique ink bottle...
Category
1850s British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Carl Auböck Model #8040-2 Patinated Brass Knob
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #8040-2 patinated brass knob.
Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese knob is executed in patinated brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #8040-2 Knob in Nickel
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #8040-2 knob in nickel.
Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese knob is executed in brushed nickel by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria. Its mi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Nickel
$581 / item
Carl Auböck Paperknife with Leather Handle
Located in Berlin, DE
Paperknife with brown leather handle by Carl Auböck.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$750 / item
Blown Ultraviolet Murano Art Glass Paperweight Mid-Century Modern Italy
By Murano 5
Located in Miami, FL
Blown Ultraviolet Art glass paperweight made in Italy.
Mid-Century Modern collector's piece, great for your desk or writing Tabel.
A-951-335
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Carl Auböck Model #4327 Nickel-Plated Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4327 nickel-plated hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and minimalist Viennese hook is executed in nickel-plated brass by Werkst...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Nickel
$388 / item
Misiones Medium Brass
Agate Stone Photoframe
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Misiones agate collection is inspired in our Iguazu falls were we get this beautiful stone.
In our boxes and photoframes the star is a big natural piece of this beautiful, unique one...
Category
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Agate, Brass
$460 / item
A Grand Tour Italian Specimen Marble Paperweight
Located in Spencertown, NY
The white ground inlaid with specimen marbles and porphyry with ridges on 2 sides
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Pair of Antique Bronze Sculpture Paperweights Wounded Stag and Wild Boar
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Pair of figural bronze paperweights over cararra marble bases.
circa early 19th century; models of "Il Porcellino" and "Wounded Stag"
Item # C104009
A superb pair of 19th century p...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Letter and Stemp Holder Vienna Around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco Letter and Stemp Holder Vienna Around 1920s
Brass polished and stove enameled
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Architectural Hugh Acton Two Tier Letter Tray
Located in San Diego, CA
Two level 1950s metal letter tray by Hugh Acton for the Brunswick Corporation USA, c. 1965
A minimilist architectural design. Substantial construction with the original black finish ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
1950s Small Czech Leather Medicine Balls, Decorative - Various Qty Available
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950s small Czech leather medicine balls, decorative
1950s small Czech leather medicine balls, decorative. We have a number of these large handsome worn leather medicine balls tha...
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Bulldog Cigar Ashtray, 1940, Chicago. Usa
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sign: Central Die Casting & Mfg Co. Chicago- Usa
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at you...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Elegant Red Leather Desk Set by Le Tanneur, France, 1950s
By Le Tanneur
Located in Paris, FR
Midcentury French modern full leather desk set by Le Tanneur composed by:
Calendar L 18.5cm x L 11cm depth 5cm
Pencil case L 23cm x L 8cm depth 2....
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Set of two Pen Holders in Rosewood, Unknown, 1960s - Lot 739
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful pair of pen holders made of solid turned rosewood.
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Hardwood
3-Piece Desk Set, Black Crocodile-Embossed Leather.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
3-piece desk set, black crocodile-embossed leather
Enhance your workspace with this 3-piece desk set.
Covered in luxurious black crocodile-embossed leather, this set exudes elegant ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Art Nouveau Bronze Inkwell with an Owl
Located in Stockholm, SE
An Art Noveau or Jugend patinated bronze pen and inkwell with an owl sitting in the center. The owl have inset glass eyes. Made ca.1900. Possibly Swedish.
Symbolism of the owl: The...
Category
Early 1900s European Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Fine vintage Carl Auböck Leather and Brass paper basket, Austria 1950s
Located in Berlin, DE
Fine vintage Carl Auböck Leather and Brass waste paper basket in good original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4056 Nickel-Plated Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck brass #4056 brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and minimalist Viennese candleholder is executed in nickel-plated brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Nickel
$413 / item
Carl Auböck Paperweight #4992-3 Safety Pin, Austria
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck paperweight #4992-3 in the shape of a safety pin, Austria.
Category
2010s Austrian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antoine Bourdelles, French Belle Epoch, Sculptural Bronze Bookends, Ca. 1910
Located in New York, NY
French Belle Epoch
Antoine Bourdelle
Sculptural Pair of Bookends
Patinated Bronze
Edmond Etling & Cie Foundry, Paris
ca. 1910
DIMENSIONS
Height: 7.5 inches
Width: 3.33 inches
Depth: 3.33 inches
MARKINGS
Same markings are present on the plinths of both bookends:
Signed 'A. Bourdelle’.
Stamped ‘Edmond Etling & Cie Foundry, Paris’
ABOUT BOOKENDS
This exquisite pair of bookends, created by the renowned French sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, epitomizes the grace and emotional depth of the Belle Époque era. Each bookend is a remarkable sculpture in its own right, yet when placed together, they form an inseparable narrative composition, bound by a shared plot. One bookend captures the passionate embrace of Harlequin and his mistress, a tender yet intense moment frozen in time. The second bookend portrays Pierrot, lost in the anguish of jealousy, his expression and posture radiating sorrow and longing. Together, these two figurative sculptures create a dramatic scene, where the books they support become part of the stage set, acting as a barrier between the characters—much like a stage wall in a theatrical performance. The interplay of emotion and movement in this captivating sculptural pair makes it a true masterpiece, seamlessly blending art with functionality.
ABOUT SCULPTOR
Émile Antoine Bordelles (French, 1861 - 1929) was an influential and prolific French sculptor and teacher. He was a student of Auguste Rodin, a teacher of Giacometti and Henri Matisse, and an important figure in the Art Deco movement and the transition from the Beaux-Arts seyle to modern sculp[ture. His studio became the Musee Bourdelle, an art museum dedicated to his work, located at 18, rue Antoine Bourdelle, in the15th arondissement of Paris, France. His very well known for his use of quivering Romanesque forms in his depictions of mythological figures. One of his best known works Hercules the Archer (1909), was a commissioned sculpture for the financier Gabriel Thomas. Born Émile-Antoine Bourdelle on October 30, 1861 in Montauban, France, he learned woodworking as a youth from his father who was a cabinetmaker. While assisting his father during the workday, he studied drawing at the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse in the evening. Moving to Paris in 1885, the artist became an assistant to Auguste Rodin in 1893, Rodin’s influence is evident in many of Bourdelle’s early sculptures. By 1900, he had begun receiving commissions for a number of theaters and later taught classes at his studio to young artist such as Alberto Giacometti and Otto Gutfreund...
Category
1910s French Belle Époque Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
William McDonald for Rookwood Pottery Collie Dog Bookends, circa 1926
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This handsome pair of American art pottery bookends were designed by William McDonald, (1864-1931) for acclaimed Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati, Ohio. The bookends have been made in the form of Rough...
Category
1920s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pottery
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Fennec, Fox by Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, France
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco bronze sculpture fennec fox by Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, France.
Edouard Marcel Sandoz 'FENNEC COUCHÉ' A silvered bronze modelled as a fox, signed E M...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Black marble carved large Bowl
Located in Mexico City, MX
Bowl in carved Monterrey black marble. Handmade in Mexico by local craftsmen. Production time: 6-8 weeks for items without marble / 13-14 weeks for marble pieces. Shipping +10 additi...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
$410 / item
1960s George Nelson Ruler from the SAFETY NUMBERS Graphic Design + Clock Series
Located in Hyattsville, MD
USA, c.1960s. George Nelson & Associates design attributed Lucite Ruler from the SAFETY NUMBERS Graphic Design + Clock Series for Howard Miller. Unsigned....
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
$556 Sale Price
37% Off
St Louis Paperweight Lampwork Ladybird On Flowers Limited Edition
By Saint Louis
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : St Louis Paperweight Lampwork Ladybird and Flowers Limited Edition 1989
Date : 1989
Origin : France
Features : A red lampwork ladybird nestling on leaves and white flowers ...
Category
1980s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Mughal, Style Indian Dagger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mughal - style Indian dagger. Made with rock crystal and inlaid gold. United Kingdom, late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Other Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Rock Crystal, Metal
Mid-Century Walnut Pencil or Pen Holder by Sergio Dello Strologo for Xilarte
By Sergio Dello Strologo, Xilarte
Located in Austin, TX
A highly sculptural Mid-Century pen or pencil holder and temper by Sergio Dello Strologo for Xilarte, Milano, Italy.
Crafted of finely figured, turned walnut. The 12 slender, cylind...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Murano Art Glass Blue and Clear Apple Sculpture Paperweight
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Mid Century Modern Murano art glass in turquoise and clear apple fruit glass sculpture or decorative art object, paperweight.
beautiful Italian Murano blown art glass apple fruit gl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Rare Gucci Alligator / Crocodile Leather 4 Piece Desk Set
By Gucci
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A fabulous and rare Gucci 4 piece desk set in either Alligator or Crocodile real leather or embossed leather. Likely from the 1970's although I've see...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
$6,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Early 19th C Cary Celestial
Terrestrial Tabletop Globes
Located in Milford, NH
A fine pair of tabletop globes on stands, the left hand colored Celestial globe with cartouche which reads “Cary's New Celestial Globe on which are corr...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Mahogany
Hermes Equestrian Giant Paper Clip, 1960s France
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Substantial Hermès paper clip with a detailed horse head handle in solid metal. Hermès Paris stamped on the top. Light patina to silver. Large scale ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Bust Sculpture of a Woman / France, 1930
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco bust of a woman. Silvered bronze sculpture of a moderniste lady.
Mounted over a Italian marble base. Signed on the base Francois. France 1930
Perfect desk piece or paperweig...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Leather Desk Set by Le Tanneur
By Le Tanneur
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic 6-piece French leather desk set by Le Tanneur. Desk set includes leather: desk pad, mail holder, ashtray, manual date/calendar, ink b...
Category
1960s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Faux Leather
$2,800 / set
19th Century, Silvered Bronze Sculpture with the Struggle for Life by E. Drouot
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Edouard Drouot (1859-1945), The struggle for life (La Lutte pour la Vie), Silvered Bronze and Green marble sculpture
Signed "E. Drouot"
This valuable bronze-silvered sculpture is the work of the French sculptor Edouard Drouot (1859-1945) and depicts La The struggle for life (La Lutte pour la Vie). It is the representation of a man with a statuary and classicist physique, dressed only with a thong, while struggling with a fierce panther, climbing on a rocky group. Some identify the man Milone of Crotone, ancient Greek...
Category
19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Tomb of the Scipios Grand Tour Souvenir
Located in New Orleans, LA
This incredible Grand Tour inkwell relic takes the form of the ancient Tomb of the Scipios, a family of Roman war heroes and generals. Beautifully carved ent...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Siena Marble
Two Peter Max Op Pop Mod Disco Era Mens Wide Ties
By Peter Max
Located in Ferndale, MI
Two brightly colored ties in abstract design by Peter Max. On the wide side 4.75" at 54" long. Sold and labeled by famous mid west clothing store Hughes Hatcher Suffrin. Signed with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Silk
Murano Millefiori Flowers Italian Art Glass Mushroom Toadstool Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and very unusual, vintage Murano hand blown multicolor millefiori flowers Italian art glass mushroom / toadstool sculptural paperweight. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Robert P Gottlieb MOMA Desk Accessory Tape Dispenser Lucite / Chromed Steel
Located in Doraville, GA
Vintage lucite and chromed steel tape dispenser manufactured by Two's Company, Mount Vernon, NY. Robert P. Gottlieb is associated with the dispenser, but little is known about Gottli...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Midcentury Functional Tesla Phone 1960s, Československo
By Tesla
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good original condition.
- Fully functional.
- Tesla manufacturer.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Crystal Blue Dolphin Murano Art Glass Paperweight
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Crystal Blue Dolphin Murano Art Glass Paperweight.
The dolphin or porpoise is handmade in clear and blue blown glass.
Hand made and mouth blown in Italy, Murano art glass sommerso st...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Porcelain Bowl Hand Painted Easter Rabbit Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Completely handmade porcelain bowl with a hands-free naturalistic painted Easter rabbit in brown and white colors. The rabbit is sitting in the middle of...
Category
2010s German Country Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Engraved Anatomical Heart Model Crystal Art Glass Decor Paperweight
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Laser Engraved Anatomical Human Heart Model Crystal Art Glass Decor Paperweight.
Rectangular shape with a 3D human heart model.
Great to use as a paperweight or decor for a heart doc...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Gilt Bronze
Rouge Griotte Marble Inkwell
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Very Fine Rouge Griotte Marble Inkwell with Bronze Statuettes representing "Night
Day" by Michelangelo. Crystal ink containers with elaborate gilt bronze covers. France, circ...
Category
1880s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
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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