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Desk Accessories For Sale
19th Century Italian Micro Mosaic Grand Tour Paperweight The Doves Of Pliny
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th Century Italian micro mosaic Grand Tour paperweight - The Doves of Pliny.
Rome - Circa 1870.
Cartouche shaped black slate ground, inset...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Slate
19th Century Rare Miniature Wooden Bible Box in Original Paint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century most rare and unusual original painted miniature bible box with original painted surface and gilding. This early gem has original iron hi...
Category
19th Century American Country Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
Brass jugendstil desk set with lion heads
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Brass jugendstil desk set with lion heads.
inkwell 28,5x18,5x6cm
clock 24,5x13x8cm
match stand with ashtray 14x13x11,5cm
Category
1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Wooden Chopping Boards - Large Size - Good Quantity Available
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Vintage Wooden Chopping Boards - Large Size - Good Quantity Available.
Sourced from Hungarian and Romanian street markets, crudely made and well used small chopping boards made mai...
Category
1950s Hungarian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Beech
Vintage Austrian Art Deco Industrial Worker Bronze or Brass Letter Opener, 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Vintage Solid Brass or Bronze Letter Opener, Austria, Art Deco / Industrial Brutalist Style
A striking vintage letter opener cast in solid brass or bronze and modeled as an industri...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Austrian Art Nouveau Style Nude Girl Bronze or Brass Letter Opener 1950s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Vintage Solid Brass Nude Lady Letter Opener, Austria, Mid-20th Century
A striking vintage letter opener cast in solid brass and modeled as a reclining nude female figure. This decor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Baroque Style Brass Inkwell Set and Letter Holder Stand
Located in Doylestown, PA
Baroque style solid brass double inkwell set with letter holder, c. 1900-1910.
A gorgeous desktop accessory ornately adorned with cherubs, flowers and scrolling acanthus leaves. In...
Category
Early 1900s European Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Porcelain Bowl Hand Painted with Rabbit Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Completely handmade porcelain bowl with a hands-free naturalistic painted Easter rabbit in black and white colors. The rabbit is sitting in the middle of the bowl for decorating nuts...
Category
2010s German Country Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Stack Trays by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Bronze Stack Trays by Henry Wilson
Dimesions: W 25 x D 5 x H 10 cm
Materials: Bronze
The stack trays are sold in a set of three that can be used togethe...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
$516 / item
Pair Antique Staffordshire Porcelain Poodles Dogs Quill Pen Holders 19th Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality highly detailed and glazed quite rare Pair of standing English Porcelain Staffordshire Poodle Dogs modelled as Pen or Quill Holders, third quarter of th...
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain, Pottery
Brass Piet Hein Super Egg by Henning Glahn / Danks Design in original Box
By Piet Hein
Located in Krefeld, DE
Piet Hein super egg with leather pouch, booklet and original Box. The super egg is in solid brass produced by Henning Glahn, Denmark. Price for the...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Gilbert Johnson Veiled Glass Sculpture or Paperweight, Studio Art Glass
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
American studio glass sculpture or paperweight features organic elongated shape with a veiled internal design. Controlled air bubbles, that are dispersed inside the glass, create an...
Category
1990s American Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
Wooden Christmas Tree Set, Duo FIR – Cedar with Bronze Tip
Located in Orlando, FL
The bronze-tipped solid cedar Christmas tree set is inspired by the graceful form of the fir tree and specially crafted to bring the festive spirit into your living spaces. Featuring...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Mid Century Trio of Italian Brass and Glass Crane Bird Sculptures
Located in Toronto, ON
This spectacular trio of mid-century brass and glass crane sculptures is a true testament to timeless design and craftsmanship. The cranes are beautifully constructed, with each piec...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Bauhaus Style Art Deco Vintage White Metal Napkin Holder, Germany, circa 1920
Located in Vienna, AT
Bauhaus Style Art Deco vintage napkin holder from white lacquered metal Germany, circa 1920 .
The napkin holder shows signs of age and use like ...
Category
1920s German Bauhaus Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sheet Metal
Charles X Gothic Revival Gilt and Patinated Bronze and Siena Marble Inkwell
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Of rectangular shape, decorated with gothic cathedral arcades, with two wells and two pen holders, raised on a Siena marble base raised on scrolled feet.
Between the twelfth and six...
Category
1820s French Gothic Revival Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
US General Accounting Office Desk Set Scissor Letter Open Box Solingen Germany
Located in Hyattsville, MD
United States General Accounting Office Official Scissors Desk Set in Wooden Box with the Official Cast Metal Seal affixed to the top of the box. Made by Solingen of Germany. Possibl...
Category
1990s German Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Art Deco Mid-20 Century Airplane Fighter over the World, Paperweight, 1930s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco / mid-20 century airplane fighter over the world paperweight, 1930s
aluminium Art Deco / streamlined aviation paperweight. Lovely desk size. A perfect gift.
We have special...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Carl Auböck Model #8040-1 Knob in Nickel
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #8040-1 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
$482 / item
Carl Auböck Model #8040-2 Polished Brass Knob
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #8040-2 polished brass knob.
Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese knob is executed in polished brass b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th Century French University Teaching Shapes - Collection Of Eight
Located in Hook, Hampshire
19th Century French University Teaching Shapes - Collection Of Eight.
We know little of the history or use of this collection but they are from the late 19th Century and came from ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Beech
Victorian Chased Silver Hand Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
This late Victorian hand mirror has a lovely silver plated frame with chased decoration of geometric patterns and foliate scrollwork. The rectangular mirror sits within a scalloped f...
Category
Early 20th Century Late Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
American Victorian Walnut Cased Standing Magnifying Glass
Located in Hudson, NY
This large American Victorian standing magnifying glass is encased in a carved and turned walnut frame and is adjustable to height with a wooden screw set device. Made circa 1880 the...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Walnut
19th-Century Silver and Exotic Wood Inkwell in the Shape of a Piano
Located in Madrid, ES
An exceptional 19th-century inkwell crafted in the form of a grand piano, made from exotic woods with exquisite silver marquetry inlays. The inkwell’s design replicates the elegance ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Fruitwood
Vintage Green Marble Paperweight , 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Green marble paperweight realized in Italy in 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
$192 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage 60
s Danish Teak Wood Figural Dice Desk Pen/Pencil Holder Stand Pop Art
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful Scandinavian teak wood figural accessory desk pen/pencil holder dating from the 1960's. Great pop art design and form. Has 6 holes on top to put pens or pencils. Made of so...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
French Onyx Egg Shaped Paperweight with Bronze Base
Located in Marbella, ES
French onyx egg shaped paperweight with bronze base.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
19th Century German Iron Door Lock
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century German Iron Door Lock.
Category
19th Century German Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Danish Postmodern Wall Calendar, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Danish Postmodern Wall Calendar, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989.
Additional information:
Materials: Plastic
Style: Postmodern
Country of Origin: Germany
Color...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Sterling
Glass Inkwell by Dominick
Haff for J.E. Caldwell
Co, Circa 1920
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
American Sterling & Glass Inkwell by Dominick & Haff for J.E. Caldwell & Co., Circa 1920
Dimensions:
Inkwell: 3" H x 2.75" W x 2.75" D
Tray: 5" x 5" x 0.25"
A superb two-piece st...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Pierre Disderot Paris 1980 Pair of Aerodynamic Desk Lamps in Nickel Chrome
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of desk lamps designed by Pierre Disderot.
Beautiful aerodynamic modern pair of desk lamps, created in Paris France by the company of Pierre Disderot, back in the 1980. These...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome, Nickel
$2,765 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Early Swedish 19th Century Wooden Folk Art Box with Originally Paint
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Swedish original painted Folk Art box. From the beginning of the 19th century, most likely used to keep writing supplies and office materials.
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Pine
Louis XV style writing desk. Gilt bronze, stone. Possibly French school, 19th c
Located in Madrid, ES
Louis XV style writing desk. Gilt bronze, stone. Possibly French school, 19th century.
Gilt bronze writing desk with a metal plate at the bottom and, at the top, a decoration based ...
Category
19th Century European Neoclassical Revival Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Bronze, Other
English Regency Mahogany Travelling Lap Desk Box with Secret Compartment
Located in Savannah, GA
Large size English Regency mahogany travelling sloped lap desk/ box with original brass corner mounts, hinges, pin, top mount and retractable handles. Features include a side drawer,...
Category
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$1,747 Sale Price
29% Off
Calamaio Biedermeier in Vetro Smaltato Blu 1810 Judaica Origine Austro Ungarica
Located in Milano, MI
Calamaio in Vetro Biedermeier Judaica di forma rotonda in vetro trasparente incamiciato con uno strato bianco ed uno blu. Sul corpo ci sono degli intagli di forma lineare ed ovale ch...
Category
Early 19th Century Hungarian Biedermeier Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Reaction Poetique Centerpiece with Handle by Jaime Hayon for Cassina
By Cassina
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
The Réaction Poétique Centrepiece with Handle by Jaime Hayon for Cassina is a refined statement piece that elevates any interior. Crafted with the signature artistry of the celebrate...
Category
2010s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
A Regency Cut Glass Miniature Obelisk Prism With An Optical Illusion Of An Urn
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Very Beautiful Well Executed Regency Cut Glass Miniature Obelisk Prism. With An Optical Illusion Of An Urn Decorated With Hand Painted Flowers
By cutting a pattern on the back, an...
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Cut Glass, Paint
Standing Bear Money Box
Located in London, England
A late Victorian patinated cast iron standing bear money box, registered design by John Harper & Co.
U.K circa 1900.
H 16cm x W 7cm x D 6cm
Please be in ...
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Silver Writing Set, with Hallmarks, Antonio J. Santa Cruz, Cordoba, Spain, 1773
By Antonio Jose de Santa Cruz
Located in Madrid, ES
Silver writing set. With hallmarks. Córdoba, Antonio José de Santa Cruz (Córdoba, 1733 -?) and Juan de Luque and Leiva, Spain, 1773.
It shows some fault in some container and adds b...
Category
1770s Spanish Rococo Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Metal flower-shaped ashtray
Located in PARIS, FR
Set of five individual metal ashtrays displayed on their matching central stand. Each ashtray is shaped like a petal.
Category
20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Wooden Christmas Tree JUNIPER – Cedar with Brass Tip, Large Size
Located in Orlando, FL
The brass-tipped decorative Christmas tree is designed to complete your holiday décor with natural cedar wood and elegant brass accents. Inspired by the form of the juniper tree, thi...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Tall Art Glass Blue Swirl Jellyfish Paperweight
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Artisan-made, hand-blown, art glass paperweight by Rochester Folk Art Guild features a graceful, cobalt blue form resembling a jellyfish or a flower encased in a clear glass tall obl...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Set of Three Natural Antler Tips
Brass Desk Accessories
Located in North Miami, FL
This set of three (3) natural antler tips desk accessories are backed with brass base. Perfect for an executive desk, two paperweights and a letter opener. Rich natural coloring an...
Category
Late 20th Century American Black Forest Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Medida :1920, Car Sculpture in wood Sign: Argentor wien
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Material: Wood and silver plated bronze
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Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Constellation Marble Bowl, Small Low in Nero Marquina Marble, in Stock
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The hexagonal bowls are designed so that they can be laid together forming a honeycomb formation, either in same color or in different color combinations.
Please note that no two...
Category
2010s British Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Wooden Christmas Tree – Large, Cedar, Juniper
Located in Orlando, FL
The JUNIPER decorative solid cedar handmade Christmas trees are simple yet elegant pieces of holiday décor, inspired by the aesthetic form of the juniper tree. Crafted from the uniqu...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Cute Munich Child on Barrel Metal Money Box Piggy Bank, Antique German 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous antique Souvenir metal money bank. It's a beer barrel with the Munich Child on top. Probably a Souvenir from the famous Octoberfest held in ...
Category
1920s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Micro Mosaic Pen Holder
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Micro mosaic Moorish pen holder: simply beautiful ! Elegant sitting on Your desk.
It must not remain near heat sources because the mosaic could be damag...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Aesthetic Movement Desk Accessories
Materials
Enamel
Desk Top Marquetry Occasional Book Tidy
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Desk Top Marquetry Occasional Book Tidy
The Bookcase is double sided with very attractive marquetry panels on each end
The bookcase is in attractive c...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Fruitwood
Post-Modern Teak and Frosted Glass Double Letter Tray
Located in San Diego, CA
A really cool and high quality set of post-modern teak and frosted glass double letter trays, circa 1990s. There are two sets of 2 trays available so you could acquire a four height ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Teak
Hermes Paris desk set in black leather and silver metal
By Hermès
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Hermes Paris desk set in black leather and silver metal
Desk set consisting of a stationery holder, a double-flap desk folder and a pen holder with blotter. It is a game that detonat...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Sweet Little Dog Italian Hand Painted Ceramic Money Box c1960s
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Adorable hand painted ceramic Italian money box from the 1960's
A joyful palette of colours brings this piece to life
Circa 1960's
Signed M33 Italy ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Blue
White Ming Scale Weight Drum, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
This small porcelain object is a scale weight from the late Ming-dynasty (1368-1644), a dense counterweight for a tabletop balances used by merchants to ...
Category
Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
African Tuareg Hand-Tooled Black Leather Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Hand tooled black leather box from Africa.
Very fine workmanship with tribal traditional African symbols on black leather.
African Tuareg style probably ...
Category
Early 20th Century Mauritanian Folk Art Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Vintage Bronze and Marble Roman Sandaled Paperweight Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
This Fornsetti style vintage paperweight, sculpture and desk accessory has a patinated bronze roman foot atop a white marble base. The bronze has bee...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mid 20th Century Hermes Horse Head Magnifying Glass, France, Circa 1960
By Hermès
Located in London, GB
Introducing an elegant mid 20th-century Hermes Horse Head Magnifying Glass from France, Circa 1960.
The intricately designed horse's head adds a un...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Wooden Christmas Tree Set, Duo FIR – Cedar with Brass Tip
Located in Orlando, FL
The gold-tipped solid cedar decorative Christmas tree is designed to complete your holiday theme with simplicity and elegance. Inspired by the natural form of the juniper tree and re...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Tiffany Studios New York Greek Key Bronze Doré Inkwell
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique bronze doré inkwell featuring Greek key designs
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 3.5"W x 3.5"D x 2.25"H....
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Austrian 1870 Egyptian Revival Sphinx Paper Weight In .800 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
A Sphynx paper-weight made in Austria.
An unusual desk paper-weight, created in Vienna Austria back in the 1870. This beautiful piece was designed with Egyptian revival and grand to...
Category
1870s Austrian Egyptian Revival Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$381 Sale Price
30% Off
Contemporary Blackened Ribbon Hook by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Blackened Ribbon Hook by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 2 x D 8 x H 12 cm
Materials: Blackened bronze.
An antidote to last-minute rummaging, the Ribbon Hook features two protruding bloc...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
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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