Skip to main content

Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

to
4
32
13
274
1,144
293
413
397
246
35
23
30
75
33
83
93
109
52
17
11
1
1
21
18
11
6
4
25
6
27
18
11
6
4
Height
to
Width
to
32
32
32
1
1
1
1
Period: Mid-19th Century
Large Antique Campaign Walnut Writing Box With Secret Drawers. English C.1860
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful walnut writing box or slope Fabulous colour and figure in the wood Good condition Working secret drawers* Replaced leather With a key Free UK shipping *The drawers a...
Category

English Campaign Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Large Antique Campaign Walnut Writing Box With Secret Drawers. English C.1860
Large Antique Campaign Walnut Writing Box With Secret Drawers. English C.1860

Large Antique Campaign Walnut Writing Box With Secret Drawers. English C.1860

$650
Fine Quality Antique Victorian French Freestanding Inlaid Boulle Desk Set
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine quality antique Victorian French freestanding inlaid boulle desk set having a quality ornate shaped brass handle flanked by a pair of original cut glass inkwells with inlaid bou...
Category

French Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Fine Quality Antique Victorian French Freestanding Inlaid Boulle Desk Set
Fine Quality Antique Victorian French Freestanding Inlaid Boulle Desk Set

Fine Quality Antique Victorian French Freestanding Inlaid Boulle Desk Set

$1,708 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Chinese Camphor Wood and Ebonised Writing Slope
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century Chinese camphor wood and ebonised writing slope of exceptional quality, having a drawer to the front which when pulls out opens the tambour shutter on top to reveal a lift up stationary rack with various sized compartments, in the bottom central compartment there is the makers label “SUI KEE CHAN” There is a hinged lid which lifts up and over...
Category

Hong Kong Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Hardwood

19th Century Chinese Camphor Wood and Ebonised Writing Slope
19th Century Chinese Camphor Wood and Ebonised Writing Slope

19th Century Chinese Camphor Wood and Ebonised Writing Slope

$2,686
A Large Victorian Mahogany Gallery or Magnifying Glass, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
A very large Georgian or Victorian mahogany gallery or magnifying glass. The circular glass within a mahogany frame, the baluster handle screwing into a brass bracket in the rim. Eng...
Category

British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Glass, Mahogany

A Large Victorian Mahogany Gallery or Magnifying Glass, 19th Century
A Large Victorian Mahogany Gallery or Magnifying Glass, 19th Century

A Large Victorian Mahogany Gallery or Magnifying Glass, 19th Century

$3,500
Elegant Victorian Flame Mahogany Writing Slope Stationary Leather Interior
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Elegant 19th Century Antique Victorian Flame Mahogany Decorative Inlaid Writing Slope With Black Ebonised Accents Fitted Stationary Compartments With A Tooled Leather Interior Supplied with two glass inkwells A new notepad A vintage ink pen...
Category

British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Elegant Victorian Flame Mahogany Writing Slope Stationary Leather Interior
Elegant Victorian Flame Mahogany Writing Slope Stationary Leather Interior

Elegant Victorian Flame Mahogany Writing Slope Stationary Leather Interior

$2,217 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Grand French Three-Piece Desk Set, Hand Painted Porcelain Inset, circa 1860
Located in Bath, GB
Wonderful to find a top-notch, highly decorative and most unusual desk set, French in origin dating to around 1860. Made from nutty coloured burl Walnut, all three pieces are mounted with the most wonderful polished brass mounts all inset with fabulous hand painted porcelain plaques. Our restorer had to remove all the mounts to professionally clean and on doing so found the name of the figure depicted on the plaques, "Ninon De Lenclos" a French Author, Courtesan, Freethinker and Patron of the Arts. The set is made up of a Stationery box with brass swing handles each side; the box complete with a working tasselled key. The box opens to reveal the wonderful original gilded leather lining with the original paper lining the sides of the dividers. The lock and hinges are beautifully engraved, a true sign of quality. The next piece is a hefty large oval Walnut Inkstand with a large glass inkwell...
Category

French Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Grand French Three-Piece Desk Set, Hand Painted Porcelain Inset, circa 1860
Grand French Three-Piece Desk Set, Hand Painted Porcelain Inset, circa 1860

Grand French Three-Piece Desk Set, Hand Painted Porcelain Inset, circa 1860

$3,030 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Large Antique Campaign Brass Mounted Writing Box. English C.1840
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful solid tropical hardwood writing box or slope Fabulous colour and figure in the wood Fine brass hardware 2 side drawers and one secret drawer* Replaced leather With Key...
Category

English Campaign Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Large Antique Campaign Brass Mounted Writing Box. English C.1840
Large Antique Campaign Brass Mounted Writing Box. English C.1840

Large Antique Campaign Brass Mounted Writing Box. English C.1840

$1,150
Antique Bachelor s Writing Slope, English, Correspondence Box, Regency, C.1830
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique bachelor’s writing slope. An English, coromandel and satinwood correspondence box dating to the Regency period, circa 1830. A superior example of portable desk furniture, showcasing striking casework and a fine fitted interior. Crafted from select coromandel stocks, displaying rich grain interest with flashes of warm amber Fascia appointed with a brass shield escutcheon and inset lock to front — key present Lid opens to reveal dual writing skivers, in a later dark blue embossed leather Front skiver with brass clasp, opening to a generous storage compartment Rear skiver lifts to reveal a striking satinwood interior, presenting rich saffron hues Replete with document slides, a pen tray and a pair of glass ink wells Brass recessed carry handle to the lid, set within a shaped backplate for portability Presented in good antique order, with light, sympathetic wear consistent with age This fine Regency writing slope...
Category

British Regency Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Antique Bachelor s Writing Slope, English, Correspondence Box, Regency, C.1830
Antique Bachelor s Writing Slope, English, Correspondence Box, Regency, C.1830

Antique Bachelor s Writing Slope, English, Correspondence Box, Regency, C.1830

$2,446
Fine French Cartonnier, 19th Century, Attributed to Paul Sormani, circa 1865
By Paul Sormani
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fine French Cartonnier, 19th century, attributed to Paul Sormani Paris, circa 1865, bois de Violette, satine quarter-veneer and six gilt-tooled brow...
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Wood

Fine French Cartonnier, 19th Century, Attributed to Paul Sormani, circa 1865
Fine French Cartonnier, 19th Century, Attributed to Paul Sormani, circa 1865

Fine French Cartonnier, 19th Century, Attributed to Paul Sormani, circa 1865

$9,500
Rare Antler Desk Standish with Elaborate Carvings, Germany ca. 1840
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Rare Antler Desk Standish with Elaborate Carvings, Germany ca. 1840 A rare antique writing desk set made of wood and original antlers decorated with fine carved hunting scenes depic...
Category

German Black Forest Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Wood, Antler

Rare Antler Desk Standish with Elaborate Carvings, Germany ca. 1840
Rare Antler Desk Standish with Elaborate Carvings, Germany ca. 1840

Rare Antler Desk Standish with Elaborate Carvings, Germany ca. 1840

$2,965
Mid 19th Century campaign camphor metamorphic lap desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare and good quality Chinese export camphor wood writing desk, circa 1860. Brass bound around the outer edges and carrying handles to each side. These desk were made for sea captai...
Category

Chinese Campaign Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Mid 19th Century campaign camphor metamorphic lap desk
Mid 19th Century campaign camphor metamorphic lap desk

Mid 19th Century campaign camphor metamorphic lap desk

$2,410
Antique Walnut Letter Box And Copying Press By Mordan. English Dated 1856
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful solid walnut letter or stationary box Combined with a patent copying press Fabulous colour and figure in the wood Makers mark of S. Mordan and dated 1856 on the press ha...
Category

English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Antique Walnut Letter Box And Copying Press By Mordan. English Dated 1856
Antique Walnut Letter Box And Copying Press By Mordan. English Dated 1856

Antique Walnut Letter Box And Copying Press By Mordan. English Dated 1856

$1,150
Victorian Polished Leather Document Box With Leather Lining Stamped GMC
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Cherry Red Polished Leather Document Box With Leather Lining Brass Handle Black Baize Base Fitted With Hill Cozens 5 Lever Brass Lock Stamped G M C The Medical A...
Category

British High Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Victorian Polished Leather Document Box With Leather Lining Stamped GMC
Victorian Polished Leather Document Box With Leather Lining Stamped GMC

Victorian Polished Leather Document Box With Leather Lining Stamped GMC

$1,673 Sale Price / set
35% Off
19th Century Rosewood Letter Tray
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Attractive And Extremely Good Quality Mid 19th Century Rosewood Letter Tray, Of Unusually Diminutive Proportions, Having Exceptionally Well...
Category

English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Rosewood

19th Century Rosewood Letter Tray
19th Century Rosewood Letter Tray

19th Century Rosewood Letter Tray

$1,232
Tunbridge Ware Leather-Hinged Document Holder c1860
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware leather hinged antique document holder Date : c1860 Period : Victoria Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent Decoration : Pers...
Category

British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Wood

Tunbridge Ware Leather-Hinged Document Holder c1860
Tunbridge Ware Leather-Hinged Document Holder c1860

Tunbridge Ware Leather-Hinged Document Holder c1860

$447
3-Piece Sevres Porcelain and Dore Bronze Mnt. Clock and Candelabra Garniture
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
A gorgeous and very unusual 19th century French dore bronze mounted Sevres white porcelain three-piece clock and three-light candelabra garniture set. The Lyre shaped clock and cande...
Category

French Louis XVI Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Bronze

3-Piece Sevres Porcelain and Dore Bronze Mnt. Clock and Candelabra Garniture
3-Piece Sevres Porcelain and Dore Bronze Mnt. Clock and Candelabra Garniture

3-Piece Sevres Porcelain and Dore Bronze Mnt. Clock and Candelabra Garniture

$19,800 / set
Victorian Coromandel Desk Set Letter Box
Located in Altrincham, GB
Victorian Coromandel Letter Box and Blotter Pad Book - with Studded Brass Banding of Anthemion Form with Central Jasper Ware Wedgwood Plaques - Blotter 8.5"w x 12"h - Box 9"w x 5"d x...
Category

English High Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Zebra Wood

Victorian Coromandel Desk Set Letter Box
Victorian Coromandel Desk Set Letter Box

Victorian Coromandel Desk Set Letter Box

$3,237 / set
Antique Desk Drawer, Japanese Ebonised Pine Desktop Folio, Victorian, Edo Period
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique desk drawer. A Japanese, ebonised pine desktop folio, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850. Attractive desk tidy with appealing hand-finished charm Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order Ebonised pine frame presents dark tonality Accentuated to the top with a saffron yellow hatched border Hand-painted Japanese motif adds a flourish to the front and sides Useful drawer dressed with a small brass pull for ease of opening Light crimson interior with remnants of a decorative lining Later faux crocodile dressing to the top surface and base This is a charming antique desk...
Category

Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Pine

Antique Desk Drawer, Japanese Ebonised Pine Desktop Folio, Victorian, Edo Period
Antique Desk Drawer, Japanese Ebonised Pine Desktop Folio, Victorian, Edo Period

Antique Desk Drawer, Japanese Ebonised Pine Desktop Folio, Victorian, Edo Period

$1,164
Bronze Pair of Letter Holders with Horses and Nymphs
Located in Newark, England
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING Pair of English Horse Letter Racks From our decorative collection, we are pleased to offer this highly detailed pair of bronze letter racks, dating to the e...
Category

British Early Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Pair of Letter Holders with Horses and Nymphs
Bronze Pair of Letter Holders with Horses and Nymphs

Bronze Pair of Letter Holders with Horses and Nymphs

$1,928
A Very Fine 19th Century Gilt Brass Silver Mounted Desk Seal, Circa 1850
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The figure of a warrior in classical Roman attire, poised contrapposto with one hand resting upon a shield, the opposing hand clutching a club slung over behind his shoulder. M...
Category

Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Rock Crystal, Silver, Brass

A Very Fine 19th Century Gilt Brass Silver Mounted Desk Seal, Circa 1850
A Very Fine 19th Century Gilt Brass Silver Mounted Desk Seal, Circa 1850

A Very Fine 19th Century Gilt Brass Silver Mounted Desk Seal, Circa 1850

$1,500
William IV 19th century table top writing slope
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
William IV 19th century writing slope circa 1835. Elegant and good quality William IV rosewood writing slope. Clean elegant lines, come with original mother of pearl cartouche, nam...
Category

British William IV Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Wood

William IV 19th century table top writing slope
William IV 19th century table top writing slope

William IV 19th century table top writing slope

$895
Antique English Coromandel Ormolu Mounted Four Piece Desk Set Mid 19th Century
By George Betjemann Sons
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful and highly decorative antique Victorian ormolu mounted coromandel four piece desk set by the renowned London maker of luxury items, Betjemann & Sons, cira 1860 in...
Category

English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Ormolu

Antique English Coromandel Ormolu Mounted Four Piece Desk Set Mid 19th Century
Antique English Coromandel Ormolu Mounted Four Piece Desk Set Mid 19th Century

Antique English Coromandel Ormolu Mounted Four Piece Desk Set Mid 19th Century

$2,961 / set
Antique Decorative Desk Stand, Indian, Ebony, Colonial Writer s Tidy, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique decorative desk stand. An Indian, ebony Colonial writer's tidy, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850. Striking dark tonality with eye-catching Colon...
Category

Indian British Colonial Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Ebony

Antique Decorative Desk Stand, Indian, Ebony, Colonial Writer s Tidy, Victorian
Antique Decorative Desk Stand, Indian, Ebony, Colonial Writer s Tidy, Victorian

Antique Decorative Desk Stand, Indian, Ebony, Colonial Writer s Tidy, Victorian

$1,549
Brass, Walnut and Ebonized Double Inkwell Set
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
English Victorian inkwell set. This walnut set has been accented with an ebony color and an overall brass decoration, mid-late 10th century.
Category

English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Brass, Walnut and Ebonized Double Inkwell Set
Brass, Walnut and Ebonized Double Inkwell Set

Brass, Walnut and Ebonized Double Inkwell Set

$1,650
Small Italian 1860s Painted Ceramic Floral Desk Set with Ink and Sand Containers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A petite Italian painted ceramic desk set from the mid-19th century, with two floral containers for ink and sand. Born in Italy during the second half...
Category

Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Ceramic

Small Italian 1860s Painted Ceramic Floral Desk Set with Ink and Sand Containers
Small Italian 1860s Painted Ceramic Floral Desk Set with Ink and Sand Containers

Small Italian 1860s Painted Ceramic Floral Desk Set with Ink and Sand Containers

$950
Chalcedony and Gilded Bronze Desk Set from the Duke of St. Albans
Located in London, GB
A finely cased desk set in Chalcedony and the very finest gilt bronze. Made up of a letter opener, a seal and a pen. The leather case is lined in its original velvet and silk. The en...
Category

English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Bronze

Chalcedony and Gilded Bronze Desk Set from the Duke of St. Albans
Chalcedony and Gilded Bronze Desk Set from the Duke of St. Albans

Chalcedony and Gilded Bronze Desk Set from the Duke of St. Albans

$2,100
French Pair of Bronze Cachets Depicting a Bagpipe Player and a Drummer
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century French pair of cachets made of bronze depicting two figures one of a bagpipe player and one of a drummer. Ready to be engraved and could become a perfect gift! France, ...
Category

French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Bronze

French Pair of Bronze Cachets Depicting a Bagpipe Player and a Drummer
French Pair of Bronze Cachets Depicting a Bagpipe Player and a Drummer

French Pair of Bronze Cachets Depicting a Bagpipe Player and a Drummer

$643 / set
An Ashford (Derbyshire) black marble pen tray
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An Ashford (Derbyshire) black marble pen tray, of rectangular form with two pen trays and a small circular well centred under a bronze handle in the form entwined serpents, the pen trays decorated with inlaid pietra dura borders. English, circa 1850. Ashford marble is a type of limestone which can be polished to a glossy black finish. It is quarried in only two sites in Derbyshire and has been used as a decorative building material since Bess of Hardwick commissioned a chimney piece of Ashford stone for Chatsworth. In the 18th century Henry Watson...
Category

English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Marble

An Ashford (Derbyshire) black marble pen tray
An Ashford (Derbyshire) black marble pen tray

An Ashford (Derbyshire) black marble pen tray

$1,859
Very rare English travel writing desk/secretary chest around 1860
Located in Berlin, DE
Very rare English travel writing desk/secretary chest around 1860 Solid mahogany lidded box that can be converted into a travel writing desk/travel secretary with a green leather to...
Category

English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Very rare English travel writing desk/secretary chest around 1860
Very rare English travel writing desk/secretary chest around 1860

Very rare English travel writing desk/secretary chest around 1860

$3,446
A Louis Philippe bronze and ormolu desk set
By Louis Philippe
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Louis Philippe bronze and ormolu desk set, comprising two ink wells and a powder shaker in the form of crenelated urns with anthemion-bud finia...
Category

French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

A Louis Philippe bronze and ormolu desk set
A Louis Philippe bronze and ormolu desk set

A Louis Philippe bronze and ormolu desk set

$1,005
English Writing Desk With Mother Of Pearl And Abalone
Located in Dallas, TX
An english wood Writing Desk inlaid with abalone and mother of pearl. The lock is signed by maker in London, England. Circa 1860.
Category

English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Leather, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

English Writing Desk With Mother Of Pearl And Abalone
English Writing Desk With Mother Of Pearl And Abalone

English Writing Desk With Mother Of Pearl And Abalone

$3,450
19th Century French Pair of Bronze Cachets Depicting Female Figures
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century French pair of cachets made of bronze depicting two figures of beautiful female. Already engraved "CH" and "LD" and could become a perfect gift! France, circa 1870.
Category

French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Pair of Bronze Cachets Depicting Female Figures
19th Century French Pair of Bronze Cachets Depicting Female Figures

19th Century French Pair of Bronze Cachets Depicting Female Figures

$870 / set

Still Thinking About These?

All Recently Viewed

More Ways To Browse

Leather Mail Holder
Parker Duofold
Tiffany Holloware
Vintage Brass Perpetual Calendar
Vintage Dupont Pens
Vintage Plastic Organizer
Antique Metal Calendar
Cartier Santos Pen
General Electric Fan
Giorgio Della Beffa
Letter Holder Horse
Mail Tray
Montblanc 4810
Rino Pirovano
Sheaffer Vintage Pens
Tiffany Magnifying Glass
Vintage Bank Calendar
W H Morley
View All Popular Desk Sets Searches