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Desk Accessories For Sale
Vintage Black Forest Bear Pen Rest, German, Bronze, Marble, Decor, Desk Stand
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage Black Forest bear pen rest. A German, bronze and marble decorative desk Stand, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970.
Highly distinctive desk Stand with charm...
Category
Late 20th Century German Black Forest Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Large Wood and Glass Tic Tac Toe
Located in Naucalpan, Edo de Mex
A collaboration by Orfeo Quagliata creating iconic family entertainment. This Board Games edition presents classic games like Backgammon, Chess and Tic Tac Toe, made out of wood and ...
Category
2010s Mexican Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Wood
Antique Inkwell, Gilded Bronze, Antique Desk Utensil, Vase-Shaped, Pen Tray
Located in Greven, DE
Antique inkwell made from bronze, gilded.
Very good condition of the bronze work.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Sikorsky Helicopter Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a Skiorsky SH-3A/D Helicopter. Made in Japan, 1980s. This piece has great balance and details like pro...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
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 Figured Top With Studworlk Decorati...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Rosewood
1920s ANTIQUE DECORATIVE BRASS PiGGY BANK
Located in Pulborough, GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this Lovely 1920s Antique Brass Piggy Bank.
The piggy bank would resemble an actual pig with all the features th...
Category
19th Century British Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Plato Oval No.05 Desk Organizer Design by Defne Koz for Uniqka
By Uniqka
Located in Türkali, 34
An award-winning series of trays and organizers, Plato Collection comes in various sizes, colors, and shapes. Plato organizes everyday objects with serenity, sophistication and bliss...
Category
2010s Turkish Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Restored Calculator, NISA, Czechoslovakia, 1958
Located in Praha, CZ
The entire machine is expertly disassembled, cleaned, lubricated, all repaired and fully functional
The packaging of the machine has surface defects that are associated with the age...
Category
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Venezia Sestiere Desk Organizer
By Morici
Located in Recanati, IT
An exquisite objet d'art that will add a lively dash of color and elegant flair to a modern entryway console, this vide-poche (from the French meaning literally "empty-pocket") combi...
Category
2010s Italian Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Venezia Laguna Desk Organizer
By Morici
Located in Recanati, IT
An exquisite objet d'art that will add a lively dash of color and elegant flair to a modern entryway console, this vide-poche (from the French meaning literally "empty-pocket") combi...
Category
2010s Italian Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Venezia Mestre Desk Organizer
By Morici
Located in Recanati, IT
An exquisite objet d'art that will add a lively dash of color and elegant flair to a modern entryway console, this vide-poche (from the French meaning literally "empty-pocket") combi...
Category
2010s Italian Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Double socket mint, Studio Gert Wessels
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Double socket object 9. Mint SAKER by Studio Gert Wessels, mint. Hand crafted in an organic shape and made in his studio in the Netherlands.
In his da...
Category
2010s Dutch Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Carl Aubock Vase or Decanter with Wicker Top, Midcentury, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful minimal modernist vase or decanter „Tuberkulinkolben", designed and executed by Carl Aubock II in the 1950s. Made of handblown clear glass with nice wickerwork / rattan o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Lake Small Tropical Turquoise Tray by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lake small tropical Turquoise tray by Pulpo
Dimensions: D 27 x W 20 x H 4 cm
Materials: ceramic
Also available in different colours.
These charm...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Fornasetti Vide Poche / Catchall by Piero Fornasetti, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1950s Fornasetti original astonishing porcelain vide poche/catchall "Sonate- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" by Piero Fornasetti . Heavy porcelain construction for use as beautiful desk acc...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Nutcracker Style 1 by Carl Aubock
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
For five generations the design house of Carl Aubock has been turning ordinary objects like paperweights and bookends into extraordinary objects of beauty in an old town house in Vie...
Category
2010s Austrian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Knotted Vide Poche Set of 2 Mink André Fu Living Desk Office Home Accessories
By André Fu
Located in Admiralty, HK
Description: Tray set of 2
Color: Mink
Size of big tray: 20 x 20 x 3 H cm
Size of small tray: 15 x 15 x 3 H cm
Material: Leather
Collection: Knotted.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Decorative Glass Desk Accessory Bowl Plus Flowers Container, 1970s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Decorative glass desk accessory bowl plus flowers container 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
René Lalique Cup with Foot "Dampierre"
By René Lalique
Located in Madrid, ES
René Lalique
Cup with foot "Dampierre", in French crystal from the 20th century, molded and relieved, signed 'Lalique, France'. Dimensions: 12.5 x 12 cm.
Category
20th Century French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Venezia Cannaregio Pen Holder
By Morici
Located in Recanati, IT
An exquisite objet d'art that will add a lively dash of color and elegant flair to a modern entryway console, this vide-poche (from the French meaning literally "empty-pocket") combi...
Category
2010s Italian Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Webster Floral Bow Sterling Silver Calling Card Holder
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Finely made Victorian sterling silver calling card case featuring an engraved floral design with a bow centrally set on the top of the area with a ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Late Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Art Nouveau Bronze Card Tray or Pin Tray, Vide - Poche, 1920s
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Art Nouveau Bronze card tray or Pin Tray, Vide - Poche, 1920s
This absolutely adorable card tray or pin tray, Vide - Poche, is made of bronze ...
Category
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Continental Miniature Wooden Bombe Chest Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
Antique Belgian wooden jewelry box shaped like a bombe chest with three lockable drawers and ornate brass hardware and ornamentation.
Category
20th Century Belgian Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Metal
Editioned Italian Fornasetti Calendar Porcelain Plate, 2012
By Fornasetti
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage Italian decorative porcelain plate designed and made by Fornasetti. The commemorative plate is for the year of 2012 and features an angle blowing the calendar pieces. The p...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
German Modern White Telephone Mod. Grillo by Zanuso Sapper for Siemens, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
German Modern white telephone mod. Grillo by Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper for Siemens, 1960s.
Telephone mod. Grillo with "shell" shaped in plastic....
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Tripple Socket Mint, Studio Gert Wessels
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Tripple socket object 23. Mint Saker by Studio Gert Wessels, mint. Hand crafted in an organic shape and made in his studio in the Netherlands.
In his ...
Category
2010s Dutch Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Decorative Pens, English, Fountain, Pencil, Conway Stewart, Dinkie 550
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage decorative pens. An English, fountain pen and retractable pencil by Conway Stewart, dating to the mid 20th century, ci...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Quadruple Socket Pink, Studio Gert Wessels
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Quadruple socket object 23. Rosa SAKER by Studio Gert Wessels, pink. handcrafted in an organic shape and made in his studio in the Netherlands.
In his daily practice he investiga...
Category
2010s Dutch Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic, Epoxy Resin, Polyester
Quadruple Socket Mint, Studio Gert Wessels
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Quadruple socket object 23, by Studio Gert Wessels, mint. Hand crafted in an organic shape and made in his studio in the Netherlands.
In his daily practice he investigates the re...
Category
2010s Dutch Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Polyester
Knotted Vide Poche Set of 2 Purple André Fu Living Desk Office Home Accessories
By André Fu
Located in Admiralty, HK
Description: Tray set of 2
Color: Purple
Size of big tray: 20 x 20 x 3 H cm
Size of small tray: 15 x 15 x 3 H cm
Material: Leather
Collection: Knotted.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Boxer Dog Porcelain Decorative Object from West Germany, 1968
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful porcelain Boxer dog, West Germany, 1968. Beautiful details as shown.
Dimensions: 2" Depth x 7" Width x 6.75" Height.
Other items sho...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
English Sterling Silver Capstan Inkwell With Pocket Watch - Edwardian
Located in London, GB
Very highly sought-after, this is a lovely example of an inkwell with the pocket watch lid. Made from sterling silver, the inkwell is hallmarked forBirmingham 1906, Edwardian in era.
The watch is the original and has been overhauled and cleaned by our clock repairer...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Double Socket Lila, Studio Gert Wessels
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Double socket object 9. Lila SAKER by Studio Gert Wessels, lilac. handcrafted in an organic shape and made in his studio in the Netherlands.
In his da...
Category
2010s Dutch Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Single Socket Lila, Studio Gert Wessels
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Single socket object 16.5. Lila Saker by Studio Gert Wessels, lilac. Hand crafted in an organic shape and made in his studio in the Netherlands.
In hi...
Category
2010s Dutch Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Single Socket Pink, Studio Gert Wessels
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Single socket object 16.5. Rosa SAKER by Studio Gert Wessels, pink. handcrafted in an organic shape and made in his studio in the Netherlands.
In his ...
Category
2010s Dutch Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Single socket mint, Studio Gert Wessels
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Single socket object 16.5. Mint SAKER by Studio Gert Wessels, mint. Hand crafted in an organic shape and made in his studio in the Netherlands.
In his...
Category
2010s Dutch Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Mid-Century Ball Sculpture Paperweight in Steel and Travertine, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury sculpture / paperweight in steel and travertine in the shape of a ball in the style of Italian designer Enzo Mari.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine, Metal, Steel
Vintage Murano Twisted Spiral Sky Blue and Clear Art Glass with Silver Murine 19
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A beautiful Mid-Century Modern vintage Murano sky blue glass vase with bubbles and silver murine inclusions.
Beautiful vintage handmade Murano ice blue glass soliflore vase with silver inclusions.
A fantastic unusual shaped, small decorative vase with twisted base body combined with a lovely coloration from light sky blue tone down to clear.
An exceptional designed Murano piece of mid-century Italian art glass vase mouth-blown in an organic form with a combination of ocean blue and the and clear with silver and gold inclusions.
This is a rare color, shape and size, a must have for any art glass collector.
Very good condition. Handmade in Venice, Murano, Italy, circa 1960s.
Could be use to hold a single flower or as a paper weight...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Large English Antique Brass Desk Magnifying Glass / Paperweight c.1910
Located in Bath, GB
Always very popular and a very useful desk-top accessory. These large circular magnifiers actually are the condenser or magnifier from a Magic Lantern dating to around 1910; they are...
Category
1910s British Edwardian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Peach Bookend Mould Project by Theodora Alfredsdottir
Located in Geneve, CH
Peach bookend mould project by Theodora Alfredsdottir.
Unique
Materials: Jesmonite
Dimensions: 110 x 80 x 180mm.
Theodora Alfredsdottir is a product design studio based in Lond...
Category
2010s English Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Cement
Contemporary Metallic Gold Leather Rectangular Tray
Located in Toronto, ON
A beautiful metallic gold leather tray, perfect for the desk, bedside table, or use as a serving piece. Fully wrapped in embossed leather with stitched panels, each tray has two open...
Category
2010s Argentine Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
1960s Dunhill Lift Arm Ostrich Leather Lighter
By Dunhill
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant Dunhill lift arm lighter made in the 1960s. Body wrapped in ostrich leather that has a perfect patina. Amazing texture and practical size perf...
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
19th C. Rosewood Brass Bound
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Handsome Campaign Style Box with nice deep color and decorative brass mounts, top medallion and escutcheon (lacking a key). The inside lid and sides lined in dark green velvet, the bottom with vintage printed paper...
Category
19th Century Campaign Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Small Modern Spinning Sculpture in Turquoise Resin by Paola Valle
By Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
This modern geometric sculptures will add a touch of color to any space, you can place them on top of books on your coffee table or even as a centerpiece. The possibilities are endle...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Quadruple Socket Green, Studio Gert Wessels
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Quadruple socket object 23, by Studio Gert Wessels, green. Hand crafted in an organic shape and made in his studio in the Netherlands.
In his daily practice he investigates the r...
Category
2010s Dutch Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Polyester
Contemporary Metallic Silver Leather Rectangular Tray
Located in Toronto, ON
A beautiful metallic silver leather tray, perfect for the desk, bedside table, or use as a serving piece. Fully wrapped in embossed leather with stitched panels, each tray has two op...
Category
2010s Argentine Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
19th Century, French, Patinated Bronze Hunting Dog and Duck Inkwell
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a man's desk or office with this antique dog and bird inkwell. Created in France circa 1870 and attributed to Jules Moiniez, the sculpture composition depicts a setter head ...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Art Deco 'Greek Key' Bronze Doré Letter Rack
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Art Deco period gilt bronze desk letter rack featuring a Greek key design
By Tiffany Studios
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 12.25"W x 3.75"D x 8.38"H...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Doré Bronze and Marble Inkwell
Located in Tampa, FL
A doré bronze and marble inkwell. It is French in the Empire style. Compartments have their little glass containers for ink and are all original.
Category
1890s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vintage Mr. Peanuts Dispenser, USA, Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Mr. Peanuts Dispenser is an original decorative object realized in the mid-20th century.
This vintage object was realized by Tarco Company and it was used as a real peanut...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Carl Auböck Model #9038 Polished Brass Knob
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #9038 polished brass knob.
Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese knob is executed in polished brass by Werkstätt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Luoghi Relazionali
By Gumdesign
Located in Viareggio, IT
Una collezione di contenitori che dividono e identificano gli spazi razionali. La logica ancestrale ha sempre posto l'uomo al centro di una fitta rete di relazioni con l'ambiente e c...
Category
2010s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Enchanted angel paper cutter
Located in Firenze, FI
Upgrade your workspace with our angle-shaped casting bronze paper cutter. Made from high-quality bronze, its unique and stylish design adds sophistication...
Category
2010s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Toucan Coasters by Studio Lel
Located in Geneve, CH
Toucan coasters by Studio Lel
Dimensions: D10 x H10 x H0.6 cm
Materials: Lapis Lazuli, Jade, Jasper, Marble
These are handmade from semiprecious stone and marble in a small arti...
Category
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Lapis Lazuli, Jade, Other
Black Forest Carved Walnut Reclining Swiss Mountain Dog, Swiss, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Black Forest Breinzware Walnut Inkwell, carved as a reclining Swiss Mountain Dog, with a hinged top, and two interior glass inkwells, Brienz, Switzerland ...
Category
1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Renzo Set Concrete Tray Made In Italy White&Red Cement Christmas Edition
Located in Rome, Lazio
Now available in Christmas Edition!
Renzo Line is a family of multipurpose trays with a very smooth surface and soft curved edges, now available in different color compositions. Each...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Concrete
Renzo Set Concrete Tray Made in Italy Green&Brown Cement Christmas Edition
Located in Rome, Lazio
Now available in Christmas Edition!
Renzo Line is a family of multipurpose trays with a very smooth surface and soft curved edges, now available in different color compositions. Eac...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Concrete
Antique Inkwell, Crystal Glass, Silver Plated, Late 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Inkwell made from crystal glass.
The lid is silver-plated.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
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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