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Pensive Bird Desk Accessory
By Kaija Aarikka
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A pensive bird pen and note holder crafted from birch.
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Birch
Art Deco Belgium Black Marble Desk Set Decorated with Bronze Bird
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Deco Belgium black marble desk set
This 3-piece desk consists of an inkwell (with the original
Category
Vintage 1930s Belgian Art Deco Desk Sets
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
Peacock or Pheasant Bird Desk Letter Mail Holder
Located in New York, NY
A desk letter or mail holder with a peacock or pheasant bird design, in the Art Nouveau design
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Letter Openers
Materials
Ceramic
Bird Ashtray
Located in Richmond, VA
Stunning handmade petite copper and brass bird ashtray with blue stone eyes and intentional brush
Category
20th Century Mexican Desk Sets
Materials
Brass, Copper
Vienna Bronze 19th Century Bird Inkwell
Located in Marseille, FR
19th Century Viennese bronze inkwell representing a bird resting on a branch, 13 cm high, 20 cm
Category
Antique 19th Century Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Art Glass Sommerso Blue Bird Paperweight Figurine
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Abstract blue art glass bird figurine was hand blown in sommerso technique, with flue and white
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Pre-War Metal Inkwell with Bird Figurine
Located in Opole, PL
Pre-War Metal Inkwell with Bird Figurine
Metal inkwell with a bird figurine, dating back to the
Category
Early 20th Century European Inkwells
Materials
Metal
Antique Vienna Bronze Parrot Bird Sculpture Inkwell
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique Vienna Bronze Parrot Bird Sculpture Inkwell
Category
Antique 1890s Vienna Secession Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Minerva Yellow Desk-Companion
By Les First
Located in Mantova, MN
LF- The Luck of the Gods
A desk-companion, an ornament, a muse, a book-end, a talisman… LF’s
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Greco Roman Paperweights
Materials
Stainless Steel
Minerva Red Desk-Companion
By Les First
Located in Mantova, MN
LF- The Luck of the Gods
A desk-companion, an ornament, a muse, a book-end, a talisman… LF’s
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Greco Roman Paperweights
Materials
Stainless Steel
Minerva Celadon Desk-Companion
By Les First
Located in Mantova, MN
LF- The Luck of the Gods
A desk-companion, an ornament, a muse, a book-end, a talisman… LF’s
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Greco Roman Paperweights
Materials
Stainless Steel
Minerva Blue Desk-Companion
Located in Mantova, MN
LF- The Luck of the Gods
A desk-companion, an ornament, a muse, a book-end, a talisman… LF’s
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Greco Roman Paperweights
Materials
Stainless Steel
Hand Blown Murano Art Glass Bird 1960s
By A. Silvestri and Co., Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Murano art glass hand blown sculpture bird figurine.
Beautiful Mid-Century Modern hand
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Murano Glass Dove Bird Paperweight, Italy 1960s
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This vintage murano glass paperweight features a delightful sitting bird design. The clear and blue
Category
Vintage 1980s German Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Bronze Paperweight Sculpture of a Bird or Swan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Acquired in Paris, France, a beautifully designed and sculpted bronze figure of a bird. A wonderful
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Paperweights
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Art Glass Bird by Oiva Toikka for Nuutajarvi
By Oiva Toikka, Nuutajärvi Notsjõ
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A lovely art glass bird, made by Nuutajärvi Notsjõ, designed by Oiva Taikko.
This bird has a
Category
Vintage 1980s Finnish Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Set of Three Hand Blown Murano Glass Birds Paperweights
By Alessandro Pianon, Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Murano art glass hand blown sculpture birds paperweights.
Beautiful Modern hand blown
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass
Lucite Paperweight Bird by Silvio Russo for Guzzini 1970s Italy
By Guzzini
Located in Oakland, CA
1970s lucite bird paperweight by Silvio Russo for Guzzini of Italy, the design is meant to rock
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Paperweights
Materials
Lucite
Antique Sevrés Porcelain Polychrome & Gilt Decorated Inkwell with Bird C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
floral decoration and reserve with a bird, gilt highlights throughout, maker mark en verso as
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Inkwells
Materials
Porcelain
Italian 1920s Art Deco Wrought Iron and Marble Bird Inkwell
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1920s Art Deco wrought iron and marble bird inkstand.
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Wrought Iron
Mid-Century Japanese Iron Kewpie Paperweights Sculptures Metal Arts Birds
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare pair of cast iron Kewpie birds; mother and child. Large one weighs approx. 2.5 lbs. and is 4
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Iron
19th Century Handmade Bird with Inlaid Turquoise and Coral Stones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This handmade brass bird has inlaid coral and turquoise with small flakes of amethyst and shell
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vincenzo Nason Murano Art Glass Green Blue Bird Paperweight Figurine
By Vincenzo Nason & Cie
Located in Barcelona, ES
Eye-catching Murano glass bird sculpture by Vincenzo Nason, Italy, 1970s.
Green, blue and clear
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Aneroid Desk Barometer by C W Dixey
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An aneroid desk barometer by C W Dixey, the 4inch silvered dial with blued indicator and gilt
Category
Antique 1850s English More Desk Accessories
Materials
Ebony
Murano Opalescent White Blue Bubbles Italian Art Glass Dove Bird Figurines
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Italian art glass dove bird figurines. Documented to the Fratelli Toso Company, with original "Murano
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass, Opaline Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
H 3.25 in W 2.75 in D 5.75 in
Pair of Art Deco Bronze Bird Figures on Black Marble Bases
Located in Barcelona, ES
Unmatching pair of bronze dove bird sculptures or paperweights. France, 1930s
Art Deco sitting
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Aesthetic Movement Mixed Metal Desk Organizer C1870
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Aesthetic Movement desk organizer offers mixed metal construction with two boxes on
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Aesthetic Movement Desk Sets
Materials
Metal
French Art Deco Gilt Bronze Standing Bird & Serpent Pocket Watch Holder
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Art Deco Gilt Bronze Standing Bird & Serpent Pocket Watch Holder
France, Circa 1920s
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco More Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Disko Metal Just Andersen, Denmark 1930s Art Deco Stylised Bird Pipe Rest
By Just Andersen
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Just Andersen of Denmark, disko metal stylised bird pipe rest
Disko metal, invented by Just
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Paperweights
Materials
Metal
H 2.2 in W 4.25 in D 1.5 in
Art Deco French Inkwell in Black and White Marble and Bird Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful Art Deco French inkwell in black marble with white veins and bird metal sculpture in a
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Metal
19th Century Gilt Bronze French Letter Holder Picket Fence with Love Birds
Located in Haarlem, NL
the shape of three picket fences with love birds on the last fence on a flat brass base.
To hold
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
H 6.58 in W 8.67 in D 4.53 in
Chinese Art Deco Enameled Bronze Inkwell w/ Bird and Flower Motif, ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Art Deco
Enameled Bronze Inkwell
w/ Bird and Flower Motif
ca. 1920
Dimensions
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Inkwells
Materials
Brass
H 2.5 in W 6.75 in D 3.5 in
Large Exceptional Swiss Black Forest double inkwell desk decoration 19th Century
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous most rare Swiss Black Forest 19th century double Inkwell / desk accessory fully hand
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Inkwells
Materials
Glass, Wood
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H 7.09 in W 13 in D 7.49 in
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Wisteria Inaba 4 Piece Desk Set
Located in New York, NY
turquoise blue background. Collectible Oriental Asian Decor, Desk Accessories And Writing Instruments
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Desk Sets
Materials
Enamel
19th Century Cast Iron French Figural Bird Heron Paper Clip or Letter Holder
By Susse Freres
Located in Haarlem, NL
Rare 19th century French heavy cast iron clip with spring in the shape of a birds head.
Most
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau More Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
H 2.17 in W 7.49 in D 1.97 in
Ronson USA 1934 Art Deco Black Lacquered Rondette Desk Lighter in Stainless Stee
By Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
A stainless steel lighter designed by Ronson.
Very beautiful desk Rondette lighter, created in
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Desk Sets
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
H 3.23 in W 2.59 in D 0.83 in
Beautiful Bird Claw Bronze Letter Opener, Vienna Austria, 1920s Vintage Antique
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian bronze letter opener. Nice addition to your room, on your desk top or
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Letter Openers
Materials
Bronze
H 0.75 in W 6.88 in D 0.63 in
19th Century French Marble and Bronze Rooster Sculpture Signed Melotte
By Melotte
Located in Dallas, TX
situated on a rectangular green marble base, the desk accessory features a bronze rooster standing on a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
Pair of Early 20th Century Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Jars
Located in Dallas, TX
Lovely pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain jars. Pretty images of birds and flowers. A
Category
Early 20th Century Desk Sets
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century, French, Patinated Bronze Hunting Dog and Duck Inkwell
By Jules Moigniez
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a man's desk or office with this antique dog and bird inkwell. Created in France circa
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Gardener’s Delight, Antique French Empire Gilt Bronze Beehive Model Encrier
Located in New York, NY
Great fun for a gardening afficionado - a delightful desk accessory wether you're planning a
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
H 7.25 in W 9.82 in D 7.25 in
Blue & white ceramic inkwell with circular brass stand
Located in London, GB
.
They ceramic inkwell depicts a riverside scene of birds and rushes.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Double Patina Bronze Inkwell, Playing Dog, Period, Charles X, 19th Century
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
19th century that metal feathers gradually replaced the bird feathers used since the end of Antiquity
Category
Antique 19th Century Charles X Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
H 3.15 in W 3.55 in D 2.37 in
1920s Antique Arts & Crafts Danish Sterling Silver Table Bell
By Georg Jensen
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
form of a bird amidst iconic Jensen style scrolling leaf and bead ornamentation.
This impressive
Category
Vintage 1920s Danish Arts and Crafts More Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Parakeet Perch Inkwell Candlesticks: Ink 'n' Perch Delight!
Located in New York, NY
birds, adds an artistic touch to these functional objects. These inkwells are not only practical writing
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Max Le Verrier / Artus Pelican Hood Ornament / Paperweight, France
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Max Le Verrier / Artus Bird Hood Ornament / Paperweight - France.
Hard to find circa 1925
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Metal
H 5.12 in W 3.15 in D 3.15 in
Art Deco Bronze 'Seated Woman' Artist Joe Descomps
By Joe Descomps Cormier
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Onix marble base
possible missing - rod with three birds.
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco More Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Art Déco English Bronze Stork Head Papper Clip/Letter Holder with Marble Plinth
Located in North Miami, FL
sculpture depicts a realistically rendered stork head. The modeling captures the bird's distinctive anatomy
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Paperweights
Materials
Marble, Copper, Metal, Bronze
H 2.5 in W 2 in D 5 in
Carved Alabaster Cockatoo Parrot Bookends
Located in Fulton, CA
A pair of carved alabaster Cockatoo bird bookends. White, black and pink marbleized alabaster. Each
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency More Desk Accessories
Materials
Alabaster
Tunbridge Ware Correspondence Box by Edmund Nye 19th Century
By Edmund Nye Tunbridge Wells
Located in Cheltenham, GB
); a ‘chromatrope table’ decorated with two North American birds (129,000 pieces of wood); a book stand
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian More Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut, Satinwood, Ash, Boxwood
French Ormolu Monkey Motif Green Crystal Controlled Bubble Paperweight
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
extraordinary work, with fine cast ormolu mounts with continuous frame depicting monkeys, birds, butterflies and
Category
Early 20th Century French Paperweights
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Ancient Islamic Persian Khurasan Silver Inlaid Bronze Caligraphy Inkwell 1200
Located in Portland, OR
panels are interrupted with engraved roundels containing silver inlaid birds with anthropomorphic faces
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Persian Islamic Inkwells
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Ronson 1936 Art Deco Tourette Geometric Bronze Table Touch Iip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
A bronze Tourette desk lighter designed by Ronson.
Very rare desk table Touch-Tip lighter, created
Category
Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Desk Sets
Materials
Bronze
Japonais Revival Coppered Inkstand with Hand Carved Glass Ink Wells
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
base is in relief and abounds with flowers and birds while the pen rest has a quaint village scene. The
Category
Antique 1890s English Japonisme Inkwells
Materials
Brass, Copper
Ronson England 1929 Art Deco Black and Creme Lacquer Rondelight Table Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
A stainless steel lighter designed by Ronson.
Very beautiful desk Rondelight lighter, created in
Category
Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Desk Sets
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
H 3 in W 2.25 in D 2.25 in
French Early 19th Century Louis XV St. Sèvres Porcelain and Ormolu Inkwell
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Porcelain tray decorated with beautiful foliate designs, charming birds and lovely gold tooling. The two
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Inkwells
Materials
Ormolu
H 4.75 in W 11.25 in D 8.75 in
19th Century Chinese Silver and Jade Magnifying Glass, circa 1880
Located in Central England, GB
engraved with an exotic bird and mounted on the front face is a tablet of white jade which is carved and
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export More Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
English "Grand Tour" Derbyshire Specimen Marble Plaque Paperweights, circa 1850
Located in Kinderhook, NY
stones 'Blue John' (Derbyshire Spar), 'Duke's Red', 'Bird's-Eye', and foreign Lapis Lazuli, Malachite
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Grand Tour Paperweights
Materials
Marble
H 0.88 in W 8 in D 4.63 in
"Flight, " Beautifully Carved Stone Paperweight with Dove and Clouds
By Giuseppe Bessi, Brenda Putnam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"FLIGHT." Although it shows a beautiful bird, storied in mythology and literature, this sculpture also
Category
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Paperweights
Materials
Stone
Bronze Inkwell Sculpture "Les Moutons à L'abreuvoir" by Jules Moigniez
By Jules Moigniez
Located in Paris, FR
studies with his teacher. His most plentiful subjects were game birds but he also sculpted dogs, sheep
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Inkwells
Materials
Brass, Bronze
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Bird Desk Accessories For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of bird desk accessories is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct bird desk accessories — often made from metal, glass and wood — can elevate any home. Bird desk accessories have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Bird desk accessories bearing Art Deco or Mid-Century Modern hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Not every interior allows for large bird desk accessories, so small bird desk accessories measuring 1.5 inches across are available at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made bird desk accessories over the years, but those made by René Lalique, Armand Frohmann and Just Andersen are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Bird Desk Accessories?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $837, while they’re typically $160 on the low end and $14,866 highest priced.
Finding the Right Desk Accessories for You
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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