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Pen Display Holder

Large Chinese Huanghuali Wood Brush Pen Holder
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Huanghuali brush pen holder, an object prized among Chinese scholars for centuries in Ming
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects

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Wood

Elusive Parker Pen Display Case, Art Deco Font
By Parker
Located in Buffalo, NY
drawers and two sliding doors, also retains three original pen holders with Parker logo's.
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Cabinets

Materials

Aluminum

Gold Horizontal Pen Display Italian-Made Designed by Enrico Girotti
By Enrico Girotti
Located in Verona, IT
The Gold Horizontal Pen Display is more than just a functional item; it is meticulously designed to
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Desk Sets

Materials

Stainless Steel, Gold Plate

Chrome Bull and Pen Holder Statue Decorative Desk Accessory, Italy 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic 20th century Bull statue on a marble base with a pen holder. Desktop accessory, made of
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Metal, Chrome

Walter Bosse Cow Brass Figurine Pen Holder, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
A very charming Austrian midcentury pen or pencil holder sculpture, displaying a cow. A very
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Rare American Advertising “the Swan Pen” by Mabie. Todd & Co
Located in London, GB
century American shop advertising display. In the form of an oversized hand-crafted wooden pen with brass
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Vintage 1920s American Early Victorian Models and Miniatures

Materials

Brass

1950s Fontana Arte Attributed Mid-Century Modern Glass Italian Desk Set
By Fontana Arte
Located in Aci Castello, IT
in 1950s, there is a small chip in one black pen holder. Sizes are of the pen holder tray. This
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets

Materials

Cut Glass

Cling Shelf, Bent Metal, Grey Painted, Minimalist Modern Design
By Lorenz+Kaz
Located in Milan, Lombardy
your key holder, letter basket, display for magazines and tray for telephone and wallet. On your table
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2010s Italian Minimalist Shelves and Wall Cabinets

Materials

Metal

French Louis XVI Style 19th Century Marble and Ormolu Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
most decorative grain and displaying a sculpted front pen holder. The top circular ormolu ink and
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Inkwells

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Vintage Writing Desk Set, English, Leather, Correspondence Box, Asprey of London
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Depth: 17cm (6.75'') Box Height: 20.5cm (8'') Pen Holder Width: 29.5cm (11.5'') Pen Holder Depth
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Mid-20th Century British Desk Sets

Materials

Leather

Small Antique Calligrapher's Quill Pot, Chinese, Soapstone, Carved, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique calligrapher's quill pot. A Chinese, rouge soapstone carved pen holder
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Inkwells

Materials

Soapstone

French 19th Century Charles X St. Bronze, Ormolu and Sienna Marble Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
lid removes to reveal the inkwell and pen holders. All original gilt and patina throughout.
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Antique 19th Century French Charles X Inkwells

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Vintage Michael Elkan Studio Burlwood Valet
Located in Vallejo, CA
neatly into a lighter toned burlwood base. Features circular letter and pen holders on each side. In the
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Vintage 1980s Art Deco Desk Sets

Materials

Wood

Korean Folding Chaekgeori Painted Scholar Floor Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
flowers, potted orchids, pen holders with brush pens and scroll paintings, incense burner, ink stone
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20th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Silk, Wood, Paper

Portland Roads & Sandsfoot Castle, Dorset. Weymouth. 1856. Chesil Beach. Harbor.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Weymouth, 1856. Watercolor, bodycolor and pen & ink on paper Signed & dated lower left. Image size 6.3
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Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Antique Chinese Carved Soapstone Spill Vase
Located in Forney, TX
, shape and sculpted form, is ready to begin its second life on a desk as a pen holder or inkwell
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20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Soapstone

Vintage Continental Italian Leather Desk Set
Located in Forney, TX
, 10.25" Wide, 6" Deep Inkstand, with double inkwell holders flanking a central writing instrument pen
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20th Century Desk Sets

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Large Arts & acCrafts Marble & Brass Desk Inkstand with Four Porcelain Inkwells
Located in Lisse, NL
beautiful fountain pens on display. Whether you place this gem on a sidetable, on a credenza or on a large
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Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Inkwells

Materials

Marble, Brass

Antique & Large Black Forest Gun / Rifle Rack w. Hand Carved Deer Head Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
hand-crafted with a technique that had been around since the middle ages, using wooden pen and hole
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Antique 19th Century European Black Forest Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

18th/19th Century English Georgian III Period Matthew Boulton Inkstand
By Matthew Boulton
Located in Forney, TX
Boulton, displaying all of the timeless elegance and sophisticated style the period in known for. Signed
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Inkwells

Materials

Silver Plate

Important Beau Brummell Regency Period Flame Mahogany Gentleman's Dressing Table
Located in Forney, TX
restoration to porcelain inkwell and pen holder. Overall a wonderful example, in great shape, with nothing
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Vanities

Materials

Brass

Walter Bosse Donkey Brass Figurine Pen Holder, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Walter Bosse, Herta Baller
Located in Vienna, AT
A very charming Austrian midcentury pen or pencil holder, displaying a donkey. A very humorous
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

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1950's Amazing "Magic Box' Organiser Bureau Compact Plywood Ateliers Genestar
By Mummenthaler and Meier
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
This 'Magic Box' organising desk has been produced by various manufactures in Europe in the 1950's and 1960's Commonly this desk is known as produced in Switzerland by Mummenthale...
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Oak, Plywood

Art Dèco Italian Walnut Vitrines or Bar Display Cabinet, 1925
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Art Dèco vitrines or display cabinet, Italian production of the 1920s, in walnut and walnut briar, screen-printed glass with grinding around. The showcase has been restored and polis...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Vitrines

Materials

Crystal

Art Deco Macassar Ebony Pull Out Bar, France, c. 1930's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique Macassar ebony bar that pulls out to reveal built-in compartments for barware. Gold leafed base and handle as well as interior details. Original condition from the 1930's. ...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Dry Bars

Materials

Gold Leaf

German Modernist Wall Unit by Schieder Mobel
Located in Denton, TX
Combination of ebonized oak with teak and glass make this wall unit usable as a bookcase / display cabinet or media center. The faceted arched glass doors have mirrored borders with ...
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20th Century German Modern Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Wood

Important Documented Qing Dynasty Chinese Deep Relief Rosewood Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exquisite custom antique 19th century Qing Dynasty heavily carved Chinese rosewood and elm wooden cabinet with double-doors carved set with gilt and deep relief carved wood panels...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets

Materials

Brass

Bed King Tester 4 Poster Oak RenaissanceStyle Carved Adam Eve Armorials Tapestry
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
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Vintage 1950s English Renaissance Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Oak

Bloodroot, Small Scale Cast Bronze Botanical Sculpture with Subtle Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
Bloodroot start to bloom before the foliage unfolds in early spring common in the upper Midwest of the United States. After blooming, the leaves unfurl to their full size as seen in ...
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2010s American Organic Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Bronze

Very Rare, Original 1960s Orange Plastic Washstand by Vidal, Spain
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This item is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach...
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Vintage 1960s Spanish Space Age Cabinets

Materials

Plastic

Pharmacy Shop Display Cabinet, Turkey Sponge
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Pharmacy Shop Display Cabinet, Turkey Sponge This charming Victorian shop display cabinet is made in plate glass, the top section has a “D” shaped curved glass, which opens up ward...
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20th Century English Victorian Vitrines

Materials

Glass

Rare Jules Buoy Custom Cabinet / Shelves/ Dry Bar, c 1931
By Jules Buoy
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare Custom Art Deco, Bauhaus cabinet with removable mirror and ingenious double hinged doors with circular cutout pulls, Designed by architect and designer Jules Buoy, Made for Carl...
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Vintage 1930s American Bauhaus Cabinets

Materials

Wood

Unusual Mid-Century Modern Store Fixture, Plastic, Wood and Glass, 20 Cubbies
By Gilbert Rohde
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Mid-Century Modern store fixture featuring twenty polypropylene slide out drawers or cubbies encased in a classic cerused oakwood frame. Original glass top. Hand delivery ava...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dressers

Materials

Steel

Chinese Carved Zitan Table-Form Stand, Republic Period, Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A finely carved zitan wood display stand in the form of a round table, China, Republic Period, mid 20th century. The circular display stand carved from rare and precious zitan wo...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Zitan

Antique Pharmacy Moble in Walnut with Drawers, Raised Day, Bookcase, Swiss, 1800
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Antique pharmacy in walnut with drawers, raised a day, Swiss origin, second half of the 19th century, composed of a corner unit and a small piece of furniture. Pharmacy in perfect c...
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Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Bookcases

Materials

Walnut

Custom Glass Display Case
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Made from heavy gauge steel with brass trim. This handsom case is stunning and functional. Display a collection or secure a high end store display. This piece has a creative locking ...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Cabinets

Custom Glass Display Case
Custom Glass Display Case
H 49.5 in W 60 in D 24 in
A Restauration Patina and Fire-Gilt Clock Depicting Virgil
Located in 263-0031, JP
This clocks serves as an exquisite example of the blend of patinated bronze with fire-gilding popular in period 1815-30 among French artisans. The subject, the Roman poet Virgil, who...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Compound Cabinet with Brass Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period compound cabinet from the 19th century, with four doors, hidden drawers and brass medallions. Created in China during the Qing dynasty, this compound ca...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets

Materials

Brass

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A Pair of Bois de Saint Lucie (Cherry wood) candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
very hard quality of the wood, but lent itself to delicate pen knife carving – it generally had typical
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Candle Holders

American Art Deco Nickel-Plated Adjustable Desk Lamp with Bakelite Pen Holder
Located in Port Hope, ON
double disk base with a black bakelite pen holder. Rising up from this is a curved arm that supports an
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Nickel

A handpicked Collection of Late 19th Century Papier Mache Kashmiri Objects
Located in London, GB
time that would make a great table of dresser display with a real interior designer look. Size of
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Antique Early 1900s Indian Victorian Candlesticks

Materials

Wood, Paper

Parker Pens - Advertising Desk lamp
Located in Peekskill, NY
counter display in a pen shop. The letters are cut out of the metal shade and the light shines through
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20th Century American Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Steel

Red Marble Cylinder Vase
Located in Richmond, VA
Minimalist, petite red marble bud vase. Use to display a single flower or as an elegant pen holder.
Category

20th Century Vases

Materials

Marble

Red Marble Cylinder Vase
Red Marble Cylinder Vase
H 5.25 in Dm 1.5 in
Antique Executive Desk Lamp, English, Brass, Glass, Table Light, Edwardian, 1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
glass ink wells with flip-top lids Inset pen holder along the leading edge of the tiered base
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

1930s French Art Deco Modernist Three-Piece Desk Set
Located in Devon, England
chrome accents. A truly stunning display in any Art Deco period room or office setting. Lovely quality
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desk Sets

Materials

Chrome

Large Korean Folding Chaekgeori Books and Scholars' Possessions Floor Screen
Located in Atlanta, GA
flowers, potted orchids, pen holders with brush pens and scroll paintings, incense burner, ink stone
Category

20th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper, Brocade, Silk

Kashmiri Papier Mache Collection
Located in London, GB
box Size of inches: H 5” x W 2.5” x D 2.5” Pen holder Size of inches: H 2.5” x W 2” x D 2” Ink
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Vintage 1920s Pakistani Early Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

Kashmiri Papier Mache Collection
Kashmiri Papier Mache Collection
H 1 in W 22.5 in D 15 in
Fine Japanese Lacquer Fujiyama Makie Suzuribako with Complete Writing Implements
Located in Atlanta, GA
pieces, remain together in fine condition, an inkstone, a silver water dropper (suiteki), two brush pens
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

Materials

Stone, Metal

Victorian Rosewood & Sterling Silver Travelling Dressing Case 1861, 19th Century
By James Vickery
Located in London, GB
catch and contains a mirror and a holder for documents and letters. A secret catch next to the
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Antique 1860s English Victorian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Travelling Dressing Case 1861, 19th Century
By James Vickery
Located in London, GB
and contains a mirror and a holder for documents and letters. A secret catch next to the Brahma
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Antique 1860s English Victorian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Hand-Carved Black Forest Bears Inkstand 19th Century
Located in London, GB
inkwells are in the form of a pair of tree trunks with fluted glass wells with carved lids and a useful pen
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Antique 1880s Inkwells

Materials

Glass, Wood

Walter Bosse Cat Figurine Pen Holder, Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
A very charming Austrian, Mid-Century pen or pencil holder, displaying a cat. A very humorous
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Walter Bosse Cat Brass Figurine Pen Holder, Hertha Baller, Austria, 1950s
By Herta Baller, Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
A very charming Austrian midcentury pen or pencil holder, displaying a cat. A very humorous design
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Barbini Murano Pink White Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Ring Bowl Holder Set
By Alfredo Barbini
Located in Kissimmee, FL
side table or desk. Use them as a key dish and pen holder, or personal ashtray and cigarette holder
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-P...

Materials

Gold Leaf

Vintage Kay Bojesen Hippopotamus in Oak, 1950s Desk Pencil Holder and Figurine
By Kay Bojesen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
, circa 1960. The hippo features an adjustable jaw allowing you to store/display your favorite roller ball
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

Materials

Oak

Notable Jack Freidin for Pace Burl Wood and Chrome Desk
By Jack Freiden
Located in San Francisco, CA
steel base displays beautiful metal work with a very handsome and distinctive stirrup stretcher. Has two
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Vintage 1970s American Modern Desks

Materials

Steel

Patek Philippe Tiffany & Co. Nautilus 5712/1A Steel Watch Very Rare
By Patek Philippe for Tiffany & Co.
Located in Miami, FL
with cover Leather holder with papers Certificate of Origin Adjustments pen CONDITION: MINT
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2010s Swiss Wrist Watches

Silver Crest Gold over Bronze Ink Well
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
Located in Soquel, CA
Heinz Art Metal Company, who began as a manufacturer of desk blotters, pen and letter holders, envelope
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Vintage 1920s American Arts and Crafts Inkwells

Materials

Gold Plate, Bronze

Silver Crest Gold over Bronze Ink Well
Silver Crest Gold over Bronze Ink Well
H 2.38 in W 2.88 in D 2.88 in
19thc American Oak Mercantile Country Store Desktop Clark's Spool Cabinet
Located in Savannah, GA
store. Features include three cubbies under the gallery in the back, a ridged holder for pens and
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Antique 1890s American Late Victorian Desks

Materials

Brass

French Art Nouveau Brass Footed Double Ink Well Filigree Bronze Moorish Style
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Victorian metal cast bronze ornate filigree double well inkwell and holders, very ornate with Orientalist
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Inkwells

Materials

Brass

Discovery & Mischief. Tabby Kitten at Play.Original Edwardian Pastel Drawing Cat
By Cecil Ackland Hunt
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
wax candle in a decorative brass holder, to the right is an open manuscript with pen across it. Behind
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Early 20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Cardboard

Antique Coromandel Gothic Revival Travelling Writing Box, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
mirror, a navy leather and gold tooled pen holder on the underside of the lid, and a brass plaque
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Antique 1870s English Gothic Revival Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Rolls Royce Grille Desktop Pen Holder
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Write with taste! This lovely pen holder is fashioned after a Rolls Royce front grille, complete
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Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

Art Deco Desk Lamp / Clock Combination by Silver Crest
By Silver Crest Bronze
Located in North Hollywood, CA
usually found without the pair of pen holders, making this version a bit more unusual. The lamp is a
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Glass

English Victorian Walnut Ink Stand
Located in Roswell, GA
. Central plaque for name plate.Silver ball feet. Twin Pen Holder on back silver plated display pediment
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Antique 19th Century English Inkwells

Materials

Crystal, Silver Plate

Mid Century Gentlemans Valet
Located in North Hollywood, CA
pegs for belts and ties. There are even holders for your pen and pencil! There is a nod to Thonet
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Vintage 1960s American Coat Racks and Stands

Materials

Faux Leather

Mid Century Gentlemans Valet
Mid Century Gentlemans Valet
H 44 in W 17 in D 25 in
Antique Green Jade Dragon Belt Hook, Pen Rest or Door Handle
Located in SOMIS, CA
pen rest, a small towel/napkin holder or door handle. 173 grams. One of a kind.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities

Materials

Jade

Vintage Desk Set from the 1930s
Located in Senden, NRW
golden marbling. The letter opener is made of light birchwood. Next to the fountain pen holder you will
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desk Sets

Materials

Marble

Vintage Desk Set from the 1930s
Vintage Desk Set from the 1930s
H 3.94 in W 14.18 in D 7.49 in
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Pen Display Holder For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal pen display holder for your home. Each pen display holder for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and brass. If you’re shopping for a pen display holder, we have 19 options in-stock, while there are 2 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect pen display holder — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each pen display holder bearing mid-century modern, Art Deco or Georgian hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made pen display holder over the years, but those crafted by Herta Baller, Walter Bosse and Enrico Girotti are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Pen Display Holder?

The average selling price for a pen display holder at 1stDibs is $1,650, while they’re typically $200 on the low end and $18,000 for the highest priced.
Questions About Pen Display Holder
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 5, 2021
    A pen holder is called a pen stand. It is used to store all types of pens, pencils and other small stationary. There are modern, mid-century modern and many more types of pen holders for you to choose from on 1stDibs.