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Desk Accessories For Sale
Vintage Studio Glass Rabbit Figure Paper Weight, Russia, circa 1980s
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage glass rabbit figure paper weight - unidentified maker with original labels attached to the base - Russia - circa 1980s.
Excellent vint...
Category
Late 20th Century Russian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
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
Knotted Vide Poche Set of 2 Purple André Fu Living Desk Office Home Accessories
By André Fu
Located in CENTRAL, 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
Antique bronze Inkwell
Located in Brescia, IT
Lost wax cast bronze inkwell, 16th century
Central oval-shaped vase for ink masterfully decorated by four masks with different physiognomies and expressions.
Supporting the sa...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Carl Auböck Paperweight "Foot", Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck paperweight "Foot" in Brass, Austria 1960s.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
1970s Tarnished Brass Post-Modern Desktop Tape Dispenser Disco Nightclub Era
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Good working order, warm tarnish brass, a natural time-worn patina. Loaded up with a roll of clear tape.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Brass Starfish Sculpture / Paperweight
By Art Brass Co.
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A nicely cast starfish paperweight, sculpture or hanging sculpture since it has a hook to the backside. Well made and can be used in the office or as a decorative accessory, made in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Korean Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Hollow Mirror, Big, Copper
Located in Mugla, Bodrum
Hollow, creates a beautiful illusion through geometry and design. Metal circular frame acts as a stand for the mirror by creating a deception as if its floating in the air. Hollow ac...
Category
2010s Turkish Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper, Iron
Antique French Gilt Bronze Inkwell on Rouge Marble Stand, 19th Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique French gilt bronze inkwell on rouge marble stand. It is of superb quality and features a central figure of Diana The Huntress.
Provenance: From the estate of Texas Oil...
Category
19th Century Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique Black Forest Inkwell, Wood, 1920-1930
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful handmade Black Forest inkwell.
Around 1920 / 1930.
Depiction of a chamois.
Wood with glass eyes.
Category
1920s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Wood, Nutwood, Walnut
Stylized Crystal Frog Sculpture / Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous stylized crystal frog sculpture / paperweight, circa 1990s. The piece is in excellent condition with no visible imperfections and has great clari...
Category
20th Century French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Carl Auböck Model #4995 Hook in Nickel
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4995 hook in nickel. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in softly brushed nickel by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Nickel
Contemporary Yellow Crocodile Embossed Leather Rectangular Tray
Located in Toronto, ON
A beautiful yellow crocodile embossed leather tray, perfect for the desk, bedside table, or use as a serving piece. Fully wrapped in embossed leather ...
Category
2010s Argentine Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Lake Big Tropical Turquoise Tray by Pulpo
Located in Geneve, CH
Lake big tropical turquoise tray by Pulpo
Dimensions: D41 x W24 x H4 cm
Materials: ceramic
Also available in different colours.
These charming ...
Category
2010s German Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
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 likely a heron, the hinge in its 'jaw joint' makes its beak act as a clip.
You pinch the back and its feathered neck to open the beak.
So this pretty item could be used as paper clamp...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Metal Stamp with Wooden Handle, Italy, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Metal stamp with wooden handle exhibited at the congress and systematic exhibition on Italian Risorgimento Art.
Text of the stamp General secretariat o...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Venezia Mestre 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
Lucite Flower Bud Cubes Decorative Objects Organic Modern, Set of 2
Located in New York, NY
A set of two (2) Organic Modern Lucite flower bud cubes decorative objects in the style of French designer Pierre Giraudion, circa 20th century...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
1950s Coloured Beads Metal and Silk Handbag
Located in Marbella, ES
Bolso de abalorios de colores, metal y seda de los años 1950.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Desk Accessories, Letter Holder by Jacques Adnet, France, 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Handsome saddle leather letter holder by Jacques Adnet. Signature contrast stitching. Great patina to leather. Excellent vintage condition. Paris...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Oriental Cast Bronze Elephant Sculpture with Trunk Up
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful Oriental Japanese Meiji period style bronze sculpture of a walking elephant with his trunk up.
Well casted metal art, heavy, bronze elephant in a dark brown copper finish.
Elephant figurine statue in a triumphant pose, will make an excellent display ornament.
Created with the traditional technique of the lost-wax that allows a great precision and finesse in the details, this bronze sculpture charms is with its exquisite depiction of a trumpeting elephant.
Heavy bronze presents striking detail and cool copper tones with a hint of natural bronze.
Raising its trunk skywards, the elephant will grace any desk as a paperweight or display case.
This is a delightful vintage elephant statue...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Meiji Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
RYBKA - Vintage Carved Studio Glass Paperweight - Signed - Circa 2003
Located in Chatham, ON
RYBKA - Vintage carved studio glass paperweight with inclusions - artist signed and dated - circa 2003.
Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damage - no restoration - minor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Frank Stella Abstract Artist Metropolitan Museum of Art Book, 1970, New York
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
A hard-cover book with dust-jacket on abstract American artist Frank Stella, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970, New York, NY. This book presents a decade of Sella's work from 1959 - 1...
Category
1970s American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Antique Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam Stag Antler Horn Slope Top Writing Desk c 1800s
Located in Chicago, IL
Stag antler table top desk secretary or rather as described by a British expert: an Anglo-Indian stag antler writing slope table top desk, late 19th century from Vizagapatam, which was the headquarters of the Vizagapatam District of Madras during the British period. Stag Antler anything is rare and unusual today, especially when it is completely covered in carved strips of Natural unpolished Antler. Finding Stag Antler Writing Desks are beyond rare and in our 30-years in the Antique business...
Category
1870s Indian Black Forest Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sandalwood, Leather, Antler, Bone
Four Bronzes: a Piggy Bank, Calendar, Matchbox Holder and a Place Card Holder
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Danish design. Four bronzes consisting of a piggy bank, calendar, matchbox holder and a place card holder.
Art Deco - In style of Just Andersen.
Approximate 1930s.
In good conditi...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Belle marble bookend with brass jester
Located in Firenze, FI
Add a touch of playfulness to your living space with our striking marble bookend featuring a brass jester. Not only is it a unique and eye-catching piece, but it's also practical for...
Category
2010s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass
Carl Auböck Model #5262 Patinated Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck #5262 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in darkly patinated and polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Versace for Rosenthal "L'Ange Gabriel" Plate, 1996 20th Century
By Versace
Located in Madrid, ES
Versace for Rosenthal "L'Ange Gabriel" Plate, 1996
Rosenthal "Versace" Christmas plate, 1996. Porcelain, white with colorful decor, maker's mark "Rosen...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Bronze Apothecary Mortar & Pestle, Circa 1800
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The cup shaped cast body decorated with incised ring-turned detail, rising from a waisted & stepped circular foot, together with its original pestle.
Combined weight, 3.75 lbs.
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Leather Bound Hinged Book for Storage and Document Storage
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The look of a leather bound book with fine gold tooling to the exterior. Originally used for Bridge scorecard and playing cards (included). The piece is a compliment to the bookshelf...
Category
20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold
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
Vintage Solid Brass Padlock by Virginia Metalcrafters
Located in Doraville, GA
A heavy solid brass padlock, which opens to a black interior, and has a movable key cover, manufactured in Waynesboro, Virginia by Virginia Metalcrafters...
Category
1960s American American Colonial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Inkwell, Gilded Bronze, Antique Desk Utensil, Vase-Shaped
Located in Greven, DE
Antique inkwell made from bronze, gilded.
On the base is depicted a hunting scene with hunting hounds in the woods.
Very good condition of the bronze work.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Pair of Porphyry and Yellow Marble Columns, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The grand tour porphyry columns with yellow marble Corinthian capitals and bases on black slate and gray Brescia ogee formed squares.
Measures: height: 16” base: 3 1/4” square.
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Porphyry
Antique English Coromandel & Ormolu Mounted Four Piece Desk Set Mid 19th C
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
1860s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu
1950s Coloured Beads Brass and Silk Handbag
Located in Marbella, ES
1950s coloured beads brass and silk handbag.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Disko Metal Just Andersen, Denmark 1930s Art Deco Stylised Bird Pipe Rest
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Just Andersen of Denmark, disko metal stylised bird pipe rest
Disko metal, invented by Just Andersen by combing lead and antimony
circa 1930s
Stamped on base
Measures: Height 2.5...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco 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
Vintage Hermes Note Paper, 1980s France
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original and unopened Hermes note paper with gold gilded edge paper. Hermes logo on the top of the stack of sheets. Hermes logo on box. Great piece for the...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Monumental Metal Paper Clip
By Think Big
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Giant metal paperclip slightly under 1.5 ft tall. Quirky accent piece or wall art. Good weight to object. Slight wear to metal exterior. Good vintage condition. Two available. Priced...
Category
1980s Taiwanese Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Vtg Filigree Gold French Vanity Set Perfume Bottles Clock Jewelry Box Tray 5 Pcs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Filigree gold French style vanity set 2 perfume bottles clock jewelry box tray - 5 Pcs. Item features amber beveled glass, ornate metal filigr...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Provincial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Antique Victorian Betjemann's Self Closing Coromandel Book Slide
Located in Norwood, NJ
This is a high quality antique Victorian Coromandel self closing adjustable book slide, circa 1860 in date.
It features a pair of oval Sevres style plaques depicting cherubs at pl...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Spanish Mudejar-Style Wooden and Leather-Covered Chest, circa 1500
Located in Marbella, ES
Mudejar-style chest. Spain, circa 1500.
Wood and leather.
A chest with a wooden core and leather lining. The leather has been embossed with stylised vegetal motifs on both sides, i...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, 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
Antique European Silver and Enamel Horses with Carriage Figurine
Located in Pasadena, CA
European silver and enamel horses with carriage. Depicting a coachmen and two horses, having GuillochŽ and Viennese enamel on sterling silver with gem stones decorated areas, on a ve...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Antique Black Agate Pekingese Dog Mounted Ashtray / Match Strike Faberge Style
By Fabergé
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is an extremely unique and beautiful piece. Having a deep toned black agate ashtray bowl, finely carved Pekingese dog and barrel (match holder) form mount to edge and match stri...
Category
Early 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate
Florentin Wooden Bases, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Handcrafetd florentine wooden bases of 19th century Italy.
Measures: 12x15 cm.
Good conditions.
Category
19th Century European Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Chrome Aeroplane from the 30s, Decorative Desk Object
Located in Köln, NW
Decorative Art Deco chrome airplane on plastic base. Desk decoration. Probably Germany or France of the thirties. The plastic plate is also from the time. Good general condition with...
Category
1930s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Wicker Cane Bathroom Vanity Brush or Pen Desk Accessory Holder
Located in New York, NY
A wicker cane acrylic bathroom vanity toothbrush or pen/pencil desk accessory holder. Piece is blonde cane wicker covered in clear acrylic. Piece appears to have never been used. A g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Desk Accessories
Materials
Cane, Acrylic, Wood
Art Deco Dewoitine Wooden Counters Desk Model Airplane 1930s French
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Dewoitine Wooden Counters Desk Model Airplane 1930s French.
The Dewoitine was a Art Deco 1930s French eight-passenger airliner built by Dewoitine.
The Airplane was an all-metal cantilever low-wing monoplane. The pilot and co-pilot were seated side by side in a cabin located forward of the wing leading edge. A radio operator station was located behind the pilots, and it had a passenger cabin for eight passengers. The landing gear had trouser-type fairings on the main gear legs.
The aircraft first flew on 11 July 1933 powered by three Hispano-Suiza 9V radial engines...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass
Edwardian Sterling Silver and Deep Pink Enamel-Mounted Magnifying Glass
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian, sterling silver and deep pink guilloche enamel-mounted magnifying glass, Sheffield, England, year-hallmarked for 1905, James Scholes -maker. Glass...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Unique Floor Photo Frame, Humour Plexi Fuchsia
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Humour plexi fuchsia is the first floor Photoframe to be put on the floor of
your sitting room, a very nice pop picture frame in artistic plexiglass
handmade in Italy.
It can be ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plexiglass
Antique Brass Table Vesta with Novelty Enameled Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual antique brass table vesta or nib holder decorated with a novelty black enamel figure of a boy diving on the ground dating from the 19th ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Glass Vintage Pink Bathroom Set, France, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
This beautiful light pink ceramic bathroom set is in very good vintage condition. An elegant addition to a Classic bathroom. Only one unique set. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
1979 Italy Post-Modern Graziano Pompili Abstract Bronze Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense and interesting abstract bronze sculpture, it is one of a kind artwork, made in 1979 circa by the Italian Artist Graziano Pompili
The title "Paesaggio con ombra" is tra...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Double Socket Green, Studio Gert Wessels
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Double socket object 9. Green Saker by Studio Gert Wessels, green. Hand crafted in an organic shape and made in his studio in the Netherlands.
In his ...
Category
2010s Dutch Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
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, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Intricate pierced detail accentuates...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Soapstone
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
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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