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Desk Accessories For Sale
19th Century Inkwell with Imperial Eagle in Portoro Marble and Gilt Bronze
Located in NICE, FR
We would like to present you with this magnificent 19th-century Empire-style inkwell from the Napoleon III era adorned with a raised imperial eagle motif positioned between the two i...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
1820's Bronze Inkwell with an Eagle Standing Atop
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A Napoleon III bronze inkwell Encrier. Three winged cupids holding up a bowl with masked faces with an eagle standing atop.
Dimensions: H 16cm W 11cm D 8cm
Origin: French
Date: ...
Category
Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Addison Model 2 “Waterfall” Maroon and White Catalin Tube Radio, 1940
Located in Hampstead, QC
In 1939, Toronto-based Addison Industries Ltd., a Canadian company, was founded focussing on the production of commercial tube radios. The Model 2 “Small Addison” series, featured h...
Category
1940s Canadian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Professional Tape Dispenser by Nopifan, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A patented stationary tape dispenser from the Danish Company Nopifan. Its made from enameled cast iron and weighs in around 8kg. Regardless of how strong the pull or how strong a tap...
Category
1930s Danish Bauhaus Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Italian Leather Letter Opener
Located in New York, NY
An Italian black leather gold embossed resin letter opener, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Piece is black leather with gold embossed regal design and a translucent resin brown knife ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Resin
Gucci Gold Metal Letter Opener in Black Leather Case
By Gucci
Located in New York, NY
Gucci gold cast metal letter opener with signature double G logo at handle.
Engraved signature on reverse GUCCI Made In Italy
Original black leather case with Gucci stamp on back.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian International Style Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Gorgeous Murano Italian Art Glass Giant Octopus Paperweight, Italy, 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown aquarium Italian art glass paper weight. Showing a giant octopus, on a glass bubble floating on controlled bubbles. Colors are different shades of blue, t...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Porcelain Biscuit Pen Holder
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
This pen holder is truly refined, made of biscuit porcelain. Elaborate decoration with a loving couple on the front. Two compartments for pens. Perfect for a refined desk.
Category
1990s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Edwardian Glass and Sterling Silver Match Striker / Paperweight
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, antique Edwardian English glass and sterling silver match striker; an addition to our ornamental collection.
This exceptional antique Edwardian sterling silver and glass match striker has a globular form.
The surface of the glass body is embellished with a serrated texture which composes a match striker.
The upper portion of this example of antique silverware retains the original, plain hallmarked sterling silver mount which continues to line the match receiver; this solid silver lining indicates the high quality of the piece.
By virtue of its size and weight, this versatile match striker could be utilised as a paperweight.
Condition
This antique 20th century match striker glass match holder...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Desk Accessories Letter Holder Swans Silver plated Color France 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Desk Accessories Letter Holder Swans Silver plated metal and Color. France 20th Century
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Antique Malachite Inkwell Desk Set French Inkstand
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous French malachite desk inkwell set
Love the colour and grain to the malachite which really stands out
The gilt fixtures are original and very well cast with great patina
Come...
Category
1880s Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Daum French Crystal Riviera Coupe Car
By Xavier Froissart, Daum
Located in New York, NY
Daum French Crystal Riviera Coupe Car. Highly detailed large glass depiction of a classic car with frosted tires and engine. Designed by Xavier F...
Category
20th Century French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Signed A. Seguso Spherical Paperweight in Murano Bubble Glass, Italy 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Fantastic spherical shaped paperweight made mouth-blown Murano crystal glass enriched inside with air bubbles. This rare object was designed in Italy during the 1960s by Archimede S...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Swedish silver-plated Seal Stamp in Art Nouveau
Located in Knivsta, SE
Swedish silver-plated Seal Stamp in Art Nouveau. Made by GAB, Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden during the early 20th Century. The stamp with the initials T.R.
The silver plating with p...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Fine vintage Carl Auböck Leather and Brass paper basket, Austria 1950s
Located in Berlin, DE
Fine vintage Carl Auböck Leather and Brass waste paper basket in good original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Decorative Plate ”Ten-Foot Flowers” by Andy Warhol by Rosenthal
Located in Berlin, DE
Art Plate ”Ten Foot Flowers” 1967 by Andy Warhol. Limited edition by Rosenthal group.
Germany, 2002.
Category
Early 2000s German Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Postmodern Arched Acrylic Paper Organizer
Located in Vallejo, CA
A vintage 1980s arched acrylic desktop paper organizer. Made of arched back acrylic dividers on a clear base. Curvy rectangular shape to the base. Great postmodern design.
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Art Deco Note Pad, Vienna, circa 1920
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco note pad, Vienna, circa 1920
Brass polished and stove enamelled.
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Scandinavian Modern Business Card Holder by Pierre Forsell for Skultuna
Located in Örebro, SE
Rare, Scandinavian Modern business card holder by Pierre Forsell for Skultuna.
Signed with makers mark.
Wear and patina consistent with age and use. Scratches, rust, as seen on the p...
Category
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Murano Glass Apple Shaped Paperweight
Located in Glasgow, GB
This vintage Murano glass paperweight, shaped in the form of an apple, showcases handcrafted skill and excellence with its intricate internal details and technical creativity. It exe...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Bamboo Letter Holder Desk Organizer 3 Piece Set
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Bamboo Letter Holder Desk Organizer 3 Piece Set. Set includes letter holder with three compartments on top and a large area on bottom, 11" wide. Pen and pencil cup, 4" tall ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Adirondack Desk Accessories
Materials
Bamboo
19th Century Victorian Solid Silver & Enamel Novelty Champagne Bottle Pencil
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Victorian novelty solid silver pencil modelled as a champagne bottle, complete with textured top mimicking foil and a black and white enameled label indicating '...
Category
19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Vintage Petrified Wood Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage petrified wood paper weight, circa old! The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown and tan colors and measures 3"W x 3"D x 1.5"H; felt liner on the ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Congolese Mid-Century Modern Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Petrified Wood
Art Deco Bronze Bird Paperweight Signed P. Sega
By Pierre Sega
Located in NANTES, FR
Art deco paperweight circa 1930.
Kingfisher in silvered bronze on a black marble base veined with white.
Signature on the base P. Sega for Pierre Sega.
In perfect condition.
Height:...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Art Deco Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fountain pen, Ballpoint pen & Tray for Desk Set enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular tray with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with hand-painted fired enamel like turquoise stone, cm. 9.5 x 18. For fountain pen (4577-5210) with 18 carat gold n...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Holder for 3 pipes by walter bosse vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Holder for 3 pipes by walter bosse vienna around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
NOS - Mid-Century Modern Carl Auböck Style Brass Initial "R" Paperweight, Japan
Located in St. Louis, MO
NOS in box Mid-Century Modern Brass letter or initial "R" paperweight in the style of Carl Auböck, stamped Japan. I have owned and sold other brass initial paperweights signed Auböck...
Category
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Studio Del Campo 1960 Letter Tray and Opener. Italian Mid Century
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful polished bronze and enamel by famed Italian artists, Studio Del Campo. Signed. Includes a letter tray and opener.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
19th Century Small Inkwell in Porcelain and Silver-Gilt in Sevres Style
Located in Paris, FR
Small inkwell crafted in porcelain, the paunch and lid decorated with a frieze of polychromatic floral motives highlighted with gold. The lid topped by a pine cone finial features a ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
XL Calligraphy Brush Jade Archer's Rings 17" Engraved
Located in Somis, CA
The extra large, extraordinary 17" Chinese calligraphy brush captivates with its fusion of history, symbolism, and artistic finesse. Comprising a collection of seven jade Archer's ri...
Category
2010s Chinese Qing Desk Accessories
Materials
Jade
Eastman Kodak No 2 Folding Autographic Brownie Folding Bellow Camera In Red
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Eastman Kodak No 2 Folding Autographic Brownie Folding Bellows Camera In Red
Manufactured between 1915 & 1926
Takes 120 Rollfilm
With Kodak Ballbearing...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Fountain pen, Ballpoint pen and tray for a Desk Set green enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
4640-5320 - Rectangular tray with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on guilloché, cm. 9 x 17.5. For fountain pen (4568-5201) with two-tone st...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver
French Art Deco Palisander and Pewter Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco palisander and pewter inlaid inkwell with 2 crystal wells.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Pewter
François Monnet magazine rack
Located in PARIS, FR
Stainless steel magazine rack by designer François Monnet (born 1946) for KAPPA, 1970s. In very good condition.
LP2645
Category
Mid-20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Addison Model 5 Black and Yellow Catalin Tube Radio, 1940
Located in Hampstead, QC
In 1939, Toronto-based Addison Industries Ltd., a Canadian company, was founded focussing on the production of commercial tube radios. The Model 5 “Big Addison” series, featured her...
Category
1940s Canadian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Antique 20Thc Lignum Vitae Bulldog Inkwell Jar c.1910
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-20th Century Victorian lignum vitae inkwell carved in the form of a bulldog head. The detail is of exceptional quality, featuring glass eyes and a red felt collar aroun...
Category
1910s British Other Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Black Forest Brienz Hand-Carved Figural Dog Inkwell
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique inkwell is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Austria and date to approximately 1920 and done in the period Black Forest style. The inkwell is composed of a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Black Forest Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Softwood
Hermes Vintage Leather and Bronze Desk Magnifying Glass
By Hermès
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Vintage Hermes Leather and Bronze Desk Magnifying Glass
Elegant gilt bronze magnifying glass with black leather handle stamped Hermes Paris from th...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Empire Style Table Clock and Inkwell
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Empire style table clock and inkwell
Origin France Circa 1900
The watch has a Paris machine and it works
Golden bronze and Onix materials
Very good general condition
the marble ...
Category
Early 1900s French Empire Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
1970s Piero Fornasetti Astonishing Crystal Paperweight Sphere. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Piero Fornasetti astonishing crystal paperweight sphere in excellent condition. Made in Italy.
Dimension:
diameter 3,14 x 1,57 inches
diameter 8 cm x cm 4 H
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Set of four 18th Century Blue and White Delft Tiles Framed in Custom Iron Frame
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of four 18th Century Blue and White Delft Tiles Framed in Custom Iron Frame
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Rococo Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Addison Model 5 Butterscotch and Maroon Catalin Tube Radio, 1940
Located in Hampstead, QC
In 1939, Toronto-based Addison Industries Ltd., a Canadian company, was founded focussing on the production of commercial tube radios. The Model 5 “Big Addison” series, featured her...
Category
1940s Canadian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Art Deco Eastman Kodak Jiffy Kodak Six-20 Strut Folding Camera Rochester NY 30's
Located in High Wycombe, GB
An Art Deco Eastman Kodak Jiffy Kodak Six-20 Folding Rollfilm Camera
Styled by Walter Dorwin Teague Made in Rochester NY, USA between 1933 & 1937
Takes 620 roll film
Classificatio...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
17th Century Dutch Delft Tile in Chinese Wanli Style with bird
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands
Circa 1620 – 1640
A blue and white Dutch tile with a decoration of a Chinese garden with a bird on a rock. Influenced by the Chinese porcelain from the Wanli Period....
Category
1620s Dutch Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Seguso Murano Egg Paperweight in Murano Glass with Gold Dust, Italy 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Fantastic egg-shaped paperweight made in mouth-blown Murano glass with gold leaf inside. This incredibly charming paperweight was designed by Archimede Seguso in Italy during the 195...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Valentine by Ettore Sottsass 1968 Olivetti
Located in Lucca, IT
Valentine Rossa Macchina da Scrivere design Ettore Sottsass production Olivetti Italy 1968 Valentine original and complete with everything first series . Fantastic typewriter , Vale...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Modernist Crystal Art Glass World Ball Healing Sphere
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modernist Crystal World Ball Healing Sphere Art Glass
4 diameter
Preowned vintage condition
See all images.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Geometric Decoration Set Ceramic, White Porcelain, Sculptural Object 'Cubism'
By Manolo Eirin
Located in Carballo, ES
Geometry set of 3 pieces made of ceramic, with high quality stoneware in the Galician town of Buño, known throughout the world for its quality in the pottery technique. The shapes in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Terracotta
Mid century vintage handblown Murano glass paperweight
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid century vintage handblown glass Murano paperweight. This paperweight has a unique design in that the interior of the glass looks like tortoiseshell with beautiful tones of dark brown, Amber and gold. This vintage paperweight...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Document File
By Paul McCobb
Located in Denton, TX
mid-century modern desk top document file classic walnut with stainless steel squared post that support the upper level.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vase with Bronze Pot with Cloisone Technique and Plants of Hard Stones
Located in Marbella, ES
Vase with bronze pot with Cloisone technique and plants of hard stones.
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Serge Mansau for Fratelli Guzzini Italy MCM Designed Lucite Tape Dispenser - NOS
Located in St. Louis, MO
Serge Mansau (1930-2019) for Fratelli Guzzini Italy mid-century modern designed clear lucite tape dispenser, new old stock. Great desk accessory.
See my other listing for vintage R...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Paper weight 1980 Mint Directors Conference
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Issued as gift to attendees at the Mint Directors Conference on 19-21 May 1980 in Utrecht.
With 2 1/2 guilder 1980 Proof
VERY RARE
Only ca. 20 pcs issued
Dimensions: 79(b) x 75(h...
Category
1980s Dutch Other Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Nickel
English Victorian Period 19th Century Wood or Horn Letter Opener
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period letter opener from the 19th century, made of wood or horn. Experience the charm of the Victorian era with this exquisite English Victorian period letter o...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Horn, Wood
Dice Metal Statue Paper Weight Mid-Century Modern, German, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Super cool Art Deco design sculptural "High Roller" dice paperweight. Nice metal dice atop a nickel base. The best addition to your desk or every room. Found at an estate sale in Nur...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Textural White Stone Slab
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playful stone stab with textural design. This rectangular slab can easily be displayed on a table or leaning on a shelf. It showcases an abstract design of rounded curves.
Dimension...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Gucci Red Leather Desk Set, 1980s Italy
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome red leather desk set by Gucci. Made in Italy, circa 1980s. Set consists of a note pad with paper, a pen holder and a letter opener. Rich colo...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Beautiful Metal Crane Flamingo Figure Smokers set Brutalist Era, Germany, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A large Figurine made of wrought iron for Holding Cigarettes, Matchsticks and Smoking Accessories. Made of metal with a nice patina and rusty parts. Typically made in Germany in the ...
Category
1960s German Brutalist Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
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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