Tiffany Studios New York Bronze Doré & Abalone Blotter Corners With Leather Pad
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous set of four Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period gilt bronze and abalone blotter corners, with a custom blue leather desk blotter.
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Graduate Pattern Bronze Blotter Ends With Leather Pad
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period gilt bronze blotter ends in the "Graduate" pattern, with a custom blue leather desk blotter.
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York American Indian Bronze Blotter Ends & Leather Desk Pad
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period gilt bronze blotter ends in the "American Indian" pattern, with a custom brown leather desk blotter.
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Chinese Pattern Bronze Blotter Ends With Leather Pad
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period patinated bronze "Chinese" pattern blotter ends, with a custom green leather desk blotter.
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Bookmark Bronze Blotter Ends With Leather Desk Pad
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Arts & Crafts period "Bookmark" bronze blotter ends with a custom brown leather desk pad By Tiffany Studios New York, USA, Early 20th Century Each blotter end m...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Adam Pattern Bronze Doré Blotter Ends With Leather Pad
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze blotter ends featuring Adam style or Neoclassical style swags, with a custom blue leather desk blotter.
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Blotter Ends With Leather Desk Pad
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period bronze blotter ends featuring symbols of the Zodiac with a custom brown leather desk pad By Tiffany Studios New York, USA, Early...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Blotter Ends With Leather Desk Pad
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period patinated bronze blotter ends featuring symbols of the Zodiac with a custom green leather desk pad By Tiffany Studios (signed to ...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Doré Blotter Ends With Leather Desk Pad
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period gilt bronze blotter ends featuring symbols of the Zodiac, with a custom blue leather desk blotter.
Bronze
$1,036Sale Price / set|20% Off
Tiffany Zodiac large Letter box holder and large blotter ends Arts and Crafts
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Mobile, AL
The measurements are for the blotter ends... as certainly no letter box is half an inch tall... hehe.
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Blotter Ends With Green Leather Desk Pad
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period patinated bronze blotter ends featuring symbols of the Zodiac with a custom green leather desk pad By Tiffany Studios (signed to ...
Bronze
Antique Old Vienna Paris Porcelain Inkwell and Ink Blotter Desk Set - 2 Pc Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Old Vienna Paris Porcelain Inkwell and Ink Blotter Desk Set - 2 Pc Set. item features Painted scenes, beautiful color, crown mark to inkwell, ver nice antique set.
Porcelain
WMF Art Nouveau Silver Plate 3 Piece Desk Set Stamp Holder Blotter Pen Tray
By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A three-piece Art Nouveau desk set includes a "rocking" blotter, 5" x 2.5"; a pen tray, 9.75" x 2.25", and a hinged stamp holder with four sections 4.5" x 2.5" x 1".
Silver Plate
Paul Beau Mixed Metal Desk Set, Blotter Corners, Stationary Rack and Pen Tray
By Paul Beau
Located in Montreal, QC
Paul Beau, doyen of Montreal Arts & Craft metal workers flourished in the first half of the 20th century. He was responsible for much fine work, in both private and public mileaux. H...
$3,163 / set
Victorian Coromandel Desk Set Letter Box
Located in Altrincham, GB
Victorian Coromandel Letter Box and Blotter Pad Book - with Studded Brass Banding of Anthemion Form with Central Jasper Ware Wedgwood Plaques - Blotter 8.5"w x 12"h - Box 9"w x 5"d x...
Zebra Wood
2-Piece French Victorian Bronze Pheasant Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian bronze inkwell of standing pheasant with roll blotter. (PRICED AS SET)
Bronze
Victorian Era Inkstand with Boulle Marquetry in Ebonised Wood and Brass
By J. C. Vickery
Located in London, GB
Vickery, a London-based firm. The blotter is stamped 'JC VICKERY REGENT ST' to the side.
Brass
Art Crafts Shop Hammered Copper Six-Piece Desk Set, Circa 1905
By Roycroft
Located in South Bend, IN
The six-piece set includes: letter rack, rocker blotter, inkwell, pen tray, letter opener, and set of four blotter corners with green leather desk blotter.
Copper
Antique English Brass Agate Cabochon Mounted Two Piece Desk Set Mid 19th Century
Located in London, GB
The set comprises a dome topped rectangular stationary casket and a matching leather bound blotter both with stunning and decorative applied agate cabochon borders.
Agate, Brass
$10,000 / set
Tiffany Studios Bronze Gold Dore Desk Set
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Greer, SC
9-Piece Tiffany Studios Bronze Desk Set which includes: Letter Holder, Notepad Holder, Letter Opener, Stamp Box, Pen Tray, Blotter, Ink Well, Vase Base, Nut Bowl with Scalloped Edges
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Pine Needle Bronze Doré and Slag Glass Nine-Piece Desk
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
The nine-piece set includes: inkwell, pen brush, letter rack, pen tray, desk box, postage scale, paper clip, rocker blotter, and set of two blotter ends with leather desk blotter.
Bronze
Napoleon III bonheur du jour secretary desk in wood and marquetry
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The writing surface opens to reveal a leather blotter and small drawers. Beautifully crafted with superb details: bone marquetry decoration throughout, wood marquetry with a 3D effec...
Wood, Ivory, Tortoise Shell
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Nine-Piece Desk Set, Circa 1910
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
The nine-piece set includes: large inkwell, pen brush, two letter racks, pair of bookends, stamp box, notepad holder, rocker blotter, and set of four blotter corners with leather des...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Pine Needle Bronze Doré and Favrile Slag Glass Desk Set
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
Stamp Box - 4.38"W x 3.25"D x 1.75"H. Rocker Blotter - 5.75"W x 2.75"D x 2"H. Notepad Holder - 4.75"W x 7.75"D x 0.75"H.
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Pine Needle Bronze Doré and Slag Glass Eight-Piece Desk
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
Paper Clip - 2.5"W x 3.88"D x 1.63"H. Desk Blotter with Blotter Ends - 24"W x 12.13"D x 0.38"H.
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Six-Piece Desk Set, Circa 1910
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
Match Stand - 4.5"W x 4.5"D x 3.63"H. Leather Blotter with Corners - 28.5"W x 19.5"D x 0.38"H.
Bronze
$3,123Sale Price / set|20% Off
19th Century Classical Marble & Bronze Grand Tour Desk Set, Six Pieces
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Beautiful 19th Century Classical Marble & Bronze Mounted Three Piece Grand Tour Desk Set Six piece set includes a letter rack, an ink blotter, & an exquisite pen tray with...
Marble, Bronze
A Charming Victorian Postcard or Stationary Stand, South Coast This is a very a
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
At the front there is a writing space with blotter, this can be folded away when space is needed All the advertisements are from Southsea, Portsmouth, The Isle of Wight and surround...
Wood
French 19th Century Walnut Secretary Desk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Black, tooled leather forms a blotter pad on the desktop and can be pulled out for additional work space.
Walnut, Leather, Glass
19th Century French Provincial Desk Inkwell Stand in Marble and Brass
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Brass and Marble Desk Inkwell Stand This is a very attractive desk top inkwell, the stand is made with marble and set with 2 chased brass ink pots, these are lined with glas...
Marble
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Wisteria Inaba 4 Piece Desk Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
The set includes a square inkwell with hinged lid, a letter opener, a roller blotter, and a set of four blotter corners. White wisteria and birds motif against the turquoise blue bac...
Enamel
"The Equestrian" Gene Pressler, Countryside Setting, American Society Portrait
By Gene Pressler
Located in New York, NY
Pressler illustrations can also be found on a wide variety of other items, including sheet music, trade cards, book frontispieces and covers, blotters, playing cards, candy boxes, ji...
Canvas, Pastel
Eugenio Quarti Liberty Desk Suite w/ Chair & Paperbasket, Italy, Early 20th c.
By Eugenio Quarti
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The desk opens to a fitted interior and retains a coordinated ensemble of period desktop accessories (letter rack, blotter, inkwell and boxes), indicating an original high-grade comm...
Brass
Tiffany Studios New York Six Piece Brass Zodiac Desk Set, Circa 1900
By Tiffany Studios
Located in San Antonio, TX
The desk set consists (2) pair of blotters, (1) ink well with glass liner, (1) tray, (1) stamp box, and (1) a clip.
Brass
Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Four Piece Writing Desk Set With Butterflies
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Long Island City, NY
The set includes a pair of inkwells, a roller blotter, and a tray. Each ware is adorned with a polychrome design representing butterflies and flowers surrounded by a foliate scroll o...
Enamel
Tiffany Studios New York Pine Needle Bronze Doré and Slag Glass Rocker Blotter2
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze and slag glass "Pine Needle" pattern rocker blotter By Tiffany Studios (signed on the side) New York, USA, Early 20th Centur...
Bronze
18th c. Coromandel Travel Writing Slope
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine 18th century Indian Macassar Ebony traveling writing box with Tutenag metal hardware, the vividly grained case with rare alloy trim, the rectangular form opening to make a ...
Hardwood
Antique Tiffany Studios Zodiac 6-Piece Bronze Doré Desk Set
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Cincinnati, OH
The desk set is comprised of a 2-row letter rack, a pair of desk blotter ends, a pen tray, a letter opener, and a large inkwell fitted with a hinged lid.
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Pine Needle Bronze and Slag Seven-Piece Desk Set
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Northport, MI
The set includes: A lidded inkwell with original glass insert An elongated pen tray A small stamp desk box (note: this slag glass panel has a viable fracture) A large paper cli...
Bronze
French Victorian Inkwell with Bronze Figures
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian bronze inkwell of standing pheasant with roll blotter. (priced as set).
Bronze
$1,800 / set
2-Piece French Victorian Bronze Pheasant Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian bronze inkwell of standing pheasant with roll blotter. (priced as set).
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York 7-Piece "Pond Lily" Desk Set
By Louis Comfort Tiffany, Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
Product Details: Item #: T-21399 Artist: Tiffany Studios New York Country: United States Circa: 1905 Materials: Patinated Bronze Signed: blotter ends, inkstand, calendar frame, pen t...
Bronze
Art Nouveau Foliage Silver Overlay Black Glass Inkwell Four Piece Desk set
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rare silver overlay on black glass desk set containing an inkwell (2 pieces), blotter, double pen holder and letter opener. The set is decorated with a silver overlay leaf design.
Metal, Silver
Tan Leather Case, circa 1910
Located in London, GB
The fittings that remain are the blotter folder, the ink pot and matching vesta case.
Brass
$360Sale Price / set|20% Off
Five Piece Art Deco Desk Set by Silver Crest Bronze Co.
By Silver Crest Bronze
Located in San Diego, CA
The set is in good vintage condition with a wonderful patina and includes: ink weel, blotter, adjustable calendar, letter holder and pen rest. #2793.
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Antique English Coromandel & Ormolu Mounted Four Piece Desk Set Mid 19th Century
By George Betjemann & Sons
Located in London, GB
Dimensions in cm: Height 2 x Width 18 x Depth 41 - Blotter Dimensions in inches: Height 1 inch x Width 7 inches x Depth 1 foot, 4 inches - Blotter Betjemann & Sons In 1...
Ormolu
Tiffany Studios New York "Zodiac" Bronze Pen Tray
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
Matching desk accessories including an inkwell, calendar holder, desk box, and rocker blotter also available. Pairs nicely with Art Deco, Arts & Crafts, or Art Nouveau decor.
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York "Zodiac" Bronze Pen Tray
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
Matching desk accessories including an inkwell, calendar holder, desk box, and rocker blotter also available. Pairs nicely with Art Deco, Arts & Crafts, or Art Nouveau decor.
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York 'Zodiac' Bronze Pen Tray Desk Accessory, circa 1910
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
Matching desk accessories including an inkwell, calendar holder, desk box, and rocker blotter also available. Pairs nicely with Art Deco, Arts & Crafts, or Art Nouveau decor.
Bronze
Louis Vuitton Traveling Lap Desk 65
By Louis Vuitton
Located in New York, NY
When you open the case the felt on the desk/work area is covered with a newer/vintage blotter numbered and marked. Great piece for a collector of Louis Vuitton.
Brass
Tiffany Studios New York 'Zodiac' Bronze Desk Calendar Holder or Picture Frame
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
Matching desk accessories including an inkwell, pen tray, desk box, and rocker blotter also available. Pairs nicely with Art Deco, Arts & Crafts, or Art Nouveau decor.
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York 'Zodiac' Bronze Doré Large Inkwell
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
Matching desk accessories including a calendar holder, pen tray, rocker blotter, and desk box also available. Pairs nicely with Art Deco, Arts & Crafts, or Art Nouveau decor.
Bronze
$9,241Sale Price / set|20% Off
Rare 19th Century Italian Renaissance Murillo Design Collectors Writing Cabinet
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Fully Matching Set of Hand Crafted Stationary Tools Blotter Inkwell Notepad Pen Pen Holder
Leather
Antique Art Deco Black Marble Five Piece Desk Set with Chrome & Brass Accents
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
The set includes an inkwell and pen holder, a blotter, a letter rack, a letter opener and an ashtray.
Marble, Chrome
$12,750 / set
6-Piece English Arts & Crafts Silver Desk Set
Located in Queens, NY
Desk pad, inkwell, pen tray, stamp box, roll blotter, letter holder. (PRICED AS Set) Inkwell missing glass with broken hinge
Sterling Silver
Very Nice Late 19th Century Bronze and Marble 3 Piece Desk Set
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Very Nice Late 19th Century Bronze and Marble 3 Piece Desk Set The large Chinese designed rectangular desk set centered with a bronze crane and two decorated ink holders on eithe...
Marble, Bronze
American Gilded Age Hepplewhite-Style Writing Desk in Satinwood w/ Marquetry
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
Tambour cylinder-top opens to a pull-out desk with inset leather blotter, two drawers & open compartments for letters, bills & stationery.
Leather, Satinwood
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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