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Cartier Tank Desk Clock Two-Tone Gold and Steel
By Cartier, Must De Cartier
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Cartier Santos 24-karat gold-plated and steel Art Deco travel quartz desk clock with alarm. Les
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Late 20th Century French Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Gold Plate, Silver

Cartier Tank Desk Clock Two-Tone Gold and Steel
Cartier Tank Desk Clock Two-Tone Gold and Steel
$2,850
H 3.75 in W 2.75 in D 3 in
Military WWI British MkIV Tank Bronze Desk Inkstand, circa 1918
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
WWI British Military MkIV tank, circa 1918 Marble and bronze desk inkstand. High details. Pen not
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Early 20th Century British Art Deco Inkwells

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Cartier Paris Tank Watch Design Card and Envelope Set Luxury Desk Stationery
By Cartier
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Luxury Cartier Stationery Card Letter and Envelope Tank Watch, limited edition Desk Accessory. Emboss
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Late 20th Century French Desk Sets

Materials

Paper

Antique English Cast Sterling Silver Tank Ornament / Paperweight
By Elkington & Co.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English cast sterling silver tank ornament
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Vintage 1910s English Paperweights

Materials

Metal, Silver, Sterling Silver

Bugatti Tank Car Mascot / Hood Ornament / Paperweight. France 1930
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
depicting a Bugatti Type 32 ¨Tank¨ Car. Mounted over an acylic base. Signed CAD. Lovely desk paperweight
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

FRENCH 1918 Art-Deco Lacquered Desk Cigar Box In The Shape of a WWI Tank
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco WWI Tank shaped desk cigar box humidor. This is a fabulous and rare desk cigar box
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Vintage 1910s French Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

FRENCH 1918 Art-Deco Lacquered Desk Cigar Box In The Shape of a WWI Tank
FRENCH 1918 Art-Deco Lacquered Desk Cigar Box In The Shape of a WWI Tank
$3,080 Sale Price
20% Off
H 4.75 in W 10.5 in D 5.83 in

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Vietnam Era Tank Destroyer Scope Aluminum and Brass Custom Base
Located in New York, NY
An incredible piece of history. This is the scope from an M56 scorpion tank destroyer. This
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Vintage 1960s American Desk Accessories

Materials

Aluminum, Brass

Cartier Tank Desk Clock Two-Tone Gold and Steel
By Cartier
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This is a circa 1980’s original Cartier quartz alarm desk clock. The case is two-tone gold plated
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Late 20th Century French Art Deco Collectible Jewelry

Materials

Gold Plate, Steel

Mid-Century Modern Lucite Fish Tank
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Signed Mid-Century Modern Lucite fish tank desk accessory Signed Doug M.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Nautical Objects

Materials

Lucite

Antique World War 1 Trench Art British Tank 1919 Brass Inkwell Desk Set WWI
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Amazing ! This Trench art piece from 1919 "A British Mark IV tank" as a functional Inkwell desk
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Vintage 1910s Belgian Arts and Crafts Inkwells

Materials

Brass, Copper

Ronson 1919 Art Deco WWI Renault Tank Table Touch Tip In Solid Patinated Bronze
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
An WWI tank desk touch tip lighter designed by Ronson. This very rare Ronson Touch-Tip table
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Vintage 1910s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Bronze, Copper

Art Deco Limed Oak Tank Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Black top limed oak desk with great rounded lines.
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Vintage 1930s French Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Art Deco Limed Oak Tank Desk
Art Deco Limed Oak Tank Desk
H 31 in W 71 in D 35 in
Limed Oak 1940's Desk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1940's Tank Desk with black resin like top. Aluminum handles and curved top. 31h x
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Vintage 1940s French Desks

Limed Oak 1940's Desk
Limed Oak 1940's Desk
H 31 in W 71 in D 35 in
Custom Steel Bomb Desk
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Starting its life as a steel "tank" desk, this wonderful desk was converted to the ultimate manly
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Vintage 1950s American Desks

Materials

Formica

Custom Steel Bomb Desk
Custom Steel Bomb Desk
H 29 in W 76 in D 36 in
Turn-of-the-Century Foreman's desk
Located in Seattle, WA
Built like a tank, this foreman's desk is super solid and clean. This was purchased in Oregon and
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Early 20th Century American Desks

Materials

Fir

Turn-of-the-Century Foreman's desk
Turn-of-the-Century Foreman's desk
H 33 in W 72 in D 35 in

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17th century follower of Rubens, two military men on horse back in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
17th century English/Dutch School, from the Circle of Sir Peter Paul Rubens A very interesting and well-painted 17th-century oil on canvas of two men seated on horseback in a landsc...
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1680s Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Classic Cartier 18ct Gold Plated Vendome Trinity Pen & Box
By Cartier
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Elegant Vintage Cartier 18ct Gold Plated Vendome Trinity Oval Rollerball Pen Made in Paris, France Item Is Sold With Original Red & Gold Leather Box, Red & Gold Leather. Cartier pe...
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Late 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Sets

Materials

Gold Plate

CYMA 1929 Art Deco Enameled La Captive Squeeze Travel Clock In .925 Sterling
By CYMA Watch Co.
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco La Captive travel-purse clock designed by Cyma Watch Co. This is a beautiful and unusual squeeze concealed "La Captive" travel-clock, created in Switzerland by the Cyma Wat...
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Vintage 1920s Swiss Art Deco Carriage Clocks and Travel Clocks

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

CYMA 1929 Art Deco Enameled La Captive Squeeze Travel Clock In .925 Sterling
CYMA 1929 Art Deco Enameled La Captive Squeeze Travel Clock In .925 Sterling
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
H 1.18 in W 1.62 in D 1.57 in
17th Century Japanese Export Lacquer Cabinet with Depiction the Dutch Tradepost
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A highly important Japanese export lacquer cabinet with depiction of the Dutch East India Company tradepost Deshima and the annual Dutch delegation on its way to the Shogun in Edo ...
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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

Materials

Copper, Gold

Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...
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Antique Late 19th Century European Moorish Architectural Elements

Materials

Wrought Iron

Cigarette Case black lines Art Deco style Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Cartier
Located in Firenze, FI
Handbag cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fire enamel. Opening with spring button. Size cm. 6.3 x 9.7 x 1.5. Weight gr. 215. Created in Art Deco style for Cartier...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Cigarette Case black lines Art Deco style Salimbeni
Cigarette Case black lines Art Deco style Salimbeni
$3,605
H 0.71 in W 2.29 in D 4.06 in
Earl's Coronet, in Silver-Gilt with Ermine and Velvet, Hunt & Roskell, 1911
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An Earl’s Coronet, in silver-gilt, by Hunt & Roskell: the firm formerly known as Storr & Mortimer, a direct line to Paul Storr. Made in 1911, no doubt for the Coronation of George V ...
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Early 20th Century British Neoclassical Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Earl's Coronet, in Silver-Gilt with Ermine and Velvet, Hunt & Roskell, 1911
Earl's Coronet, in Silver-Gilt with Ermine and Velvet, Hunt & Roskell, 1911
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 8.27 in
Highclere Castle Jewellery Box
By LINLEY London
Located in London, GB
Over the years, British design company Linley has developed expertise in creating scaled versions of famous architectural buildings including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the R...
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2010s British Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Maple

Highclere Castle Jewellery Box
Highclere Castle Jewellery Box
$247,823
H 20.87 in W 21.07 in D 27.56 in
Jaguar XK 120 Roadster 1950, Rare Collection Car, A+ Condition incl. Expert Op.
By Jaguar Cars Ltd.
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
We offer you the chance of buying this breathtaking, rare Jaguar XK 120 which had its first road legal in february 1950. There has been built only a very little number of these cars,...
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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal

Cartier Paris 1935 Rare Art Deco Geometric Desk Clock in Black Onyx and Agate
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
A desk clock designed by Cartier. A beautiful and sober desk clock, created in Paris France by the the house of Cartier during the late art deco period, back in the early 1935. Th...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Agate, Onyx, Sterling Silver, Bronze

Cartier Paris 1935 Rare Art Deco Geometric Desk Clock in Black Onyx and Agate
Cartier Paris 1935 Rare Art Deco Geometric Desk Clock in Black Onyx and Agate
$11,160 Sale Price
20% Off
H 4.5 in W 4.2 in D 1.52 in
Paul Dupré-Lafon, Hermès Desk Clock, c.1935
By Hermès
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Vintage Hermes Brown Leather Desk/Table Clock, 1930s This is a beautiful Art Deco style table/desk clock. Original leather with gold brass details. hand-stitched by Hermès echappeme...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

Paul Dupré-Lafon, Hermès Desk Clock, c.1935
Paul Dupré-Lafon, Hermès Desk Clock, c.1935
$2,000
H 5.71 in W 6.7 in D 3.15 in
Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Madrid, ES
Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the Hi...
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Antique Early 18th Century French Baroque Western European Rugs

Materials

Wool, Silk

Jaeger LeCoultre France 1928 Art Deco Luxhora Cylindrical Desk Clock and Lamp
By Jaeger-LeCoultre, Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Miami, FL
Desk Lamp and Clock designed by Jacques-David LeCoultre. An extremely rare and one of a kind Luxhora desk lamp-clock, created in France during the art deco period. This piece was ...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Marble, Steel, Chrome

Cartier Table Clock Pasha Full Calendar Model, 1995
By Cartier
Located in Munich, DE
A CARTIER 'PASHA' DUAL TIME ZONE CALENDAR DESK CLOCK WITH MOON PHASE, CIRCA 1995 jewelled quartz movement, frosted silver signed dial with subsidiary dials for the day, date and seco...
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1990s Swiss Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Brass

Cartier Table Clock Pasha Full Calendar Model, 1995
Cartier Table Clock Pasha Full Calendar Model, 1995
$3,338
H 6.5 in W 5.91 in D 3.55 in
Jaeger-LeCoultre, table clock, model "Atmos Brevets Reutter, " no. 9066
By Jaeger-LeCoultre
Located in Paris, FR
Jaeger-LeCoultre, founded in 1833 by Antoine LeCoultre in Switzerland, is a prestigious manufacturer of watches and clocks. In 1903, Jacques-David LeCoultre partnered with Edmond Jae...
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Vintage 1940s Swiss Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Materials

Chrome

Tiffany Studios Rare Empire Jewel Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Tiffany Studios Empire Jewel Table Lamp Important and rare Tiffany Studios New York "Empire Jewel" Table Lamp, Only 2-3 known to exist and well documented in Alastair Duncans Tiffan...
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Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

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Tank Desk For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the tank desk you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each tank desk for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and bronze. Find 11 options for an antique or vintage tank desk now, or shop our selection of 4 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a tank desk — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Each tank desk bearing mid-century modern, modern or Art Nouveau hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one tank desk that is appealing in its simplicity, but Driade, Philippe Negro and Alfredo Barbini produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Tank Desk?

Prices for a tank desk start at $442 and top out at $42,987 with the average selling for $1,000.