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Desk Accessories For Sale
Vintage wooden chess set in wooden box
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
The set shows signs of use (see photo)
Figures have a patina
The board itself is a work of art, adorned with intricate inlaid floral patterns and bordered with...
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1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Pair Italian Neoclassical Grand Tour Sienna Marble Souvenirs of Temple Ruins
Located in New York, NY
A very fine and early pair of Roman Neoclassical Period Grand Tour Sienna marble models of the Temple of Castor and Pollux and the temple o...
Category
1820s Italian Greco Roman Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Siena Marble
Typewriter/ Remington 10S USA, 1920s
Located in Praha, CZ
The packaging of the machine has surface defects that are associated with the age of use.
Made in USA
Serial number Z192196
Fully functional
Made of metal, steel, chrome, fabric.
Go...
Category
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Pair Vintage Lalique Crystal Anémone Flower Paperweights
By Lalique
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of Lalique French crystal paperweights in the Anemone pattern, circa early 1980s.
Designed in 1930, and now considered a classic, René Lalique was inspired by the delicate fl...
Category
1980s French Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Murano Green Photo Frame by Barovier e Toso - 2 Available
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage picture frame with hand blown clear and green Murano "Torciglione" glass border / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / Original mark on frame / Made in Italy
Measures:...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
A Grand Tour Micro Mosaic Paperweight, St. Peter's Square Rome - Vatican
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
"Micro Mosaic, St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, XIXth Century"
19th century oval Micro-mosaic depicting a panoramic view of the basilica and St. Peter's Square in Rome (Vatican), enclos...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Antique Brass Bound Writing Box With Secret Drawers. English C.1830
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful tropical hardwood writing box or slope
Fabulous colour and figure in the wood
Working secret drawers*
Original brass topped ink bottle
Replaced leather
No Key
Free U...
Category
1830s English Georgian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Venezia Mestre Set of 2 Bookends by Morici
By Morici
Located in Milan, IT
A splendid way of adorning both a clean and minimalist or traditional bookcase, this pair of bookends is a veritable objet d'art entirely crafted and veneered by hand. Fashioned of w...
Category
2010s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Antique Anglo-Indian Fluted Writing Box With Secret Drawers. Early 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful writing box made from a tropical hardwood
Fabulous shape and plain fluted carving. It gives it a modernist appearance
Probably Sri Lankan
3 secret drawers*
Replaced lea...
Category
Early 19th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Swedish Designer Hand Mirror
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A small handled mirror in pine from Sweden circa 1970s. Great simple mirror executed in pine. Could be used as a functional piece or for display. Would blend easily with other interi...
Category
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pine
Art Deco Stitched Red Leather Desk Accessory Letter and Pen Holders
By The Leather School
Located in Atlanta, GA
ILG, Belgium, designed a functional modernist desk accessories set in the 1940s. The set includes a letter and pen holder, featuring a streamlined shape and boasting burgundy-red han...
Category
1940s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
1950s Fornasetti Paperweight in Porcelain by Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1950s Astonishing rare porcelain paperweight designed by Piero Fornasetti with butterflies. Handmade.Made in Italy. Heavy ceramic construction for use as beautiful desk accessories. ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Cartier 18ct Gold Nib Black Godron Ribbed Fountain Pen With Cartier Box
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Cartier 18ct Gold Nib Louis Black Godron Ribbed Fountain Pen With Cartier Box, Finished With An Onyx Cabochon
Manufactured by Montblanc
The pen is made from a black composite
Pen n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate
Marble Solitaire Game with hardwood board and 33 agate stone Marbles, Circa 1925
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good and complete board game of Marble Solitaire,with a hand turned hardwood board and 33 agate stone marbles, which we date to the Art Deco period of the 20th Century...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Agate
Mountain Hut Lodge Haus Wachenfeld Metal Money Box Piggy Bank, Vintage 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous vintage metal money bank. A beautiful decorative item in metal. Made in Germany, circa 1920s to 1930s as a souvenir building bank. Nice addition to any collection, desktop, ...
Category
1910s German Folk Art Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Orientalist Cold Painted Vienna Bronze Letter Opener, ca. 1900
Located in Petaluma, CA
This letter opener, most likely done by the Bergmann Foundry is extremely rare. We have sold countless inkwells, bookends, lamps and other accessories for the desk, but the letter o...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Marble Egg, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Marble egg is an original decorative object realized in the mid-20th century.
Made in Italy.
The work is realized entirely in marble.
The egg is re...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Vintage Industrial Anvil, 20th Century
Located in New York City, NY
Small, playful vintage Industrial anvil.
Category
20th Century American Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
Casted Glass Banana in Crystal, Lilac
Located in Richmond, VA
Casted glass banana in dichroic lilac by Devon Made inspired by blown glass fruit makers and collectors from the 1960's. The light playful approach to everyday fruit is contrasted wi...
Category
2010s New Zealand Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Silver Plate Victorian Repoussé Magnifying Glass
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful Silver Plated magnifying glass with ornate handle of Repousse Silver.
A Wonderful addition to any sophisticated desk, used to magnify or as a paperweight.
A compleme...
Category
Early 20th Century European Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Just Andersen. Oblong pen tray in alloy bronze. Art Deco style.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pre-owned goods are exempt from import duties for U.S. customers.
Therefore, no import tariffs will be applicable to your purchase.
Just Andersen (1884-1943).
Oblong pen tray in al...
Category
1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
WMF Art Nouveau Jugendstil Photograph Frame, Germany C.1900, WMF
Located in Toronto, Ontario
WMF Art Nouveau Jugendstil pewter photograph frame, Germany C.1900, WMF. Ref No 90 page 304 WMF 1906 catalogue. WMF marks B 1/0 beehive B and export mark. Overall measurements: 8 3/4...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Meissen Green Ming Dragon Porcelain Writing Set
Located in New York, NY
A mid-20th century hand-painted porcelain desk accessories set by Meissen Porzellan, a prominent German porcelain manufacture. Ming Dragon pattern in...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Solingen German Scissors and Letter Opener, Arts and Crafts Decor
By Alhoso of Solingen 1
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage set of scissors and letter opener features brass plated handles with engraved Arts and Crafts style decor, done in black matte enamel. The pieces are stored in navy leather ...
Category
20th Century German Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Steel
Art Deco Macassar Wood and Metal Letter Holder Desk Organizer
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant Art Deco modernist desktop accessory, a letter holder, was designed and crafted in France circa 1930. With its typical Art Deco geometric shape, the mail accessory is of...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Copper
Gucci Leather Desk Notepad with Equestrian Motif, circa 1970
By Gucci
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gucci designed this luxury modernist leather and polished brass desktop accessory. The rare piece was crafted in Italy circa 1970. The notepad is made of cocoa brown fine calf leathe...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Travelling Marble Solitaire Board Game with 35 mixed stone Marbles, Circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good and complete board game of Marble Solitaire, with a hand turned hardwood board and 35 agate stone and clay marbles, which we date to t...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Agate
Vintage Red Swivel Desk Storage Organizer by Rino Pirovano for Art 900
By Rexite
Located in East Quogue, NY
This vintage red swivel desk organizer, designed by Rino Pirovano for Rexite in the mid-1970s, is a celebrated example of Italian design. Made of ABS plastic, it features four rotati...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Antique Vintage Lady's Gentleman's Walking Dress Stick Cane English Bulldog 1900
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stylish Solid Polished Honey Coloured Malacca Wood Lady’s or Gentlemans Walking Stick Dress Cane with Traditional formed Tau shaped handle in Art Nouveau style, possibly of French or...
Category
Late 19th Century British Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Hardwood
Typewriter/Remington Standart 12 USA, 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
The packaging of the machine has surface defects that are associated with the age of use.
Made in USA.
Fully functional.
Made of metal, steel, chrome, fabric.
Good original condition...
Category
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Lubitel 2 Bakelite With LOMO T-22 75/4.5 Taking Lens Manufactured by OMO
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Lubitel 2 Bakelite With LOMO T-22 75/4.5 Taking Lens Manufactured by OMO
Manufactured between 1954 and 1980
Ref 7439664
Camera has a waist level finder and focusing rings are mad...
Category
Late 20th Century Russian Space Age Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Rare Set of S.T DuPont of Paris Montparnasse Brown Marble Lacquered Writing Set
By S.T. Dupont
Located in Reading, Berkshire
S.T DuPont of Paris Montparnasse Three Pen Brown Marble Lacquered Writing Set With Spares, Original Paperwork
1 Brown Marble Lacquered 18ct Yellow Gold Nib Fountain Pen Finished Wit...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold
Broom and showel set vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Broom and showel set vienna around 1920s
Polished and stove enameled
Showel: H: 3cm W: 15,5cm D: 17.5cm
Broom: H: 10cm W: 10cm D: 3,5cm
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
HERMES, Paris - Equestrian / Horse Head Letter Opener c.1960
By Hermès
Located in Victoria, BC
A refined desk accessory by Hermès, Paris, this vintage letter opener dates to circa 1960s and features a finely detailed horse head in profile—an homage to the maison's deep equestr...
Category
1960s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Tiffany Favrile Glass Art Nouveau Spotted Paperweight, Signed L.C.T. X17342
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tiffany Favrile Glass Art Nouveau Spotted Paperweight, Signed L.C.T. X17342
USA, 20th Century
A remarkable example of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s mastery of glass artistry, this exqui...
Category
20th Century American Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Gorgeous Murano Italian Art Glass Giant Octopus Paperweight, Italy, 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown Italian art glass Statue, paper weight or sculpture. Showing a giant octopus. Colors are a blue, white, black and clear. A beautiful nice addition to your...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Bookends World Globe
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Pair of mid-century world globe bookends.
They globes are two pieces of timeless design ideal for a very masculine and sophisticated environment.
These pieces are ideal to place in ...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Italian Midcentury Brass Shopping Bag Tote in the Manner of Gio Ponti circa 1970
By Gio Ponti
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Iconic and oh so chic Italian brass tote bag with brass rope handles and creased sides in the manner of Gio Ponti, circa 1970. Clean clean clean. Newly professionally cleaned and gen...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Leather Tray, Medium B Rectangular Tray - Handmade - Color: Zinc
By Aria Home
Located in Curitiba, Parana
Monochrome Collection Trays
For various purposes, the Monochrome Collection Trays can be used individually or as a set. Their sizes are customizable, so feel free to get creative an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Murano Mandala Millefiori Flower Mosaic Red Swirl Italian Art Glass Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown, optic design, millefiori flower mosaic "Mandala" design Italian art glass paperweight. Created in the manner of the Fornasa De Murano A L'Insegna...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
Fontana Arte 1950s Modernist Glass Pen Holder or Stand and Ashtray Desk Set
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Beautiful vintage Mid-Century Modern desk set featuring an adjustable pen holder or stand with a tray and an ashtray attributed to Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte. Made in Italy, circa ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Olivetti Typewriter Vintage Model "Valentine" 1969 Pop Art Icoon
Located in Antwerp, BE
The Olivetti Valetine is an icon for its expressive design and practical usability portable, manual typewriter known for its typical red ABS plastic housing and matching red case. Th...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Nine-Piece Desk Set, Circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau period "Zodiac" bronze desk set. The nine-piece set includes: large inkwell, pen brush, two letter racks, pair of bookends, stamp box, notepad...
Category
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Profil Striped Applied Silver Egg Cup By Wilhelm Kage, Argenta, Gustavsberg
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Tasteful and modern in design, stoneware Argenta egg cup by Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg, Sweden.
Decorated with applied silver 'Profil' stripes and banding
A collectors piece
Circa...
Category
1950s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Carl Aubock II Hand Paperweight & Wall Hook
Located in New York, NY
Carl Aubock II Hand Paperweight & Wall Hook, Model #4223. Werkstatte, Austria. 1950s. Stamped "Made in Austria" to each.
Scuffs and scratches to finish.
Price is for 1 - Both wal...
Category
1990s Australian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate
Table fan ATAS, 220V - 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
Fully functional. 220V, European plug. New power cable.
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Chromed Air Plane Desk Model, Original Art Deco, France, 1930s
Located in Ulm, DE
Chromed air plane desk model,
Original Patina
Original Art Deco,
France, 1930s
Propellers missing.
Dimensions:
Width 25 cm
Height 21 cm
Dep...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Modern Brutalist Ash Tray by Holger Backstrom
Located in Boynton Beach, FL
Vintage mid century modern ashtray. Brutalist in style. Featuring 16 holes and 20 points. Made from aluminum. Designed by Holger Backstrom. Not marked. Tasteful patina.
7” long
7” ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Brutalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Carl Auböck Model #5371 'Heart' Polished Brass Paperweight
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #5371 'Heart' polished brass paperweight.
Designed in the 1950s, this beautifully refined Viennese paperweight is hand-fabricated in polished brass by Werkstätte ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau Glass Paperweight with Floral Silver Overlay, c. 1910s
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant paperweight from the early 20th century is expertly crafted of cut glass and floral silver overlay in the manner of Art Nouveau. The translucent glass cube is shaped wit...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Malachite Lion Sculpture in Malachite Africa 20th Century Green Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Malachite Lion sculpture or paperweight.
Africa 20th Century, Green Color.
Category
20th Century Cameroonian Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite
Leather Tray, Large B Square Tray, Handmade - Color: Caramel
By Aria Home
Located in Curitiba, Parana
Monochrome Collection Trays
For various purposes, the Monochrome Collection Trays can be used individually or as a set. Their sizes are customizable, so feel free to get creative an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Large Malachite Box 7" Gemstone Jewelry Box
Located in Somis, CA
This magnificent, large 4.15 lb malachite box is a testament to exceptional craftsmanship and the inherent beauty of fine-grade gemstone malachite. The carefully selected stone displ...
Category
2010s Congolese Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite
Wilhelm Kage, Argenta Gustavsberg, Incised Stoneware Silver Piscine Dish C1940
By Wilhelm Kage
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Unusual Argenta stoneware footed dish with applied silver swordfish central motif
Tied silver banding to rim
Designed by Wilhelm Kage for the Argenta series for Gustavsberg, Sweden...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Atomic Space Age Perpetual Flip Calendar, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Often seen in 1960s-70s American movies this atomic perpetual flip calendar with manually set day and month has become an iconic desk piece amo...
Category
1970s Asian Space Age Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Perforated Metal Tray in the style of Mathieu Mategot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful perforated white metal tray with metal band around edge and wavy loop metal handles in the style of Mathieu Mategot from France. Perfect vide poche for keys or jewelry.
Category
1950s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Geometric Sculpture in Polished Pearl Resin by Paola Valle
By Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Geometric sculpture made in polished resin in variety of colors. It is a modern and colorful piece that will liven up any space.
This sculpture is very versatile and fun! You can cr...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Art Deco Bakelite Desk Writing Accessory, 5 pieces in box, France 1930s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning Art Deco Bakelite desk accessories writing set dates from the 1930s. The set is built of five pieces in its original box: a letter opener, paper cutter, pen holder, mec...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Montblanc Meisterstück 'Gold-Coated' 149 Fountain Pen
By Montblanc
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine German fountain pen.
By Montblanc.
In the Meisterstuck 149 pattern.
The so-called 'gold-coated' model (ie gold plated) with a 14 karat yellow gold nib.
Marked to the nib ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate
Art Deco Wrought Iron Paperweight
Located in NANTES, FR
Paperweight, decorative wrought iron office object circa 1925.
Executed in Lyon by Henri Fournier establishment "le fer forgé".
Stamped "le fer forgé".
This is probably a unique pie...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wrought Iron
1980s Arabic Style Dagger Made with Hard Stones
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s Arabic style Dagger made with hard stones.
Category
Late 20th Century Egyptian Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Typewriter Olympia Progress, Germany, 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
Typewriter by Olympia-Progress, designed by Johannes Kruger in the 1930s, in Germany.
Very good original condition.
Fully functional.
Category
1930s German Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Montblanc Princesse Grace de Monaco Collection Purple Ballpoint Pen Original Box
By Montblanc
Located in Dayton, OH
Montblanc Princesse Grace de Monaco Collection special edition ballpoint pen. Style Number: 106633 - Barrel: Royal purple precious resin - Cap, Trim, & Clip: Champagne-tone gold-plat...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Baccarat Paperweight with Millefiori and Horse Gridel Silhouette, 1973
By Baccarat
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Baccarat paperweight features complex patterned millefiori set around a large horse silhouette cane, with smaller animal silhouette canes placed on a white lace background.
...
Category
1970s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Sommerso
19th Century Victorian Writing Slope/ Travel Desk Box, Brass Bound, UK ca. 1815
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Impressive Victorian writing slope or travel desk - attributed to the famous company of Thompson - from the period around 1800 - 1815 in the United Kingdom. This fantastic Captain’s campaign writing slope dates back to the Napoleonic wars. Well constructed out of solid mahogany with screwed down mount re-enforcements, brass banding, and inset carrying handles at each end, this outstanding travel desk box was designed to withstand the harsh maritime life at sea. The exterior of this Victorian travel box shows an attractive mahogany grain, beautiful colour, and a lovely pleasing patina. There are a couple of old indented scars to the lid along with the usual minor surface scratching, but these imperfections confer it an absolutely unique charme. The box has a tri-fold operation, opening to reveal a secondary smaller writing surface for quick use, then opening again to reveal the main slope fitted with a green felt writing surface which is in reasonable condition and compliments the original interior. When it is completely opened you have two storage compartments underneath. The original lock works smoothly with the original key. The original interior is nicely fitted out with a dark green leather drop-down section in the lid which features four memoire pockets. This section can additionally be lowered to reveal a document wallet...
Category
Early 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Pastoral Basque Scene Ashtray By Monique Ordoqui, For RF Ciboure, France 1970's
By Ciboure
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Peaceful pastoral Basque scene illustrated by Monique Ordoqui for Ciboure, France
Stoneware ashtray hand decorated by the creative Basque artist
Circa 1969-1974
Signed M Ordoqui. R F Ciboure...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Blotter Corners With Leather Desk Blotter
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous set of four Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period bronze blotter corners featuring symbols of the Zodiac, with a custom green leather desk blotter.
By Tiffany Studios (blotter...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Hermes, Paris - Equestrian / Horse Head Letter Opener c.1960
Located in Bath, GB
A highly collectable letter opener or paper knife made by silver plated bronze and dating to c.1960.
The handle is in the form of a horse head, beautifully executed. The underside ...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
1960s MId-Century Modern Lucite Oval Italian Table Lighter Lighter
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This mid-century modern Italian table lighter is a perfect example of the stylish and functional home accessories that characterized the era. These types of lighters were often used ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Harpswell House Walnut & Slate Pencil Holder, c.1960
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Harpswell House Walnut & Slate Pencil Holder, c.1960.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Slate
Travel Inkwell in leather with a Count`s Crown, probably early 18th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very charming Travel Inkwell in leather with a Count`s Crown, probably early 18th Century. Nice patina with some wear. See pictures.
Wear consistent with age and use.
Category
Early 18th Century European Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sheet Metal
Very Rare Antique Baccarat Glass Paperweight with complex Millefiori
By Baccarat
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very Rare and Elegant Antique Baccarat Glass Paperweight with complex Millefiori, made in France probably during the 1870s. (Not signed)
Beauti...
Category
1870s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
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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