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Desk Accessories For Sale
Beautiful Eagle Authentic French Art Nouveau Letter Opener Antique 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
We are offering this wonderful and original heavy french art nouveau letter opener. The design dates back to the early 1900s to 1910s, the object is made of Bronze. We believe that t...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Gabriella Crespi Metal Letter Opener '70s
Located in Turin, Turin
Very peculiar letter opener designed by Gabriella Crespi in '70s. The letter opener has a very beautiful handle in shape of seahorse, the object is in metal. There is the signature o...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Annemarie Davidson & Blaine Rath Walnut & Enamel Letter Tray, California, c.1970
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Annemarie Davidson & Blaine Rath Walnut & Enamel Letter Tray, California, c.1970
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Enamel
Late 19th Or Early 20th Century Glass Inkwell
Located in Greven, DE
Faceted Amethyst Glass Inkwell with Brass Lid
Origin: France
Material: glass, brass
Date: circa 1900
Dimensions:
H × D: approx. 6 × 12 cm
Description:
Low, circular inkwell with a...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Bronze Zodiac Bookends, Circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period "Zodiac" pattern bronze bookends
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, early 20th century
Each measures: ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian Brass Bound Traveling Desk Walnut Wooden Writing Slope Box 19C
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine early English Well Figured Solid grained Walnut Ladies or Gents Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and compact proportions. Last quarter of the Nin...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$549 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Russian Imperial Romanov Silver Gilt Letter Opener Czar Nicholas II 1870
Located in Portland, OR
A very rare & important antique Russian Imperial silver gilt & Mother-Of-Pearl letter opener, which belonged to Czar Nicholas II and was taken from the Winter Palace during the 1917 ...
Category
1860s Russian Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Extremely Rare Authentic Original French Art Nouveau Letter Opener Antique 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
We are offering this wonderful and original heavy french art nouveau letter opener. The design dates back to the 1890s to 1910s, the object is made of Bronze, marked at the backside ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Tapio Wirkkala Stainless Steel Puukko Knife with Leather Sheath Hackman Finland
Located in London, GB
Tapio Wirkkala Puukko Knife by Hackman Finnish Design
This vintage Puukko knife, designed by renowned Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala and produc...
Category
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel
Antique Victorian Ashford Pietra Dura Marble Obelisk 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful Derbyshire Ashford pietra dura obelisk, inlaid with lillies, circa 1880 in date.
The obelisk is beautifully inlaid with a Pietra Dura of white flowers and malach...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite, Marble
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
Mid Century Glass Golf Ball Paperweight by Orrefors Sweden 1960s
By Orrefors
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
A mid-century glass golf ball paperweight made by Orrefors, circa the 1960s. The Orrefors Sweden sticker is attached to the base.
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Small Postmodern Piggy Penny Bank by Ambrogio Pozzi & Sieger Design
Located in Hamburg, DE
Small Postmodern Piggy Penny Bank by Ambrogio Pozzi & Sieger Design for Ritzenhoff, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1990 to 1999 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional inf...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
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
Vintage 1930s Remington Typewriter in Original Case
Located in Torquay, GB
Exceptional vintage typewriter by Remington Inc. USA. circa 1930s.
Offered in original leather storage case and in fine working condition.
The typewriter has a skeletal frame and can...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Brittanica's Great Books of the Western World 1952 Book Set of 53
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful set of 53 volumes of Brittanica Great Books of the Western World. This set is a classic and beautifully finished in a design that is mid century and timeless. A look that ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
1960s Catchall / Vide-Poche in Porcelain "La Gioconda" by Piero Fornasetti
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Original astonishing porcelain catchall / vide-poche "La Gioconda" by Piero Fornasetti. Heavy porcelain construction for use as beautiful desk accessories. Marked on the bottom...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Seguso Murano Teal White Opal Albastro Italian Art Glass Baby Elephant Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown opalescent teal blue-green and white opalescent Italian art glass baby elephant sculpture / figurine. It is documented to designer Archimede Segus...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
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
Frosted Crystal Owl Sculpture Paperweight by Lalique of France
By Lalique
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful, frosted crystal owl sculpture paperweight by Lalique of France, circa 1990s. This gorgeous piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measures 2...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
1970s Gunnar Cyrén for Dansk Silver Plate Elephant Figurine Paperweight
By Gunnar Cyren
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Dansk Mid-Century Silver Plate Animal Elephant Figurine Paperweight.
Vintage Dansk silver plate elephant figurine paper weight.
Marked Dansk Designs Japan.
Dimensions: 1.75ʺW × 2.25ʺ...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Italian Alabaster Stone Handmade Pencil Cup
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Colorful rainbow pencil cup made of Italian Alabaster Stone. It is a perfect home accessory for holding pencils, pens, scissors, etc. The bottom retains the original sticker that say...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Alabaster
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
Carl Auböck Model #4329 Patinated Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4329 Patinated Brass Hook.
Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and minimalist midcentury wall hook is executed in choice of patinated brass, polished brass, or ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$349 / item
Murano Seguso Vetri D'Arte Poli Sommerso Italian Art Glass Squirrel Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, rare, and cute vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso emerald green Italian art glass squirrel figure / sculpture. Documented to designer Flavio Poli for the Seguso Vetri d'Ar...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
A Pair of Ketland and Co. Flintlock Pistols
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of 18th century English flintlock pistols by Ketland and Co. having proof-marked brass barrels, walnut stocks and engraved steel locks, both with original ramrods and both in ...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
$3,900 / set
FORNASETTI Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage glass sphere paperweight by Fornasetti, made in Italy in the 1990s
Original label underside
Diameter: 3 inches / Height: 1.5 inches
1 ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
TRAVERTINE SPHERE, Sahi Natural Stone Ball, Book Shelf and Coffee Table Decor
Located in St Petersburg, US
SAHI by Haand: 10 cm (4") travertine sphere, crafted with exceptional hand quality. This elegant decorative object seamlessly blends natural beauty with versatility, making it an ide...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine, Marble
Classic Cartier 18ct Gold Plated Vendome Trinity Rollerball Pen & Box
By Cartier
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Elegant Vintage Cartier 18ct Gold Plated Vendome Trinity Oval Rollerball Pen Complete With Cartier Box & Guarantee Card.
Made in Paris, France
Cartier pens are designed by Cartier,...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate
$881 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Bronze Letter Opener inscribed "Hommage de la Tricalcine Oxymenthol" France 1910
Located in Nuernberg, DE
We are offering this wonderful and original heavy french art nouveau letter opener. The design dates back to the early 1900s to 1910s, the object is made of Bronze. We believe that t...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
1960 Lino Sabattini Christofle Design Silver Metal Paperweight
Located in Brescia, IT
Paperweight
Lino Sabattini for Christofle
France
1960
Silver Metal
Mark manufacture impressed
Very good condiction
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Danish Modern Desk Organizer Letter Tray in Teak by Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik
Located in San Diego, CA
Very functional Danish modern teak desk organizer or letter tray by Georg Petersens Møbelfabrik, circa 1970s. The piece is in excellent condition and measures 23.5" wide, 8.5." deep ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak
Solid Carved Malchite Head Sculpture or Paperweight
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Very heavy
Solid carved Malchite head sculpture
Paperweight.
Category
1950s Beninese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite
$429 Sale Price
20% Off
Malachite Box Gemstone Box 4" Big Ripple
Located in Somis, CA
This beautiful natural malachite box is hand crafted, using the finest malachite. Carefully selected fine-grade malachite in brilliant green displays spectacular concentric rings, sw...
Category
2010s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite
$299 Sale Price
25% Off
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
$878 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$238 Sale Price
20% Off
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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
$561 / set
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
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 Glass Paperweight With Swirl Tornado Mid-Century Modern, Italy 1980s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown Italian art glass paper weight. A beautiful nice addition to your desktop. Found at an estate sale in Verona, Italy....
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Brass tabletop barometer station with barometer clock thermometer 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Brass table-top barometer station signed Europa from the 1950s, consisting of aneroid barometer, thermometer with dual Centigrade and Fahrenheit scales, and hand-wound clock.
Buono ...
Category
1950s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
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 Arts & Crafts Oak Jewelers Workbench Desk Drafting Table w/ Swivel Stool
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Arts & Crafts Oak Wood Watchmaker Jewelers Workbench. Item features a built in swivel/adjustable height stool with cast iron hardwar...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
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
Pink Black Rhodonite Quartz and Bronze Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful and rare pink and black rhodonite quartz jewelry box with bronze frame and a midnight blue velvet interior, circa early-20th centur...
Category
Early 20th Century European Desk Accessories
Materials
Quartz, Brass, Bronze
Montblanc F. Scott Fitzgerald Fountain Pen Limited Edition with Box & COA 28711
By Montblanc
Located in Plainview, NY
Montblanc F. Scott Fitzgerald Fountain Pen Limited Edition with Box & COA - serial # 28711 :
Launched in 2002 as part of Montblanc’s renowned Writers Edition series, this exquisite ...
Category
Early 2000s German Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Knoll Brushed Brass Executive Desk Organizer, c.1975
By Knoll
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Knoll Brushed Brass Executive Desk Organizer / Pen Holder, c.1975.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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
Inkwell In Gilt Bronze And Crystal, 19th century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Inkwell in gilded bronze and crystal from the second half of the 19th century
Original gilding
in perfect condition
19th century, Napoleon III
8.2 x 10.6 cm, total height 8.2 cm
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Cuyo Large Alpaca Silver & Blue Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beautiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, mostly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library.
Our pieces are made by hand. One of...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
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
Vintage Dialog Pen by Hedex, 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Dialog Pen by Gedex.
With its original box.
Excellent condition.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Leather Tray, Large B Retangular Tray, Handmade - Color: Savannah
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
Renzo Set Concrete Tray Made in Italy Brown&Green Cement Christmas Edition
Located in Rome, Lazio
Now available in Christmas Edition!
Renzo Line is a family of multipurpose trays with a very smooth surface and soft curved edges, now available in different color compositions. Eac...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Concrete
$334 Sale Price / set
20% Off
MCM Green Singer Sewing Machine in Cabinet
Located in Norton, MA
Quality made with elegant design from the Mid-Century Modern Singer Sewing Machine and Table Cabinet, all original components and all in good condition with the good working function...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Machiche
Georgous Big Dolphin and Fish Sea Murano Italian Art Glass Aquarium Paperweight
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown aquarium Italian art glass paper weight. Showing some blue dolphins and fishes with a Coral Reef inside, floating on controlle...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Virgo, Astrological, Murano Glass Paperweight by Ferro and Lazzarini 1980, Italy
Located in Glasgow, GB
A Murano Glass 'Virgo' astrological paperweight by Ferro and Lazzarini
Crafted in the 1980s in Italy, the large glass paperweight was part of a l...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold
$276 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Typewriter Olivetti 1930 Ivrea M40
By Olivetti
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian typewriter Olivetti 1930 Ivrea M40.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
$1,253 Sale Price
30% Off
Luger Pistol Table Lighter, 1970s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This handsome lighter is cast in the shape of a 12 inch Luger pistol. An incredibly rare piece, perfect for any collector of smoking paraphernalia firearm enthusiast, or history buff...
Category
1970s Japanese 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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