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Fontana Arte Desk Set
By Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
A Fontana Arte desk set consisting of letter knife, ink blotter and pen holder.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Kartell I Shine in Green by Eugeni Quitllet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Eugeni Quitllet designs a precious collection of decorative vases made of transparent PMMA. The line is composed of a vase and a table centre, distinctive for their elegant geometry ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Travertine Letter & Pen Holder Desk Accessory Fratelli Mannelli Style Italy 1970
Located in Rome, IT
Letter and pen holder in travertine marble, the perfect desk accessory, in the style of Fratelli Mannelli.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine
Carl Auböck Model #4965 Large Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck brass #4956 brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
Price is per...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
P.W. Baston Supp-Hose Woman's Stockings Advertising Pen Holder Desk Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This advertising pend holder was produced by P.W. Baston, also known as Sebastian Miniatures, of the United States in approximately 1960 in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The figurine is composed of a glazed ceramic with a brass and plastic pen holder. The figurine depicts of business woman...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Two Glass Paperweights by Milan Metelák, 1970's
Located in Praha, CZ
Set of glass paperweights 'APPLE' and 'PEAR' made of clear and green glass with fused optical decoration of bubbles 'Raindrops'. The author is the glass artist and painter Milan METELÁK...
Category
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Edwardian Sterling Silver and Enamel-Mounted Letter Opener-Mappin & Webb
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian, sterling silver and guilloche enamel-mounted letter opener, Sheffield, England, year-hallmarked for 1921, Mappin and Webb - makers. The guilloche enamel shimmers with a golden hue in the light. Enamel is on one side of the handle. The all sterling silver blade...
Category
1920s English Edwardian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Set of Four Signed Marta Marzotto Hand Blown Murano Glass Cactus Sculptures
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning group of vintage signed Marta Marzotto murano glass cactuses circa 1990 just arrived at Maison Nurita. Entirely handblown in glass, thes...
Category
1990s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Enamel Miniatures Living Room and Piano Set
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Enamel miniatures living room and piano set
Origin Vienna, Austria Circa 1900
Enamel and bronze materials
The piano is a music box (it works)
The general condition is very good. ...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Rococo Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Zellique Art Glass Pear
Located in Vallejo, CA
A beautiful vintage Zellique studio art glass pear. Beautiful satin semi iridescent finish to the glass. Signed on the base.
Category
Late 20th Century North American Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-Century Ventilator, 1950's
Located in Praha, CZ
- made in Czechoslovakia
- made of metal
- re-polished
- fully functional
- good, original condition.
Category
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Salta Large Square Cream Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Walter Bosse Thermometer, 1950s for Table Vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse Thermometer, 1950s for table vienna around 1950s
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Misiones Medium Alpaca Silver & Agate Stone Photoframe
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Misiones agate & alpaca silver collection is inspired in our Iguazu falls were we get this beautiful stone.
In our boxes and photoframes the star is a big natural piece of this beau...
Category
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Agate, Metal
Carl Auböck Paperknife with Leather Handle
Located in Berlin, DE
Paperknife with brown leather handle by Carl Auböck.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Lucite Embedded Resin Coral, Shell, Sand, Plant, Aluminum Bowl Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This fun, nautical and very Palm Beach lucite embedded bowl has a center of polished aluminum. The interior are assorted colored shells, resin coral, colored orange sand, and dried plants. Vintage from the 70's. Makes a great desk accessory or soap tray...
Category
1970s American Organic Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite, Resin, Shell
Salta Large Square Black Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Halo-Ette by Ango, Hand-Welded Brass Table Lamp
By Ango
Located in Bangkok, TH
A table light in brass finish, “Halo-ette” is crafted using the unique hand-welding technique developed by Ango.
Halo-ette table light size 6 in W x 6 in D x 7.5 in H
or 160 mm W x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Continental 1830 Porcelain Hand Painted Inkwell
Located in Stamford, CT
Continental 1830 Porcelain hand painted five sided brass lip inkwell, inkpot. This is a very nice piece from a private collector who traveled th...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
MISIONES Large Alpaca Silver & Agate Stone Photoframe
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Misiones agate & alpaca silver collection is inspired in our Iguazu falls were we get this beautiful stone.
In our boxes and photoframes the star is a big natural piece of this beau...
Category
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Agate, Metal
Mid-Century Glass Ashtray Designed by František Vizner, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
- made in Czechoslovakia
- made of glass
- good, original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
English Victorian Brass and Crystal Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian brass and crystal shell shaped inkwell with coral design details.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Lladro Collectors Society 1985 Don Quixote Porcelain Plaque
By Lladro
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Lladro Collectors Society 1985 Don Quixote porcelain plaque with signatures.
This is a 1985 Lladro Collectors Society display sign, handmade in Spain. It contains the signatures of the three Lladro brothers Juan, Jose and Vicente, alongside the image of Don Quixote de la Mancha sitting in a chair with his left hand resting on a book and his right hand clinging to a sword on the floor. It has a shell like pattern on the reverse. It is in a wonderful condition.
Excellent condition.
Sculptor: Salvador Furio...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Folk Art Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Large Vintage Red and White Porcelain Bowl, Catchall Encased in Pewter
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large vintage red and white porcelain bowl catchall encased in pewter.
Floral design with gold accents hand painted in Hong Kong on a white po...
Category
Late 20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Carl Auböck Model #5439 Large Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck brass #5439 brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese candleholder is executed in polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria.
Pric...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Edwardian Corinthian Column Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A Corinthian column table lamp with iron weighted base, stepped base marked G. S.
Rewired with switch and braided cable.
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desk Accessories
Materials
Nickel
Carl Auböck Model #4223 'Hand' Brass Paperweight
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Aubo¨ck Model #4223 'Hand' brass paperweight. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly clean and refined Viennese paperweight is hand fabricated in polished brass by Werkstätte Ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Gourmet Square Wood Trivet, by Gunnar Cyren from Warm Nordic
By Gunnar Cyren
Located in Viby J, DK
Beautiful walnut and oak trivets with delicate carvings. Trivets were originally designed in the 1970s by the highly acclaimed Swedish designer, Gunnar Cyren as part of the Gourmet Wood range, and are now being manufactured again by Warm Nordic. Their harmonious design and consummate quality make these wooden trivets perfect for both everyday meals and more festive occasions. The carvings lend the trivets a touch of character and have a life of their own in the form of swaying trees, sprouting hearts and abstract animals, depending on which way you look at them. Gunnar Cyren's Trivets also look attractive on the kitchen worktop...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Presentation Railway Carriage / Centerpiece
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian sterling silver presentation railway carriage/centrepiece, with Northern English interest; an addition to our transportation related silverware collection.
This exceptional and unusual, antique Victorian English cast sterling silver presentation centrepiece has been realistically modelled in the form of a railway carriage.
The body of this antique silver...
Category
1860s British Early Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Modern Murano Italian Art Glass Parrots Sculpture
Located in Barcelona, ES
Huge red and yellow hand blown pulled Murano glass sculpture of two parrots perched on glass branches. Italy, 1960s.
The sculpture is well executed with the Sommerso and Murrine gla...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
Art Deco Original Peach Mirrored Bevelled Glass Picture Frame, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
This for your consideration is a fabulously glamorous Art Deco picture frame dating to the 1930s and originating from France. An absolute delight and totally original who wouldn't wa...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Plastic Trash can by Makio Hasuike for Gedy
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This item is a fantastic icon from the chic 1970s plastic fashion.
It has been done in Italy, by Makio Hasuike for Gedy.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Golf Palladium Paperweight
Located in Paris, FR
Paperweight Golf Palladium made
entirely in solid brass in palladium
finish with golf ball pattern.
Also available in gold or ruthenium.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Business Card Holder Hollywood Regency, 1970s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Glamoureus business card holder. Gold plated Perspex. Hollywood Regency style 1970s
Good condition.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Kosta Boda Green and Clear Art Glass Collectable Paperweight
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Sweden round green and clear glass paperweight. Vicke Lindstrand Kosta style Swedish art glass paperweight. Beautiful vintage glass art paperweight with multi sized controlled bubbles in green and clear accenting the close concentric complex. Hand blown bubble design Scandinavian Modern Art glass paperweight...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Italian Photo Frame Plexi White and Pink, Sharing Pink
Located in Sarezzo, IT
The picture frame sharing pink is a square italian pink plexiglass, edition of Art with Heart collection of photo frames recto verso by Laura G It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plexiglass
A.Ve.M. Murano Satin Surface Millefiori Flowers Italian Art Glass Paperweights
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Priced per item (2 available as shown). Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown, satin surface and applied flower murrines Italian art glass paperweights. Documented to the A.Ve.M. (Arte...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Silver Plated Notepad Caddy-Desk Accessory
Located in Pasadena, CA
Very chic Moderne hallmarked silver plated desk accessory--this is a gift for the executive who has everything. Overall very good condition with some rubbing to edge of back.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Streamlined Moderne Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
English Porcelain Vessel by Royal Doulton for British Airways Airline, Small
Located in New York, NY
A small English porcelain vessel by Royal Doulton for British Airways, circa late-20th century, England. With maker's mark on bottom as shown in image #10. A great small piece for je...
Category
Late 20th Century English Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
English Victorian Silver and Cranberry Glass Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian silver plated inkwell with 2 cranberry glass wells and back handle.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Electro T by Ango, Unique Table Lamp in Hand Crafted Jewellery Technique
By Ango
Located in Bangkok, TH
Electro T lamp table, originally created for the Hotel Chavanel, Paris with Ango signature hand-welded and crocheted technique. Electro T is within a series fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Italian Cream Architectural Marble Obelisk
Located in Chicago, IL
Italian cream pale marble obelisk composed of pieces of marble laminated together to compose the obelisk. Hollow on the interior and felted bottom.
Part of three architectural marb...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Rock Crystal Sphere Coming from Central America and Carved in the 70s
Located in Milan, IT
Rare rock crystal sphere, light brown rutile. Rutile is a mineral from which it is extracted the titanium, in the form of Fine needles similar to hair. Diameter cm 9 - inches 3.54.
...
Category
1970s Central American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Early Staffordshire Greyhound Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Early and original inkwell or quill pen holder in the form of a seated greyhound by Staffordshire. England, circa 1860.
Features a finely execu...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Pottery
English Victorian Marble Double Inkwell with Dog
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian yellow marble rectangular double inkwell with dog.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Marble
Vintage Glass Paperweight, Northern Europe, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage glass paperweight is an extraordinary decorative object manufactured in Northern Europe in the 1970s.
Glass paperweight with blue...
Category
1970s European Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Murano Opalescent Blue Green Italian Art Glass Horse Pony Paperweight Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Cute vintage Murano hand blown opalescent green, blue with controlled bubbles Italian art glass horse head paperweight / sculpture. Documented to the F...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass, Glass
Art Deco French Enameled Silver Desk Clock
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This enameled silver desk clock is unsigned, so a specific maker cannot be identified, but the case was made in France, and the movement in Switzerland in the period and style of Art Deco. The silver content of the case has not been tested, but is believed to be Continental or .800 or just under .925 sterling, The front of the clock is ornately enameled with raised bright red flowers on each corner with contrasting black and red geometric panels with green accents, which are duplicated on the sides. The hinged back opens to gain access to the winding mechanism and the high grade Swiss movement has been professionally serviced and works well. Although barely visible, the clock is stamped on the bottom with a French...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Brass
Pair Star Ceramic Objects
Located in South Salem, NY
A pair of white ceramic objects in the shape of an eight-pointed star. Likely made to be lamp bases with a
hole for a rod in the top and a hole ...
Category
Late 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Two Porcelain Bowls Easter Decor Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Set of two completely handmade and hands-free painted porcelain bowls with a Easter decor. Rimmed with a fine platinum line. Handmade in Bavaria/Germany b...
Category
2010s German Country Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Rhinocerious Beetle Paperweight
Located in Milan, IT
Chiseled entirely by hand from bronze, the Rhinoceros Beetle Paperweight is one part quirky and one part timeless craftsmanship. Perfect for a traditional office, the piece ensures b...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Set of Four Carl Auböck Brass Objects
Located in Glendale, CA
Set of four Carl Auböck brass objects. Includes Carl Auböck model #4072/G 'Rooster' brass bell, model #3600 'Crown' brass bowl, model #3514 brass bowl and model #4224 'Hand' brass b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Small Egg Color Green, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with three flowers inside, made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: diameter 2.5 inches, height ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
19th Century Victorian Sterling Silver Gilt Posy Holder
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver posy holder; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
T...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Letter Holder Paperweight in in Travertine by Fratelli Mannelli, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Letter holder or paperweight in travertine marble by the designers Fratelli Mannelli, Italy, 1970s.
Weight: 5 kilos.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine, Marble
Pair of Antique Art Deco Carved Alabaster Bookends of Figural Maiden Busts
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of Art Deco bookends are unsigned, but presumed to have been made in the United States in approximately 1920. The bookends are composed of carved alabaster as miniature bus...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Alabaster
Clear Coaster Set, Contemporary Coaster Set with Brass Inlay
By Nada Debs
Located in New York, NY
The clear coaster collection celebrates transparency through the use of modern techniques and materials such as resin, while inlaying it with brass elements through the ancient techn...
Category
2010s Lebanese Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
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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