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Desk Accessories For Sale
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Victorian Sterling Silver Handle Page Turner, England, circa 1897
Located in Montreal, QC
Simply Fabulous! Vintage 19th century letter opener or page turner with an ornate sterling silver handle and bone blade. Hallmark corresponds to: Birmingham, England, circa 1897.
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Onyx, Brass and Velvet Twin Photo Frame
Located in London, GB
This elegant photo frame was created in England in the late 19th century, during the reign of Queen Victoria. The item stands on three brass legs, forming an easel support. The frame...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Mr. and Mrs. Black Tie Playing Cards
Located in San Diego, CA
Black tie playing cards, printed is Spain. Two sets: Mr. and Mrs. Individual cards measure 3.5" H x 2.25 W.
Category
20th Century Spanish Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Danish Alabaster and Silver Spoon Vase by Christian F. Heise 1904-1932
Located in Delft, NL
Danish Alabaster and silver spoon vase by Christian F. Heise 1904-1932
Danish alabaster spoon vase for tea spoons, but also useful for other objects as for example pencils or past...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Desk Accessories
Materials
Alabaster, Silver
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 Figural Ceramic Turkey Bookends in Taupe and Charcoal Grey Luster Glaze
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of Art Deco ceramic bookends are signed, but the maker could not be identified, but presumed to have been made in France in approximately 1935 in the period Art Deco style....
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Travertine Marble Letter Pen Holder Fratelli Mannelli Rapolano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Pen and letter holder, cylindrical shape, in travertine marble by Fratelli Mannelli. Rapolano, Italy, circa 1970.
It still has its original label on the bottom (as shown in the p...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine, Marble
Chimpanzee, Decorative Object, 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Chimpanzee is an original decorative chalk object realized, realized by an anonymous artist during the 20th century.
This plaster mold for medal represents a chimpanzee holding a small sword...
Category
20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Plaster
Contemporary Small Photo Frame Green Plexi, Humour Green
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Humour plexi green lime is a design photo frame signed laura G Art with Heart.The funny photo frame, named Humour, is suitable to hold nice photos of our children. On the back of the photo holder there is a black decoration because every picture frame signed Laura G is a recto-verso photo frame to mean that people and life's moments are the most precious to be saved in our memory.Handcrafted in Italy by art crafters of plexiglass.
Photo size is 5.9 x 3.9 inches ( 15 x 10 cm )
Children photo frame , proudly handmade in Italy
Please be so kind to let me know if you like this collection , it will be a pleasure
to have your comment on its design .
Proudly handmade in Italy as every other photo frame signed Laura G , the one and only Italian designer of photo frames, well know for her idea to change
the meaning of photo frame object .
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plexiglass
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Tessellated Stone Boxes by Maitland Smith
Located in New York, NY
This elegant pair of modernist boxes were realized by the celebrated 20th century design firm Maitland Smith in the Philippines, circa 1980. They feature two cylindrical bodies- one ...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Exceptional, Elegant and Heavy Brass Letter Opener by Carl Auböck, Vienna, 1950s
Located in Munich, DE
Unique Mid-Century Modern letter opener. Designed and manufactured by Carl Auböck in Vienna, Austria, 1950s.
Executed in solid brass and leather.
Measurements:
L 8.07 in. x W 0.90...
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Italian Animal Sculpture in Green Resin of a Deer, 1960s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Deer sculpture in green resin from Italy, 1960s.
Really good condition very beautiful decorative piece.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Neoclassical-Style Continental Silver '.800' Footed Double Inkstand by Dragstead
By A. Dragsted
Located in New York, NY
Neoclassical - style, Continental Silver (.800), footed, double inkstand, Denmark, year-hallmarked for 1901, A. N. Dragsted - maker. Each of the wells is decorated with bows and garl...
Category
Early 1900s Danish Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Catherine Noll Arched Silver Plate and Gradient Color Lucite Sculpture Vintage
By Catherine Noll
Located in North Miami, FL
This special tall lucite and silver plate elegant and organic arched sculpture was designed by Catherine Noll whose famous grandfather was Alexandre Noll. He was a well know sculptor who made fabulous sculptures out of carving simple wood. This sculpture which resembles a form of a horn was done in 1970. The arched form is lucite and the square base is silver plate. The lucite has gradients of gray tones as light hits it. It is organic modern with elegant lines. Catherine Noll was mainly a Parisian jewelry designer who started her illustrious design career back then. The materials she worked with in jewelry consisted of wood, ivory, Perspex and crystal. Catherine was in art school at the famous Beaux Arts when her noted and famous sculptor grandfather; Alexander Noll...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
French Mid-Century Wrought Iron & Parchment Table Lamp Attr to Gilbert Poillerat
Located in New York, NY
An Elegant, hand made, Unique French Mid-Century Modern table lamp or desk lamp in hand forged and hand-hammered iron with a parchment shade attributed to Gilbert Poillerat. The base...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wrought Iron
Mazzega Glass Objects, Italy, 1970, Set of 18
By Mazzega
Located in Munich, DE
Set of 18 wonderful Murano glass objects by Mazzega, Italy, 1970s.
Measures: One H 14.5 W 28 D 5 cm.
Nine H 12 W 5 D 5 cm.
Eight H 12 W 15 D 5 cm.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
19th Century Candlesticks Candleholder Silver Plated Decorative Object, LA, Pair
Located in West Hollywood, CA
19th Century Candlesticks Candleholder Silver Plated Decorative Object, LA, Pair
A very beautiful simple pair of 19th century restoration period candleholders candlesticks silver pla...
Category
19th Century European Restauration Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
1960s Austrian Cow Horn Brush by Carl Auböck
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An elegant brush hand carved from cow horn with naturally occurring variations in color and pattern.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Horn
Romeo Rega Signed Brass and Chrome-Plated Checkers Game, Italian Vintage
By Romeo Rega
Located in North Miami, FL
This ultra chic and modern signed Italian Romeo Rega vintage checkers game has sculptural components. It is great just even as a decorative object or ...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Vintage Brass Pyramid Triangle Tall Modernist Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
This truly arresting vintage modernist brass pyramid sculpture has been professionally polished. It is in a combination of a tall pyramid and triangle form and has 7 random purposeful holes in the front of different sizes. It was so well made at the time. This is a most unusual sculpture...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Set of 3 Ghidini 1961 Axonometry Trays in Brass by Elisa Giovanni
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
The compositional scheme of this family of small trays is the axonometric isometric projection of two parallelepipeds which creates a three-dimensional optical effect implemented by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Box Decorative Brass Swedish, 20th Century, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Box decorative brass Swedish, 20th century, Sweden. A box made in Sweden during the 20th century. Interior with wood. No key.
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Candlesticks Candleholder Light in Brass Antique Object Decorative Accent, Pair
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A very beautiful simple pair of late 19th-early 20th century candleholders candlesticks in brass. The mirroring work with the multiple layers and lines from the bobeche down to the e...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Italian Midcentury Murano Floral Glass Sphere on Glass Stand
Located in New York, NY
Italian Mid-Century Modern Murano art glass sphere with floral motif atop a glass Stand. The item is in great vintage condition with age-appropriate wear to the bottom.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Small Italian 1860s Painted Ceramic Floral Desk Set with Ink and Sand Containers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A petite Italian painted ceramic desk set from the mid-19th century, with two floral containers for ink and sand. Born in Italy during the second half...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
1960s Austrian Cow Horn Brush by Carl Auböck
Located in Sagaponack, NY
An elegant brush hand carved from cow Horn with naturally occurring variations in color and pattern.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Horn
Vintage Signed Chrome, Brass, Black Resin Hinged Monumental Sculptural Box
Located in North Miami, FL
This stunning and sculptural monumental beautifully made Italian hinged heavy box is signed and stamped Linea Ble Roma. It is from the 20th century and is comprised of chrome, brass ...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Chrome
A French Handcrafted Letter Kit with Stamp, Letter Opener, and Paper Weight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A French Hand Crafted Letter Kit with Stamp, Letter opener, and paper weight with Original Box
France, Circa 1900
Signed: H. Moreau
Letter Ppener: 9.75" Stamp: 3.25″ Paper...
Category
20th Century French Desk Accessories
19th Century English Silver and Tortoise Inkwell Signed Mappin and Webb
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century English Mappin and Webb silver and tortoise inkwell with
original glass liner for the ink.
Category
19th Century European Regency Antique Desk Accessories
American Brass Miniature Carriage Clock with Beveled Glass, New York. C. 1850
By James Mix
Located in Hollywood, SC
American brass miniature carriage clock with beveled glass, carrying handle , and signed enamel over copper face with dial. Clock consists of time, strike,...
Category
1850s American American Classical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Enamel, Copper, Brass
French Chinoiserie Porcelain Figural Inkstand, Jacob Petit, circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
With removable globe cover revealing a removable ink-pot. The Chinese Buddha holding a quill holder in his left hand.
Category
1840s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Synyer & Beddoes Photograph Frame
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver photograph frame, an addition to our diverse ornamental collection.
This fine antique sterling silver photograph frame has a rounded, subtly waisted shaped form with an oval internal window.
The plain body of this Edwardian frame is encompassed with a paralleling embossed border accented with scrolling leaf and floral motif ornamentation to the upper portion.
The rim of the internal window is embellished with a further plain embossed border.
This frame retains the original oak wood back and hinged strut, securing with a swivel catch.
This fine Edwardian piece is inset with a removable glass panel.
This impressive photograph frame was crafted by the Birmingham silversmiths Harry Synyer & Charles Joseph Beddoes of Synyer & Beddoes.
Condition
This antique Edwardian frame...
Category
Early 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
19th Century Silver Gilt Presentation Casket Awarded to Alderman Abel Heywood
Located in London, GB
An Elkington & Company Silver Gilt Presentation Casket
Hall Marked for Birmingham, 1891 and the maker; the casket, in the Victorian Gothic manner, with cluster columns at the angles...
Category
1890s English Gothic Revival Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Vermeil
Ostrich Leather Handle Letter Opener with Brass Knife After Karl Springer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ostrich handle letter opener with brass knife after Karl Springer. Beautifully designed, simple, elegant and functional for any desk, open letters or protect yourself!
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Bronze Boucher Signed Vintage Architectural Sculpture Carrara Marble Base French
By Boucheron
Located in North Miami, FL
The intersecting sculptural lines of this French signed vintage bronze sculpture by Boucher is polished and has a rose gold color of the bronze. It sits on a white and gray veined Carrara marble block base that is attached. The measurements for the sculpture alone are as follows: 9" H x 5" D x 4.5" W. It is from the 1960s. The intersecting lines of this sculpture give it parallel forms. It is a dynamic sculpture...
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Silver Gilt Inkstand by William Bateman II
Located in New Orleans, LA
The unbridled boldness of William IV-period silver design is on full display in this grand silver gilt inkstand by William Bateman II. Hailing from one of the most legendary silversm...
Category
19th Century English William IV Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Double Inkwell Brass & Solid Crystal circa 1890
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is the perfect desk accessory for any decor but especially decorative in the Art Nouveau taste. The solid brass and crystal base supports 2 matching crystal inkwells which are s...
Category
19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
George Jensen Sterling Silver Letter Opener in Cactus Pattern
Located in Buchanan, MI
George Jensen sterling silver letter opener in cactus pattern.
Category
20th Century Swedish Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel, Sterling Silver
English Porcelain Cherub Inkwell, Moore, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Impressed "Moore" on the bottom of the base.
Category
1870s British Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Murano Table Cloth or Letter Holder Two-Toned Green Glass
Located in Weiningen, CH
Rare Murano table cloth or letter holder two-toned green glass.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Gilt Bronze Clock with Arab Prince and Princess made for the Orientalist market
Located in New York, NY
An Impressive and very large French Gilt Dore Bronze Clock with Arab Prince and Princess made for the Oriental Market. With the European market entranced w...
Category
19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Vintage French Lucite Embedded Brass Clock Parts Ball Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
What a great piece for a man's desk or cocktail table is this vintage French Lucite and brass embedded round ball sculpture. Many brass parts of gears and clock parts...
Category
1960s French Machine Age Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Bronze Jean Arp Style Abstract Cast Sculpture Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous vintage French bronze vintage sculpture that looks like rose gold has a very Jean Arp style. It is cast bronze and was once professionally polished but now has a slight...
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
19th Century English Brass and Milk Glass Dog Inkwell
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century English brass and milk glass dog inkwell.
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Rare Bronze Paperweight Celebrating 500th Anniversary of Leipzig Univ, 1909
By Max Lange
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Depicting two male nudes lifting a garland framing Medieval images of the two patron saints of Leipzig University -- St. Laurentius and John the Baptist -- this rare and beautiful br...
Category
Early 1900s German Beaux Arts Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Larry Mohr Abstract Elongated Angled Bronze Sculpture
By Larry Mohr
Located in North Miami, FL
Connected angles, connected points make up this elongated bronze abstract Larry Mohr tabletop sculpture that is signed. It is an abstract sculpture that may have reference to birds i...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Blue and White Dutch Delft Tile with Artist, Mid 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands
Hoorn
Circa 1630 – 1660
A very rare and fine blue and white tile with the decoration of a painter in his workshop, painting a still life painting.
Very nice details ...
Category
Mid-17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Midcentury Amber Glass Paper Weight By Borske Sklo, 1960s
Located in Zohor, SK
Unique vintage desk paperweight. Produced by Borske Sklo in 1960s. Original amber color of the glass which is rare to see and find. The glass has the bubbles inside which were hand p...
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Fornasetti Hand Painted Ceramic Paperweight Stone Knick-Knacks
Located in Brooklyn, NY
If there is such thing as a museum quality Knick-knack, the Fornasetti stone shaped paperweight is it.
We are pleased to offer a set of eight, two from the Zodiac series, two from th...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Venini Tyra Lundgren Murano Fully Signed Pink Italian Art Glass Bird Figurine
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and rare antique Murano hand blown Sommerso pink Italian art glass bird figurine / sculpture. Documented to designer Tyra Lundgren for ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Carl Auböck Nickel-Plated Brass Leather Letter Opener, Paper Knife, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and solid nickel-plated brass letter opener or paper knife with black leather handle from the 1950s, designed an executed by Carl Auböck, Vienna / Austria. Marked item in...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Midcentury Geometric Chrome and Brass Italian Picture Frame after Rega, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing mid-century brass and chrome picture frame. This marvellous item was produced in Italy during the 1970s under the strong influen...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Midcentury Josef Hoffmann Accessory for Bieffeplast
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Elegant and strikingly minimal Bauhaus designs by Josef Hoffmann.
Measure: 4.24” square and 4” high. Showing little if any use.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Maison Lancel Golf Silver Paperweight, France, 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
Mid-Century Modern desk accessory golf silver paperweight by Maison Lancel, France, 1960s.
In an excellent condition.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern 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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