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Desk Accessories For Sale
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Art Glass Jellyfish Sculpture Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial transparent/clear and shades of blue art glass jellyfish sculpture decorative object, circa late-20th century to early ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Fratelli Toso Murano Black Bullseye Murrine Italian Art Glass Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, vintage Murano hand blown multi-color murrine with black Italian art glass mosaic paperweight. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. The murrines pieces are all lined i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Stich Leather Pencil Holder Krystal Tray 1950s France
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice black Stich leather pen holder, comes with a Krystal Glass inlay
signed '' Val Saint Lambert '' attributed to Hermes or Jacques Adnet.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Small Glass Dish by Fontana Arte C.1960’s
By Fontana Arte
Located in London, GB
A small bevelled glass bowl, dish by Fontana Arte. Etched FX. Very good original condition. Beautifully made with minor surface scratches.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
19th Century Brass Hand Paper Weight Bookend on Lucite Stand
Located in Pearland, TX
A fabulous 19th Century brass hand door knocker mounted on a lucite base. This could be used as a paper weight or bookend and would make a stylish addit...
Category
19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Set of Antique Bound Books Dating from the 19th Century, France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called "Commentaries". These beautiful books are perf...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Vintage Turquoise Ashtray, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage turquoise ashtray is an original decorative object realized in the 1970s.
A vintage hand made ceramic ashtray turquoise colored.
Mint ...
Category
1970s European Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Modernist Paperweight Style of Edgar Brandt
By Edgar Brandt
Located in London, GB
Modernist French paperweight with a pivoting dice in the manner of Edgar Brandt.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Italian Surrealist Paperweights with Eyes in Acrylic
Located in London, GB
Surrealist paperweight sculptures have eyes screen printed on sharp cut acrylic shapes. The eyes reflect on the different angles and depending on your position they are visible or va...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Set of Murano Hand-Blown Colored Glass Eggs, by Archimede Seguso, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Incredibly rare set of four murano blown glass egg sculptures, attributed to Archimede Seguso, Italy 1970s.
This astonishing set, heavily spatialis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Exquisite Geometric Czech Art Deco Black Enamel Crystal Perfume Bottle 1930's
By Karl Palda
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Recognisably first class, beautiful Czech crystal Art Deco perfume bottle
Clean geometric pattern on black enamel.
Vintage Bohemian, Czech cr...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
1970s Stunning Pair of Big Italian Marble Dices, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s. Stunning pair of big Italian dices in white marble, in very good conditions. Made in Italy.
Dimension:
2,75 x 2,75 x 2,75 inches
7 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm H.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Art Nouveau Figural Woman Silhouette Table Night Lamp
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Art Nouveau figural woman table lamp. This beautiful petite lamp is a classic piece of Art Nouveau design. The nude woman graces with elegant the fron...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Danese Milano Formosa Perpetual Wall English Calendar in Black by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Formosa is a wall calendar with an aluminium back plate that supports the removable sheets of pvc that make up the date. The font used in the black and red version is Helvetica and t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Carl Auböck #5072-2 Paperweight "Chain", Austria 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
#5072-2 Paperweight in the shape of a chain by Carl Auböck. Made of nickel plated steel. Austria. New.
Category
2010s Austrian Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel, Nickel
Venus de Milo White Granite Marble Female Figurative Statue Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful white granite marble reproduction of Greek goddess 'Venus de Milo' female figure statue sculpture in the Neoclassical style, circa early 20th century, Italy. A great deco...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Desk Accessories
Materials
Granite, Marble
Large 18th Century French Lock and Key
Located in Houston, TX
Large 18th century French iron lock and key. This handsome french iron lock comes with the original key and makes an interesting coffee table accessory or...
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Rare European Arts and Crafts, Adjustable Brass and Glass Table / Desk Lamp 1910
Located in Lisse, NL
Remarkable and all handcrafted, antique work of lighting art.
If you are looking for a truly stylish and original Arts and Crafts desk or table lamp then this aesthetically pleasing work of beauty could be gracing your home soon. This early Arts and Crafts fixture...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
French Porcelain Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
A French porcelain jewelry box with flower and leaf design and touch of gold detail, circa mid-20th century, France. A great piece for any vani...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
English Wedgwood Jasperware Scallop Seashell Teal Blue & White Box, circa 1980s
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful English Wedgwood Jasperware small oval box with scallop seashell design, circa late-20th century, 1980s, England. This piece is a...
Category
1980s English Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stoneware
Set of 12 Italian Crystal Cups 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
12 Italian cups serving
of the 20th century in cut crystal, with base and base in silver metal, relieved decoration alluding to the God Bacchus.
Brand na...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4099 Patinated Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4099 patinated brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and polished brass....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Modernist Wrought Iron Candle Snuffer
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful wrought-tin candle snuffer with a modernist vibe including two fins around a central knuckle, and ending in a ball finial.
Category
20th Century American Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wrought Iron
Moser Style Organic Smokey Art Glass Vase, Czech
By Carl Moser 1
Located in New York, NY
A small and substantial hand-crafted art glass vase in an organic bulbus form, Czechoslovakia, circa mid-20th century. Vase has a graduated smokey plum hue. Beautiful as a standalone...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Set Of Old Bound Books 19th Century France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called " Society for the History of French Protestantism ". Th...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Monterrey Black Marble Carved Small Bowl
Located in Mexico City, MX
Small bowl in carved Monterrey black marble. Handmade in México by local craftsmen. Production time: 6-8 weeks for items without marble / 13-14 weeks for marble pieces. Shipping +1...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Late 19th Century English Mother of Pearl Business Card Case
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Carved mother of pearl carte de visite (business card) case.
England, circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Game of Checkers produced by Rede Guzzini for Krizia, Design
Located in Foggia, FG
Gioco di Dama prodotto da Rede Guzzini per Krizia - Design -
Anno: 1980
Materiale: Plastica
Condizioni: Buone come da immagini pubblicate
Misure: Cm 38 diametro
...
Category
1980s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Cling Shelf, Bent Metal, Grey Painted, Minimalist Modern Design
By Lorenz+Kaz
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Made of folded metal and epoxy powder coated in grey or special edition upon request in copper, gold and petroleum blue finishes.
Cling is a display rack and shelf. It can be mounted on the wall, or placed on the tabletop as a contemporary interpretation of English old-fashioned “travel desk” accessory. It is the ideal storage place on the entrance wall...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Andy Warhol Diaries, Hard-Cover Library or Coffee Table Book, 1989
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
'The Andy Warhol Diaries' book is hard-cover, first edition, May 1989.
The Andy Warhol Diaries is the dictated memoirs of the American artist, Andy Warhol, posthumously published, May 1989, USA. It was edited by his frequent collaborator and long-time friend, Pat Hackett...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Superb Royal Copenhagen Gilded Snail Craquelure Glaze Ornamental Dish #2520
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Royal Copenhagen grey crackle glaze dish with a detailed central motif of a gilded snail and leaf garland
Outer has gilded banding to rim and foot
Stamped with signature three wave...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Brass Carved Magnifying Glass with Handle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brass magnifying glass with handle - a wonderfully functional, very large and heavy piece. The brass surround is quite nice and the handle could be w...
Category
20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Ceramic Table Lectern Reading Desk Glazed Earthenware Black
Located in Rubi, Catalunya
Handmade stoneware table lectern manufactured at the workshop of Apparatu in Barcelona. Different clay bodys are mixed with natural fibers like corn, str...
Category
2010s Spanish Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Stoneware
Mid Century / Modern - Acrylic / Lucite Sculpture Abstract, 1960s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Mid Century / Modern - Acrylic / Lucite Sculpture Abstract, 1960s
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Art Deco Brass Desk Letter Holder, ca. Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, small, European Art Deco brass and black glass desk letter holder, circa 1930s, Europe, possibly France. A great piece for any desk, libr...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Pair of French Mid-Century Modern Rock Crystal Hand-Craved, Hand-Polished Orbs
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of French Mid-Century Modern rock crystal hand-craved and hand-polished orbs/spheres on original rock crystal stands. Each orb is hand carved and hand-polished from a single p...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Rock Crystal
Transito, Grande
By Gumdesign
Located in Viareggio, IT
The centrepiece is made with the combination of Carrara marble and glass, machined at the lathe, slowly and progressively. The stone is progressively thinner towards the centre of th...
Category
2010s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Large Late 17th Century Baroque Iron Door Lock
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large French baroque wrought iron door lock on acrylic stand.
Category
Late 17th Century French Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wrought Iron
Chessboard in Precious Alabaster-Art
Located in Foggia, FG
Scacchiera in Alabastro Pregiatissima -Art-
Anno: 1950 circa
Materiali: Alabastro
Condizioni: Eccellenti
Misure: Scacchiera cm 19 x cm 19, pedine cm 4 h
Chessboa...
Category
1950s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Alabaster
Vintage Chewing Gum Dispenser, Italy 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Chewing Gum Dispenser, Italy 1930s.
Excellent condition, working.
Category
1930s American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
19th Century Italian Writing Box with Macassar Veneer and Silver Mounts
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique writing slope case. The chest is veneered with Macassar wood. Decorated with silver mounts. The interior is made of birdseed maple...
Category
1880s Italian Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Carl Auböck Model #5072 'Chain' Nickel Paperweight
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Aubo¨ck Model #5072 'Chain' nickel paperweight. Executed in nickel-plated cast iron and designed in the 1950s, this incredibly clean and refined Viennese paperweight is hand fab...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Nickel, Iron
Danish Rosewood Matchbox Holder with Abstract Silver Inlays by Axel Salomonsen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Copenhagen silversmith Axel Salomonsen made a variety of rosewood accessories with sterling silver (925s) intarsia during the late 1950s and 60s. This ...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Fine Angular Geometric Czech Art Deco Black Enamel Crystal Perfume Bottle 1930s
By Karl Palda
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Supreme geometric and angular shaped Czech crystal Art Deco perfume bottle
Clean geometric lines on black enamel.
Vintage Bohemian, Czech cry...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Hermes Equestrian Paper Holder, 1960s France
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Substantial Hermès paper holder with a detailed horse head handle in solid metal. Hermès Paris stamped on the base as well as Made In France. Light...
Category
1960s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Carl Auböck Model #4330/1 Patinated Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck model #4330/1 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in patinated and polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Aubö...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Hermès Brass and Leather Shotgun Shell Pen Holder, 1970s France
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic leather cup with brass bottom made by Hermès. In the shape/style of a shotgun shell. Stamped Hermès Made in France on underside of brass. Good vint...
Category
1980s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
1950's Lindilite Safety Candlestick
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950’s Lindilite Safety Candlestick
1950’s Lindilite Safety Candlestick. Intriguing piece of industrial history a standard candle fits in the coil base and the holder can sit flat or...
Category
1950s English Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Stylized Frog Sculpture / Paperweight by Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous stylized frog sculpture / paperweight by Baccarat, circa 1990s. The piece is in excellent condition with no visible imperfections and has great clarity. Signed on the unders...
Category
Late 20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Murano Vintage Scramble Millefiori Flowers Italian Art Glass Large Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and large, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso scrambled millefiori flower canes Italian art glass paperweight. The piece has a very abstract design, with hundreds of flowe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Murrine, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
SLO Bookends in White Acquatico Marble by Christophe Delcourt
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Design company Collection Particulière presents meaningful furniture and objects with bold, clean shapes. Imbued with a soft elegance, each piece breathes new life into the space it ...
Category
2010s French Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Rolls Royce Musical Tantalus with the “Silver Sprit of Ecstasy” Mascot
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
1960s-1970s Rolls Royce musical tantalus with the “Silver Sprit of Ecstasy” Mascot by Charles Sykes on the Font
Large desk ornament Rolls Royce Musical Brandy shot tantalus with d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Tusk Candle, Medium, Black Beeswax
By UMÉ Studio
Located in Oakland, CA
100% beeswax, organic hemp wick and coloring, unscented.
The tusk candle takes its inspiration from natural motifs: Ivory, tusks, canines, teeth and oth...
Category
2010s American Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Hemp
19th Century French Patinated Bronze and Gilt Wrought Iron Book Binding Press
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique paper binding press was forged in France, circa 1870. The Classic "Presse a Relier" made of solid iron is almost square in shape; the base is connected to the manual scr...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Magnifying Glass with Mother of Pearl Inlaid Handle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patinated silver metal frame magnifying glass. The handle features a geometric pattern of inlaid mother of pearl. It is a great finishing piece in your library or fun coffee table...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Cast Iron Banks 'Set of 4'
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 19th century cast iron banks ( set of 4 )
Measurements of items individually
Iron mailbox
Height - 2.50
Width - 1.75
Iron bank
Height - 3....
Category
19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Ico Parisi Square White Ashtray, Chrome & Melamine by Lamperti, Italy, 1970s
By Lamperti, Ico Parisi
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and large, square modernist ashtray from the 1970s. Designed by Ico Parisi for Lamperti Italy. Made of melamine plastic with a chromed metal top. In very good condition with a few little spots and marginal fine and slight scratches in the chrome plating, but really nothing major. Fully marked on its underneath. Lamperti Robbiate...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome
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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