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Desk Accessories For Sale
Color: Black
Color: Pink
Black Size 9 Log Bowl by Loyal Loot Made To Order Hand Made from Reclaimed Wood
Located in calgary, CA
Perfect as a feature objet d'art on your table or shelves, a catch-all for jewellery and special items, or displayed as a group for a striking centrepiece.
Each Log Bowl is unique and makes the perfect one of a kind gift.
Log Bowls...
Category
Early 2000s Canadian Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Reclaimed Wood, Willow
17th Century Iron Lock & Key
Located in New York, NY
17th century lock & key. Probably form a large cabinet or a door.
Category
17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Tusk Candle, Small, 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
Antique English Wrought Iron Dragon Motif Pocket Watch Holder
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique English wrought iron dragon motif pocket watch holder.
Category
20th Century English Gothic Desk Accessories
Materials
Wrought Iron
Danese Milano Compartment for In Attesa/Koro in Black by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Danese Milano Compartment for In Attesa/Koro waste paper basket in black by Enzo Mari
Enzo Mari is one of the masters of Italian Design. He was born in No...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Contemporary Trivet/Coaster in Steel, Circle/Triangle, Modern, Minimal Geometric
Located in Stockholm, SE
Trivets in steel with small rubber pads for protection.
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Solid Russian Malachite Lion
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Malachite lion - perfectly suited for a desk object / sculpture or paperweight. A perfect gift for anyone who loves organic, yet chic pieces.
Category
20th Century Russian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite
Carl Auböck #4317 Fountainpen Rest, Austria, 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck #4317 Fountainpen Rest, Austria, 2022.
Category
2010s Austrian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Glass Ashtray, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage glass ashtray is an original decorative object realized in the 1970s.
Made in Italy.
Dimensions: 3.5 x 10.5 cm.
Mint condition...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Quality Antique Drawing Instrument Set, German, Architect, Cartographer, Riefler
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a quality antique drawing instrument set. A German, architect's or cartographer's tool case by Riefler, dating to the Edwardian per...
Category
Early 20th Century German Desk Accessories
Materials
Nickel
1850s High Quality Bronze and Black Marble Italian Inkwell
Located in Catania, Sicilia
A bronze inkwell surmounted by a faun manufactured in Italy in the mid-18th century.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Louis Philippe Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Typewriter Mirsa Ideal by Seidl and Naumann - Dresden - Germany, 1934
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Germany
Made of metal
Fully functional
Re-polished
Good Original condition.
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Stitched Leather Desk Set Attributed to Jacques Adnet
Located in London, GB
A classic stitched leather desk set in dark green leather, attributed to Jacques Adnet. The set comprises a clock with wind up mechanism and nickel plated stylized numbers on the fac...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Pair of Art Deco Bronze Bird Figures on Black Marble Bases
Located in Barcelona, ES
Unmatching pair of bronze dove bird sculptures or paperweights. France, 1930s
Art Deco sitting dove bird and standing dove bird figurines on black marble pedestals.
Measures:
Sta...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique English Figural / Novelty Ostrich Inkwell C.1880
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome and substantial novelty inkwell in the form of a running Ostrich standing on an oval shaped base with a naturalistic base incorporating two "rocks" acting as a pen rest. I...
Category
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Sterling Silver Female Torso Sculpture by Richard McDermott Miller, 1988
By Richard Miller
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and rare solid sterling silver nude female figurative torso sculpture by artist sculptor Richard McDermott Miller, 1988, USA. Amer...
Category
Late 20th Century American Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
English "Grand Tour" Derbyshire Specimen Marble Plaque Paperweights, circa 1850
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A collection of three 'Grand Tour' English / Italian polychrome marble plaques or paperweights, one rectangular; two of cartouche form, the 'Derbyshire' or 'Belgian Black' marble slabs inset with native English stones 'Blue John' (Derbyshire Spar), 'Duke's Red', 'Bird's-Eye', and foreign Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, and Jasper in 'ovoid' and 'kidney' form inlays.
Measurements :
Rectangular plaque: 8" by 4.63" by .88"
Cartouche plaque...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Contemporary Large Black Obsidian Obelisk / Crystal Point
Located in Toronto, ON
Invite healing energy into your home with a contemporary large black obsidian crystal point / obelisk. Gorgeous in a collection, or as a stand alone sta...
Category
2010s American Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Huge Calligraphy Brush Black Lacquered Mother of Pearl Cherry Blossoms
Located in Somis, CA
A very large, 20" calligraphy brush made with black lacquered handle encrusted with mother of pearl cherry blossoms. The black lacquer is a painstaking process that takes days of app...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Desk Accessories
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Italian Handmade Photo Frame Black White Plexi, Otto Sharing Black
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Sharing Otto back is a unique multiples edition of Art with Heart collection of pop recto-verso photo frames by Laura G Italy. It is beautiful wherever you look at it, its surface is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plexiglass
1900, High Quality Art Nouveau Silver Plated and Enamels German Inkwell
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Particular inkwell made in Germany in 1900, green and blue enameled parts, decorated with floreal motifs.
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Enamel
"Ziggurat Tower" Black Stripes Edition by Oeuffice
By Oeuffice
Located in Pireaus-Athens, Greece
With the Ziggurat series Oeuffice explores the world of Middle Eastern architecture and ornamental structures. Collaborating with a Lebanese craftsman specialized in wood inlay, Oeuf...
Category
2010s Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Chinese Art Deco Enameled Bronze Inkwell w/ Bird and Flower Motif, ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Art Deco
Enameled Bronze Inkwell
w/ Bird and Flower Motif
ca. 1920
Dimensions:
Height: 2.5 inches.
Width: 6.75 inches.
Depth: 3.5 inches.
Category
1920s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
African Tuareg Hand-Tooled Black Leather Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand tooled black leather box from Africa.
Very fine workmanship with tribal traditional African symbols on black leather.
Tuareg style probably Maurit...
Category
Early 20th Century Mauritanian Folk Art Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Ancient Islamic Persian Khurasan Silver Inlaid Bronze Caligraphy Inkwell 1200
Located in Portland, OR
An important Islamic Khurasan bronze and silver-inlaid inkwell & cover, Eastern Persia, Circa 1200.
The inkwell of cylindrical form and having a shallow dome top cover with a tall knopped finial and inlaid with a twin band of scrolled silver. The base of the dome and the rim of the cover having bands on interlaced silver inlay, the inkwell having three loop handles.
The body of the inkwell having two bands of silver inlaid Naskh script, between the bands are twin panels...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Persian Islamic Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Contemporary Large Black Obsidian Obelisk / Crystal Point
Located in Toronto, ON
Invite healing energy into your home with a contemporary large black obsidian crystal point / obelisk. Gorgeous in a collection, or as a stand alone sta...
Category
2010s American Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
French Leather Desk Set in the Style of Jacques Adnet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French leather desk set in the style of Jacques Adnet.
Forest green leather with contrast stitching.
Patina from age and use.
Natural color variations within the distressed leather.
Perfectly worn in.
Rich with character and charm.
Three piece set includes:
Desk organizer: 6.125” H x 12.5” W x 5.375” D
Ink blotter: 2.5” H x 6.25” W x 3.25” D
Notebook holder...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Carl Auböck Letters Brush, Austria, 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Carl Auböck letters brush "A" and "K" Austria mid-20th century, good condition.
Category
1950s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Horn
Italy Set of Two Black Faux Horn Bowls in Black Forest Style
Located in Brescia, IT
Italy set of two black faux horn and metal chrome bowls in mountain style contemporary production.
Set of two decorative objects in Black Forest style....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Black Forest Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Black Leather & Stainless Steel Mail Rack - France 1970's
Located in New York, NY
Elegant mail or letters container made of black "piqué sellier" stitched leather and stainless steel links.
In the style of Jacques Adnet.
Minor structural damages as can be seen on ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Antique Victorian Silver Card Case Trinket and Snuff Box Regency Grand Tour 19ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Example of a Ladies Well Figure Tortoise Shell Silver Framed Hinged Lid Card Case of generous proportions, made during the first half of the Nineteenth Century. The rectangular hinged cover with lavish silver inlay depicting a trailing branch of flowers and foliage.
Condition: Good condition for such an early piece with no losses to inlays, nice surface patination to tortoiseshell. The case closes firmly.
Width: (at widest, just over) 5.5" (14cm). Depth: 3” (8cm).
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An oval well figured horn trinket box with separate lid, late Nineteenth Century
Condition: Perfect condition, lid closes firmly
Width: 4.5” (11.5cms). Depth: 2.25” (5.5cms).
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Rectangular well figured Tortoiseshell hinged lid trinket or snuff box, possibly Regency period
Condition: Tiny loss at one corner, otherwise excellent.
Width: (just under) 3.5” (8.5cms).
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Rectangular horn and Tortoiseshell Snuff Box...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Iridescent Art Glass Paperweight by Siddy Langley
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous iridescent art glass paperweight by Siddy Langley, circa 2003. The paperweight of compressed circular form over a purple iridescent base ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Victorian Paper Mache Lacquered Hand Painted Letter Stand
Located in Suffolk, GB
Victorian lacquered paper mâché hand painted letter stand with pretty painted blossom decorated and gilt highlights on a black lacquer background.
Perf...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Purple Amethyst Natural Specimen
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial purple amethyst natural specimen piece. A beautiful decorative object with a rich purple hue. Dimensions: 9" D x 12" W.
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Amethyst, Crystal, Quartz
Vintage Metal & Plastic Table Fan, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage industrial table fan made of metal and plastic from former Czechoslovakia.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Antique Grand Tour Micro-Mosaic Paperweight with Vatican Vignettes
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique Grant Tour micro-mosaic paperweight is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Italy, or possibly the Vatican City, and dating to approximately 1880 and done in t...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Slate
Chrome and Faux-Leather Waste Paper Basket, French Work, Circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This waste paper basket is made of chrome and faux-leather. This is a French work. Circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Contemporary Large Black Obsidian Obelisk / Crystal Point
Located in Toronto, ON
Invite healing energy into your home with a contemporary large black obsidian crystal point / obelisk. Gorgeous in a collection, or as a stand alone sta...
Category
2010s American Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Contemporary Faceted Multicolour Acrylic Cube Block
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning contemporary multicoloured acrylic block. A perfect riser for a small sculpture or a statement on its own on the table or desk, this beautiful block will reveal different ...
Category
2010s American Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Glass Paperweight, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage glass paperweight is an original Contemporary Design Object realized in the 1970s.
Original art glass.
Made in Italy.
Dimensions...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
20th Century Grand Tour Pair of Italian Figurative Pen-Holders Desk Accessories
Located in Milan, IT
A set of two lovely Grand Tour hand-painted terracotta figurative pen-holders of Neapolitan origin, molded as a male and female foreign tourists caricatures, British characters.
Bot...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Desk Accessories
Materials
Terracotta
1960s Libelle Streamline Table and Wall Fan by Schoeller & Co. Made in Germany
By Siemens
Located in München, DE
Fantastically beautiful original 1950s Streamline table and wall fan by Schoeller & Co.
Model "Libelle". Made in Germany. Very good condition.
Stepl...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
1950s Hermès Ebony Brush
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Hermès clothing brush. Made from rare Ebony Macassar wood, boar bristles and brass. This brush is meant to preserve the life and appearance o...
Category
1960s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
TRAFUL Desk Set, Black Onyx & Alpaca Silver
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The immensity feeling at the shore of Traful Lake, the source of a river, is reflected in the design of the desk set made of alpaca and onyx. The alpaca recalls the moments when the lake reflects the sky and onyx, with its changing colors. In their conception, our objects carry this endless beauty. This family contains memo pads...
Category
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
20th Century Enzo Mari Danese Paperweight Mod. Tokelau in Iron and Polyurethane
Located in Turin, Turin
Very modernist Paperweight designed by the great designer Enzo Mari for the manufacturer Danese Milano in 1983. The paperweight is called model "Tokelau" that is a Polynesian word me...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel, Iron
18th Century French Wine Bottles, Set of Three
Located in Hook, Hampshire
18th Century French wine bottles – set of three
18th Century French wine bottles – set of three. Three very early 18th Century French mouth blown...
Category
18th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
DeCastelli Riviera Pots 3 Flower 50 Planter in Stainless Steel by Aldo Cibic
By Aldo Cibic, DeCastelli
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“I’ve always been drawn to nature as it manifests its strength in unexpected contexts”. With this, Aldo Cibic built a miniature natural landscape, poetically made of structures, cont...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Glass Millefiori Vasart Paperweight Hand Blown, Scotland circa 1960
By Vasart
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful handblown Glass Millefiori Paperweight by Vasart, Scotland, Circa 1960 or slightly earlier back to the 1950's.
This paperweight is handmade with a Millefiori, six spoke radial cane design.
having Latticino Spokes. The predominant red, green and white colour combination gives excellent contrast producing a very distinctive weight.
The pontil mark to the base has been ground down giving a somewhat matt finish to the ventral section.
There are no makers markings on the base that we can see.
VASART HISTORY
Pre 1946, Salvador Ysart and his 3 sons were working for Moncrieff Glass, then In September 1946, Salvador Ysart and two of his sons (Vincent & Augustine) established Ysart Brothers Glass (trading as "Vasart", formed from the names 'Vincent', 'Augustine' and 'Salvador'. At that time Paul Ysart remained working for Moncrieff.
Vasart made various glass art forms at the Shore Glassworks in Scotland, which included some paperweights including Minis.
In 1960 George Dunlop (MD of Pirelli Glass...
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Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Chrome Picture Frame, France, c1930's
Located in Devon, England
Super stylish 1930's Art Deco Modernist picture frame in chrome and glass. Signed to the base f. Gallia, The frame has two pieces of glass whic...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Omersa Leather Turtle Use as Paperweight or Decorative, Retains Label
By Dimitri Omersa, Omersa
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage Dimitri Omersa embossed brown leather Turtle with label. Can be used as a paperweight or as decoration. Fun size. In fine condition, retains label.
Category
1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4637 Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #4637 brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and polished brass.
Price i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Paul Ysart Glass Paperweight with Py Cane Early Period, Scotland Circa 1930s
By Paul Ysart
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful handmade concentric Millefiori, PY cane, Dark Glass Paperweight made by Paul Ysart in Scotland, during his early period, Circa 1930s.
...
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Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Chinese Republican Period Carved Bamboo and Hardwood Brush Pot, circa 1920
Located in Central England, GB
A Chinese carved bamboo and hardwood brush pot.
This large boldly carved Chinese brush pot is made from bamboo with a hardwood rim and foot. It is carved with good detail with a c...
Category
20th Century Chinese Desk Accessories
Materials
Bamboo
Antique Technical Drawing Set, German, Cartographer's Instruments, Riefler, 1920
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique technical drawing set. A German, silver nickel set of cartographer's instruments by Riefler, dating to the early 20th ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Desk Accessories
Materials
Nickel
Antique Brass Paper Weight
Located in Sheffield, MA
Wonderful antique brass paperweight perfect for any desk as paper weight, organizer or decoration with aged patina.
Category
19th Century European Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Inkwell Vienna, circa 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco inkwell Vienna, circa 1920s
Original condition.
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Nickel
World Ball Sculpture Made of Hand-Carved Stones on a Base
Located in Marbella, ES
World Ball Sculpture Made of Hand-Carved Stones on a Base.
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
German Shepherd Dog Bust Paperweight Sculpture / France, 1910
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
German shepherd dog bust paperweight sculpture / France, 1910. Foundry Mark coin. Signed H. Puyen. Silver plated metal mounted over a green marble.
Desk scul...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, 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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