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Desk Accessories For Sale
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Antique Victorian Brass Bells in Shape of Ladies, 19th Century, Set of 2
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A couple of cast table bells in the shape of fashionable ladies. The little one showcases a Crinoline dress. They were both made in England during the ...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Fine Quality Antique Victorian French Freestanding Inlaid Boulle Desk Set
Located in Suffolk, GB
Fine quality antique Victorian French freestanding inlaid boulle desk set having a quality ornate shaped brass handle flanked by a pair of original cut glass inkwells with inlaid bou...
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1850s French Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Tusk Candle, Set of Two, Black Beeswax
By UMÉ Studio
Located in Oakland, CA
Set of two candles, small and medium.
100% beeswax, organic hemp wick and coloring, unscented.
The tusk candle takes its inspiration from natural mo...
Category
2010s American Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Hemp
Sterling Silver Figural Female Desktop Servant Bell, Circa 1900
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Late Victorian sterling silver figural female desktop servant bell unused.
Circa 1890.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
ROUND Italian Photo Frame Plexi Black White , Sharing Black Round
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Sharing round black is a unique multiples edition of Art with Heart collection of pop recto-verso photo frame by Laura G Italy. It is beautiful wherever you look at it, its surface i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plexiglass
Vintage Art Glass Obelisk Attributed to Charles Lyn Tissot for Venini
By Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Art glass Obelisk attributed to Charles Lyn Tissot for Venini.
A heavy obelisk made of clear glass internally decorated with a twisted zanfirico ca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Italian Brown and Blue Alabaster Marble Jewelry or Desk Box
Located in New York, NY
An Italian dark brown alabaster marble jewelry box with a blue matte metal hinge. Box can hold jewelry or other small items. Marked made in Italy on bottom as shown in image #15 and ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Alabaster, Marble, Metal
Handmade Big Decorative Paperweight Cone in Satin Black Marquina Marble
By Fiammetta V.
Located in Carrara, IT
A decorative big cone full in black Marquina marble. Each piece is in a way unique (every marble block is different in veins and shades) and handmade by Italian artisans specialized ...
Category
2010s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Art Deco French Portoro Marble Desk Set
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Original and important desk set in polished black marble; the massive inkwell with an elongated octagonal shape, has a container with a hinged lid that echoes the shape of the top, inside there are two cylindrical housings for glass ink containers (one of which is missing); on the plan has been created a seat for a pen; the part below the inkwell is rough, not polished and there are applied four circular feet in black wood; the ticket holders have a rectangular base with three metal supports to support tickets or envelopes, finally we find the pad with ink blotting paper. It was handcrafted in France between 1930 and 1933 when the Art Deco movement was at its peak; our desk set features classic, symmetrical shapes and sharp geometries reflecting the energetic and compact style of Art Deco. The thing that makes it precious and fascinating is the material with which it was made: it is Portoro (or Portovenere) marble, one of the most valuable qualities of Italian marble. This material has an ancient and compelling history that links it to the Etruscan civilization present in Luni, in the province of La Spezia (Italy), still today its only place of extraction. The Etruscans and then the Romans loved it immensely for its decorative aspect and for those celebratory golden veins, due to the oxidation of the organic substance present in the mixture, so perfect for objects of art and furnishings that over the centuries have embellished homes and brought prestige to kings and emperors. Portoro is one of the most beautiful of polychrome marbles; the highly prized Italian stone has an intense, brilliant black color with golden veins ranging from deep yellow to honey-colored; the uniqueness of its appearance makes it a unique marble, irreplaceable as an ornamental material. There is no similar stone that is as distinctive and as luxuriously sophisticated. Portoro is a true work of art of nature, in front of which it is easy to be enchanted. As we have said, the outcrops of Portoro that are exploited for extraction are present exclusively in the province of La Spezia and extend in particular from the islands of Tinetto, Tino, and Palmaria towards Portovenere. The current number of quarries is very limited compared to the last century and the blocks are obtained inside large chambers whose vault is supported by pillars to avoid the impact on the landscape (see photo). At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the export in Europe developed, first to France, Belgium, and Switzerland to embellish palaces and castles such as those of Versailles, Marly, and Compiegne, then to the United States of America: the great projection room of Paramount is completely covered with the so-called "Black and Gold Marble", as Portoro marble is often called in English-speaking countries. Our set is a simple and charming set that by virtue of its extreme elegance and its strong and decisive line, makes it pleasantly placed on any desk or desk. The items are in good condition, you can see a small superficial crack on the unpolished part below the top (see photo), also missing a glass container for ink. Measures inkwell width cm.35, depth cm.21, height cm.10; ticket holder width cm.15, depth cm.8, height cm.12; ink pad...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Sven Wejsfelt for Gustavsberg of Sweden, Glazed Stoneware Fish Figure, c1980's
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Beautifully glazed stoneware fish figure by Sven Wejsfelt for Gustavsberg, Sweden. Circa 1980's
Rich dark brown glaze
Original Gustavsberg Anchor label attached
Height 3.5 inch, L...
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stoneware
Agate Onyx Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand polished agate onyx stone paperweight in black, brown, and red intricate layered patterns
Measures: length 4.75 inches, width 4.25 inches, height 2 inches
1 in stock in Palm Spr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Late 19th Century Traveling Leather Inkwell Case with Glass Interior Well
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th century traveling oval leather inkwell with a glass interior well and a hinged lid. A nice pocket size inkwell, a great piece to be add to any collection. From a private collector who traveled the world buy unique and unusual pieces.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Glass
Edwardian Silver Desk Inkstand Standing on Splayed Feet, London 1907, 8
Located in Central England, GB
A Fine Edwardian Silver desk inkstand.
This beautifully designed and hallmarked Edwardian silver desk inkstand stands on splayed legs with tapered reeded decoration. The oval tray...
Category
20th Century English Edwardian Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Japanese Brush Pen Holder, Black Color, Engraved in Wood, 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Brush holders, or pen holders, from Japan made of wood at the beginning of the 20th century. Characters and landscapes are engraved in the wood, the color of which is black and the d...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Stunning Solid Silver Swan Letter Opener by Sarah Jones
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful top quality letter opener by the well renowned modern silversmith, Sarah Jones.
This beautiful example has a handle created from an elegant Swan's head with it's long ...
Category
1980s British Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Signed Molten Bronze and Black Metal Cascading Dali, Esque Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
This sensual and fabulous 2 part limited edition signed vintage sculpture is molten bronze cascading in a body form perched atop the black metal base. The bronze looks like rose gold...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Bronze
TRAFUL Pencil Tray, 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
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Agresti Polished Black Jewel Box with Gold-Plated Hardware
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Jewel box in polished ebony. Lockable by key and with the necklace bar on the top and a removable tray inside. All the hardware is 24-karat pink gold-plated.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate
Victorian Loupe Tripod Magnifying Glass in Brass, 19th Century
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Victorian jewelers or watchmakers magnifying loupe. It is fixed in a very wellmade brass tristand with machining details all-over. Adjustable lens/lenses and still operational and re...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Pair of Early Leather Bound Ditzler Automotive Paint Chip Boxes
Located in Ferndale, MI
Early 20th century automotive color chip or sample container. Raised in the leather design the words Compose - Vogue - Series, and automobile colors with the Ditzier logo shown in th...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Vintage Desk Canon in Brass, Germany, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A mans paperweight or desktop ornament. Vintage German model of a World War 1 artillery canon. It is fashioned out of cast brass and was made circa 1970 or perhaps a bit earlier.
Category
1970s German Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Drawing Instrument Set, German, Cartographer, Technical, Richter
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique drawing instrument set. A German, brass cartographer's or architect's technical drawing set, by Richter, dating to the E...
Category
Early 20th Century German Desk Accessories
Materials
Nickel
Mid-Century Modern Lacquered Metal Toy, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-Century Modern lacquered metal toy, circa 1950
By unknown designer.
In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Category
1950s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Cast Iron Dog Nut Cracker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Black painted cast iron dog nut cracker. The condition is very good and in working order.
Category
Late 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
English Brass Scale by Banfield of Brighton
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 19th century
English brass scale by Banfield of Brighton.
Category
19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Rare Decorative Table Top Stereo-Graphoscope Stereo Viewer, circa 1889
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare decorative table top Stereo-Graphoscope Stereo Viewer with spelter metal base and wood viewing frame.
Circa 1889.
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Vintage Glass Ashtray, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Glass ashtray is an original decorative object realized in the 1970s.
Transparent glass ashtray.
This object is perfect for embellish your home!
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
French Letter Opener with a Medallion of a Man on a Horse
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Acquired in France, a letter opener with the image of a man on a horse. a nice addition to your desk or work station.
Category
20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Temporaneo
By Gumdesign
Located in Viareggio, IT
Perpetual calendar made of Tunisian stone and brass. It is inspired by the rules to teach counting to children; in the same way this calendar teaches and communicates the value of ti...
Category
2010s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass
Amazing Paperweight in Black Marble by Angelo Mangiarotti, Italy 1967
Located in Catania, IT
This black marble paperweight consists of two sections, the cylindrical-shaped base and the second pyramid-shaped. The item is in perfect cond...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Egyptian Revival Sphinx Inkwell by Maitland Smith
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Maitland-Smith Egyptian Revival inkwell desk set featuring a tomb form stamp box with a sphinx mounted on either side. The front section has a recessed pen tray. The piece is made of...
Category
20th Century Egyptian Revival Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass
Decorative Glass Knot or Presse Papier, circa 1980s
Located in Schagen, NL
Wonderful decorative object which is also sometimes used as a presse papier. This large piece remains in very nice condition. Colored black and transparent.
Category
Late 20th Century European Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Antique Florentine Grand Tour Pietra Dura Blossoming Rose Flower Paperweight
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique paperweight is unsigned, but presumed to have been acquired during a Grand Tour through Italy, and dating to approximately 1880 and do...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Arts and Crafts Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Marble
Danese Milano Bincan Trash Wastepaper Basket in Black by Naoto Fukasawa
Located in Hicksville, NY
Bincan cestino is part of the Bincan collection which was designed for the work place and can be adapted to any environment whether internal or external, public or private. This piec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Cuyo Medium Alpaca Silver & Black 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
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Postmodern Black Marble Desk Pen Pencil Holder, 1990s
Located in New York, NY
A '90s Postmodern black and brown polished marble stone desk pen pencil holder, circa 1990s.
Dimensions: 2.5" square x 4.19" height.
Matching...
Category
1990s European Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Marble
1970s Vintage Large Lapis Lazuli Sphere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Italian decorative lapis lazuli sphere with tall base.
Each piece is in a way unique and handcrafted in Italy. Slight variations in shap...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
C F A Voysey Attri, Made by Richard Rathbone, an Arts & Crafts Copper Inkstand
Located in London, GB
C F A Voysey attributed. Made by Richard Rathbone, stamped maker to the base.
An Arts & Crafts copper inkstand with domed top lid with upturned lip handle and a pen tray to the fron...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
1980 Decorative Italian Marble Sphere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Italian marble sphere with withe stand.
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Bespoke Italian Post Modern Rose Pink Murano Glass Geometric Couture Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A fun modernist table / desk lamp, a contemporary organic creation entirely hand made in Italy, the geometric shape inspired by a fashion tailored suit design, the waisted middle par...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Victorian Slate Paperweight of Hand style of Odd Fellows Hands Offs Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful very old professional office relic with a cheeky message; Hands off! Private papers. Reminiscent of the odd fellows Victorian Era designs.
Category
1890s American Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Slate
1980 Vintage Italian Big Paper Weight in Black Marquina Marble
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Paperweight with sphere shape in black marquina marble.
Each piece is in a way unique and handcrafted in Italy. Slight variations in shape, color and size are to be considered a gua...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Italian Photo Frame Black and White Plexi , Sharing Black
Located in Sarezzo, IT
The photo frame Sharing black is a square modern design frame of Art with Heart collection recto verso by Laura G Italy. It is realized in artistic plexiglass black and white, with g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plexiglass
Black Forest Carved Dog Inkwell
By Black Forest
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Swiss carved black Forest shaggy dog inkwell with pen holder. In the 1800’s the wood carving industry of Switzerland started in the town of Brienz. By the ...
Category
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Hans Hansen Rosewood Letter Opener with Silver Bee, 1950s
By Hans Hansen
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unique hand-finished letter opener in solid rosewood. It has an inlaid silver and enamel plakette with a bee. It was made by silversmith Hans Hansen in Denmark between 1950-60. Due t...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
French Leather Desk Set by Le Tanneur
By Le Tanneur
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic 8-piece French leather desk set by Le Tanneur. Desk set includes: desk pad, mail holder, adjustable calendar, hole punch, scissors and letter opener, table lamp, "urgent" d...
Category
1960s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Leather Briefcase, 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Leather briefcase, crocodile style, 20th century.
Measures: H: 28 cm, W: 37 cm, D: 5 cm.
Category
20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Late 19th Century Inkwell Depicting a Black African Man - Goldscheider Wien
Located in London, GB
A Wonderfull quality bronze inkwell depicting a black African man, made by the goldscheider factory in Vienna around 1890, with inset glass eyes.
Category
1890s Austrian Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Danese Milano Bincan Fermasacchetto Bag Clip in Black by Naoto Fukasawa
Located in Hicksville, NY
Danese Milano Bincan Fermasacchetto bag clip in black for Bincan wastepaper basket by Naoto Fukasawa
Naoto Fukasawa is a Japanese designer. He was born in 1956 in Yamanashi and ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
TRAFUL Pen Cap, 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
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Desk Accessories, Letter Holder by Le Tanneur, Paris
By Le Tanneur
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Desk accessories, letter holder by Le Tanneur, Paris, in the traditions of French big houses like Lancel or Dior.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Agate Onyx Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand polished agate onyx stone paperweight in black, brown, and red intricate layered patterns
Measures: length 4 inches, width 3 inches, height 2 inches
1 in stock in Palm Springs O...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Italian 1920s Art Deco Wrought Iron and Marble Bird Inkwell
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1920s Art Deco wrought iron and marble bird inkstand.
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Wrought Iron
Midcentury Perforated Metal Letter Holder Catch It All
Located in San Diego, CA
Petite black enameled letter holder, catch it all circa 1950s, simple design in original finish great decorative piece.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
1980s Vintage Italian Marble Sphere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Italian sphere shape in black marble.
Each piece is in a way unique (and handcrafted in Italy. Slight variations in shape, color and size are...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Watch Box for Five Watches in Polished Black with Ultrasuede Detail by Agresti
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Box in polished wood for five watches lined in protective ultrasuede. Hinge in Ruthenium. Box only: watches are not included.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Grand Tour Serpentine Inkwell and Cover Inset with 7 Lava Stone Cameos, 19th C
Located in Spencertown, NY
The 7 cameos of historical figures, fitted with 3 quill holders, 2 inkwells and a pounce pot. The underside of the lid is framed with a circular gouache dep...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Serpentine
Vintage Multicolored Floral Medallion Glass Vase by Rick Strini
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous multicolored vase with olive green and blue swirled background highlighted with four unique black medallions of rose bouquets by Rick Strini (American, 20th century). Signed...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
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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