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Desk Accessories For Sale
Color: Black
Color: Silver
Silver Plate Hoof Inkwell with Pen Rest, by Rowland Ward & Co
By Rowland Ward
Located in Reepham, GB
A late 19th century silver plate mounted horse hoof inkwell, the lid and horseshoe of silver plate, the hinged lid opening to the glass inkwell wit...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
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
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
Antique Sterling Silver Gimbal Table Lighter (1910)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine, and impressive, antique George V English sterling silver gimbal table lighter; an addition to our smoking related silverware collection
This exceptional antique George V sterling silver table lighter has a globular form to a rounded composite handle.
The surface of the piece is plain and embellished with the contemporary bright cut engraved initial 'H' beneath a Baron's coronet.
The center of this antique silver table lighter...
Category
1910s English Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate, Sterling Silver
Fine Wedgwood Ordinary Lustre Exotic Gilded Birds Baluster Vase #Z5986
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Fine quality Wedgwood porcelain baluster vase created by Daisy Makeig-Jones.
Rich and vibrant colours and gilding excel on this piece of highly collectible lustre Wedgwood...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Large Carl Auböck Model #4101 'Melies' Patinated Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of large Carl Aubock Model #4101 'Melies' patinated brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Table Bell
Located in VALENZA, IT
Elegant table bell in solid 925 sterling silver.
The bell is smooth and features some circular lines that make the object balanced and increase the sound of the bell.
The wooden h...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian 1898 Sterling Silver Gallery Inkstand by John Grinsell & Sons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver fox inkstand; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian silver inkstand / desk standish, has a rectangular form.
This inkstand is fitted with a gallery, embellished with impressive pierced and applied scrolling foliate ornamentation.
The shaped, incurved rims of the body and anterior rim of the sterling silver inkstand are ornamented with a paralleling applied gadroon decorated border.
The surface of the fox silver inkstand incorporates a concave oval pen receiver.
The body of the inkstand incorporates two ink bottle receivers flanking a rectangular stamp box.
The impressive hallmarked ink bottles each have a tapering cylindrical form and are embellished with further pierced scrolling foliate ornamentation; these ink bottles secure to the stand with a screw fitment to the underside.
Each ink bottle is fitted with a plain domed hinged cover and opens to allow access to the original glass liner.
The central sterling silver stamp box...
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Mauro Manetti Style Boar Head Stirrup Cups
By Gucci
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mauro Manetti classic style stirrup cup, is of plain beaker form with a cast boar head to one end.
Playful stirrup cup from the 1970s in brass and silver plate.
Gorgeous stirrup cup ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Elizabethan Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Silver Plate, Pewter
Antique Art Deco Sterling Silver Dartboard Presentation Trophy
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, unusual antique George V English sterling silver Art Deco presentation trophy in the form of dartboard; part of our silverware collection.
This exceptional and unusual antique sterling silver trophy has been crafted in the form of a Yorkshire or Kent doubles dartboard*.
The face of the dartboard clearly depicts the appropriately numbered segments and the wirework spider.
This fine George V trophy is supported by an ebonised wood mount and an Art Deco style angular ebonised wooden base.
The base displays six hallmarked vacant presentation plaques; each plaque may be engraved with a personal inscription if so desired.
The posterior surface of the wooden mount is plain.
* This variation of dart board does not incorporate a triple ring, only the double and bullseye.
"By the late 1920s a standardised dartboard was introduced and remains the most popular dartboard today across the world. However, the 'standard' dartboard (also known as the 'London' or 'Clock' board) was not an overnight success in the UK. Initially it had to compete with other different existing target boards played on in some localities. These have come to be known as 'regional dartboards' and were usually named after their region of origin, for example, the Yorkshire Doubles board, Kent Doubles, the London Fives and the Manchester Board" - Patrick Chaplin PhD (Darts Historian)
Condition
This unusual antique trophy...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Letter Opener or Paper Cutter in Silver Bronze
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Letter opener in silver bronze
Silver plated bronze letter opener 35/42 microns
Measures: L: 218 mm, weight: 118 gr
This letter opener is the handmade work of French designer...
Category
2010s French Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Letter Opener or Paper Cutter in Silver Bronze
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Letter opener in silver bronze.
Silver plated bronze letter opener 35/42 microns.
Measures: L: 218 mm, weight: 118 gr.
This letter opener is the handmade work of French desig...
Category
2010s French Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Silver chiseled Pencil Holder, Hommage Collection, Weaving Pattern
By Carole Serny
Located in VIC-LA-GARDIOLE, FR
This Pencil Holder is part of the "Hommage" (tribute) collection, a line of stationery and office accessories designed and hand-manufactured by Carole Serny, whose aesthetics highlig...
Category
2010s French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Art Nouveau Sheffield Sterling Silver Mounted Large Magnifying Glass
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th century desk accessory with Art Nouveau organic decor of chased flowers and leaves embraced in scrolls, this magnifying glass has its handl...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel, Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Inkwell England 1905
Located in Stamford, CT
Handsome sterling silver antique inkwell has a lovely, simple design and was made by William Harrison Walter, circa 1905. It has a high polished profile, with a hinged lid and is wei...
Category
Early 20th Century English Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Photo Frame with Pink Quartz Flowers, Gratitude Round
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Gratitude round is a unique wonderful photo frame recto-verso, decorated both front and back, design signed Laura G Art with Heart.
The photo frame is hand braided in golden silver and it carries pink quartz flowers...
Category
2010s Italian Romantic Desk Accessories
Materials
Quartz, Silver
Letter Opener in Silver Bronze
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Letter opener in silver bronze
Silver plated bronze letter opener 35/42 microns
Measures: L: 218 mm, weight: 118 gr
This letter opener is the handmade work of French designer...
Category
2010s French Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Sterling Silver Tape Dispenser
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We love offering novelty, whimsical sterling silver pieces! For the person who thinks they have it all or of that person who loves to have rare and unusual items…
This tape dispenser...
Category
1940s American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century English Victorian Letter Holder
Located in Forney, TX
An English Victorian black and gilt decorated mother-of-pearl and papier mâché stationary letter / card holder or desk stand with stunning, exceptionally executed city scape hand pai...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Other
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
1980s Sterling Silver Swan Letter Opener
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver letter opener; an addition to our diverse ornamental collection
This exceptional vintage Elizabeth II cast sterling silver letter opener has a sabre shaped form.
The arched terminal of this letter opener has been realistically modelled in the form of a swan's neck and head.
Condition
This vintage sterling silver letter...
Category
1980s Great Britain (UK) Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Cast Metal Sculpture of a Greyhound Dog
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful cast metal bronze greyhound dog sculpture.
An elegant, detailed cast sculpture depicting a greyhound dog..
Sculptures depicting a greyhound dog.
Made with the fusion sys...
Category
1990s American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Scacchiera in Plexiglas Vintage Design 1970, Art
Located in Foggia, FG
Scacchiera in Plexiglas Vintage Design 1970 - Art -
Anno: 1970 circa
Materiali: Plexiglas
Condizioni: Buone leggera filatura alla base
Mis...
Category
1970s Italian American Classical Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plexiglass
Large Patinated Brass Sculpture of Male Form 'Back - 2/2'
Located in London, GB
A well formed artist made sculpture cast of the male form.
One of two pieces available. The reverse being sold in a separate listing.
France, c1950s...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Cast Brass Cat Sculpture by Dewitt
By Andrew Dewitt
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very nice mid century cat sculpture cast in brass sitting on an oval satin black wood base, to the lower edge of the piece is the cast sign...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Dino Martens Presse Papier in Murrine
By Dino Martens
Located in Monselice, PD
Very rare Presse Papier of Dino Martens 1950, with murrine inside and a murrine of a stylized fish in the central part.
This eye-catching presse papier ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murrine
Antique Swiss Arts & Crafts Brown Green Blue Thoune Majolica Two Handled Vase
By Thoune
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century Arts & Crafts Majolica art pottery two-handled vase made by the Swiss factory Thun / Thoune, circa 1910s. This two-handled vase, entirely handcrafted and hand-painted, is decorated with a modern Eastern accent...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Earthenware, Majolica
Silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel Russian writing set
Located in London, GB
Silver-gilt and cloisonné enamel Russian writing set
Moscow, 1899-1908
Case: 3.5cm high x 23 cm wide x 7.5cm deep.
Pencil: length 13cm, 0.5cm in diameter...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Small Antique Vesta Holder, English, Silver Plate, Decorative, Table, Treen
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique vesta holder. An English, silver plated decorative table treen in the form of a coal scuttle, dating to the early 20th century, c...
Category
Early 20th Century British Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
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
Danese Milano Maiorca Black Pencil & Paperclip Aluminum Holder by Bruno Munari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Black Maiorca is a pencil and paperclip holder with fire resistant melamine shell and anodized aluminium interior fumé.
Bruno Munari was one of the most important Italian architec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Set Tronador Large Mini Boxes, Onyx Stone and Silver Alpaca
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The shape of the inactive Tronador volcano reminded us of the pyramid shaped idea of our boxes that make up this collection. With a rectangular or square base, the box is a reflectio...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Onyx
French Leather Desk Set by Le Tanneur
By Le Tanneur
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic 5-piece French leather and vinyl desk set by Le Tanneur. Desk set includes: desk pad, mail holder, pen cup, adjustable calendar. Holder, and manual d...
Category
1960s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Faux Leather
Set Tronador Square & Rectangular Black Onyx Stone Boxes
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Dimensions :
Rectangular: 25 x 8 x 5 cm // 9.8" x 3.1" x 1.9"
Square: 16 x 16 x 10 cm // 6,25" x 6,25" x 3,9"
The shape of the inactive Tronador volcano reminded us of the pyram...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Onyx
Italian Black Leather Box Desk Organizer
Located in New York, NY
An Italian black leather desk box set organizer, circa late-20th century, 1970s, Florence, Italy. This desk piece organizer is black leather, comprised of five (5) boxes with lacquered wood back, brass hinges, and a center rest area (shown with car key, and small change purse...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Aircraft Engine Chrome Speaker
Located in Paris, FR
Speaker aircraft engine chrome is inspired by radial aircraft engines
from early 20th-century radial aircraft engines. Structure in aluminum
alloy ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Small Silver Plated Canister with Hinged Lid
Located in Sheffield, MA
The small vintage silver plated canister or storage box has a fully hinged lid.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
20th Century Silver Plate Pocket Emptier
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful 20th century silver plate pocket emptier. Refined finely chiseled decorations. Perfect for embellishing a desk with class.
Category
1930s English Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Very Rare Edwardian Sterling Silver & Shagreen Desk Set, London, 1910
By Samuel Jacob
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1910 by Samuel Jacob, this incredible antique sterling silver & Shagreen desk set, comprises a pair of candlesticks, an ink stand and a pen tray, all featurin...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Aesthetic Movement Sterling Silver Calling/Business Card Case by George Unite
By George Unite
Located in New York, NY
Aesthetic Movement, sterling silver calling card/business card case in original, velvet lined leather box, London, year-hallmarked for 1860, George ...
Category
1860s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #4575 Patinated Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Aubo¨ck Model #4575 Patinated Brass Bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated brass.
Produced ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Calipso A4 Letter Tray in Corno Italiano, Lacquered Wood and Leather, Mod. 5303s
Located in Recanati, Macerata
Perfect to store paperwork on your desk, the Calipso A4 paper tray is imbued with textural beauty. Crafted in glossy black lacquered wood, the design is added an elegant allure by be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Inkstand
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver desk standish; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver desk standish has a naturalistic-shaped form.
The surface of the stand is embellished with impressive bright cut engraved scrolling leaf and floral ornamentation, incorporating a scroll bordered cartouche bearing the contemporary bright cut engraved crest of an elephant's head.
The stand is further ornamented with scrolling designs encompassing an oval recess, composing a pen well.
The rim of the body of the sterling silver inkstand...
Category
1840s British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Jean Filhos for Christofle Silvered Bronze Erotic Letter Opener Nude, 1974 Franc
By Christofle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury silvered erotic letter opener or bookmark with nudes by the French artist Jean Filhos, (1921-2002)
This model was created as the official 1974 ...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
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
Brazilian Modern Patinated Brass Astray or Catchall
Located in Miami, FL
Patinated brass sculpted insect ashtray or catchall. Brazil, 1950s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Set of Two Handcrafted Silver Plate Scissors with Steel Blade, Sweden
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful silver plated set off two Scissors, vintage Sweden. Nice addition to every table. Some patina, but this is old-age.
Found at an Estate sale in Stockholm, Sweden.
Category
20th Century Swedish Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Modernist Italian 800 Silver Desk/Jewellery Box c.1960
Located in Bath, GB
A great looking box, Italian in origin made from 800 silver wrapped around a wooden interior.
Both the base and lid are hallmarked "800" together with an additional mark "833 F1"....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
WMF Art Nouveau Silver Plate 3 Piece Desk Set Stamp Holder Blotter Pen Tray
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Circa 1900 German manufactured by WMF "Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik". A three-piece Art Nouveau desk set includes a "rocking" blotter, 5" x 2.5"; a pen tray, 9.75" x 2.25", and a hinged stamp...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Letter Opener or Paper Cutter in Silver Bronze
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Letter opener in silver bronze
Silver plated bronze letter opener 35/42 microns
Measures: L: 218 mm, weight: 118 gr
This letter opener is the handmade work of French designer...
Category
2010s French Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Enzo Mari, Rare Cube Resin with Black Ball Sphere, Sculpture/Paperweight
By Enzo Mari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very nice modern resin cube by the very well known designer Enzo Mari, Measures in cm 7 x 7 x 7.
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Silver Chiseled Round Box, Hommage Collection, Canning Pattern
By Carole Serny
Located in VIC-LA-GARDIOLE, FR
This round box is part of the "Hommage" (tribute) collection, a line of stationery and office accessories designed and hand-manufactured by Carole Serny, whose aesthetics highlights ...
Category
2010s French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cast Hammer in Blackened Brass Handcrafted in Portugal by Origin Made
Located in Porto, 13
The hammer is one of the most primitive tool invented but it is still a very useful tool to have at home today. The Cast hammer is an object of beauty and function that fulfils our b...
Category
2010s Portuguese Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
Sterling Silver Paper Clip
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A sterling silver paper holder/clip; does it get any more unique than this? Have you ever seen one before? We haven’t and we’re thrilled to be offering it. A practical and chic way ...
Category
1950s American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
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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