Desk Accessories
Desk Accessories For Sale
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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
Cartier Vintage Black Sunglasses with Box, 1990 Silver Logo
By Cartier
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Cartier classic black sunglasses with silver CC logo.
Classic, timeless, sophisticated piece to add to your wardrobe
Authentic, vintage, rare, Cartier Paris France Black Ja...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Continental Clear and Red Glass Hand Bell, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Red spiral blown with white lip and clear spiral twist handle and marble clacker.
Category
1880s Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Golf Ruthenium Paperweight
Located in Paris, FR
Paperweight golf ruthenium made
entirely in solid brass in ruthenium
finish with golf ball pattern.
Also available in gold or palladium.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Rare Gucci Solid Sterling Silver Lion's Paw Letter Opener
By Gucci
Located in Bath, GB
I have only ever had one other of these and it was silver over bronze; I was amazed to find this heavy solid silver example fully marked "925" on the underside and signed by the famo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Red and White Glass Hand Bell, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
large red bell with white 'combed' decoration and clear handle with clear dripped glass clacker.
Category
1880s Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Glass Transparent Ashtray, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Glass transparent ashtray is an elegant glass decorative object, realized during the 1970s.
Very elegant glass transparent ashtray perfect for your home.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
French Midcentury Vallauris Ceramic Key Holder or Vide Poche, Blue Glazed
Located in Miami, FL
French midcentury black matte ceramic key holder or vide poche, hand-crafted in Vallauris, France.
Good quality craftsmanship.
Marked.
Measures...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Paper Management Complete Set, Half of the 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage paper management complete set is an original decorative object realized in the half of the 20th Century.
Made in Italy.
The set includes a paperweight, a magnifying gla...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Wedgwood Decorated Black Basalt Inkstand
By Wedgwood
Located in New Orleans, LA
This enchanting antique Wedgwood black basalt inkwell is crafted in the form of an ancient oil lamp. With a removable well and holes for storing pens ...
Category
19th Century English Other Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Vienna Secession Desk Set
Located in Vienna, AT
Vienna secession desk set in original condition.
Black glass and brass
(the watch was restored).
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Bronze Austrian Pen Rest Inkwell with Black Grouse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This hansome cast bronze inkewll with a black grouse is very much in the style of pieces created by the Austrian Frederich Gornik.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Black Forest Carved Ink Stand with Fox and Inkwells, Brienz, Switzerland c. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Black Forest Carved Inkstand, naturalistically hand-carved of solid linden wood, with the central figure of a fox among a rootwork base simulating a forest floor, with two tree stump...
Category
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Italian Murano Light Blue Table Lamp Marked Venini, 1950s
By Venini
Located in IT
Italian Murano light blue table lamp marked Venini, 1950s
Murano light blue glass table lamp. From Italy, from mid-20th century. It is signed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Galucharme Desk Accessories Set #1 by Nino Basso
Located in Milan, IT
From Galucharme collection in coffee chromatic color, this is a very special and high-class desk gift set, consisting of a pen-holder, a letter-opener and a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Italian Ceramic Flower Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant ceramic box made in Italy, circa 1970s. Black and white color theme with white flowers. Great condition. Perfect stash box or tabletop object. Marked Made in Italy on underside.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
English Sterling Silver Duck Head Paper Clip by Francis Howard, 20th Century
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Francis Howard Hallmarked sterling silver novelty duck head paper clip.
English hallmarked solid silver ducks head. Features hinged sprung beak to cl...
Category
20th Century British Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Carl Auböck Bookends #4636
Located in Berlin, DE
Classis pair of Carl Auböck bookend in a patina and polish brass mix.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Glass Egg Marble Effect Color Brown, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Double Gooseneck Calla Lily or Cattail Table or Desk Lamp
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Mid-Century Modern double gooseneck desk or table lamp was made by the Electrolier Manufacturing Co. of Montreal Canada is circa 1965 in the period Midcentury style. The model i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Contemporary Trivet/Coaster in Steel, Circle/Circle, Modern, Minimal, Geometric
Located in Stockholm, SE
Trivets in steel with small rubber pads for protection.
Category
2010s Swedish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Set of Two "Ventotene" Desk Sets by Enzo Mari for Danese, Italy, 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Set of two Ventotene desk sets by Enzo Mari for Danese.
Polished stainless steel elements featuring Vertical spaces to slip notepaper in, horizontal planes to put pencils on.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
French “Bleu de Nevers” Faience Smoking Service Tray, by Montagnon
Located in Dallas, TX
This lovely French “service fumeur en faïence”, or earthenware smoking service, has five pieces: a tray, and four pots of various sizes. Although every smoking set is unique, we presume theses pots are a tobacco pot to store the dried leaves, an ash receptacle, a pot for holding papers to hand roll cigarettes and/or cigars and a pot for keeping matches.
Our set was produced in Nevers, France in the 19th century by Montagnon, the oldest earthenware factory in France. Originally called manufacture du Bout du monde (“End of the World factory”), the factory was founded in 1648. By 1875, the factory had fallen on hard times and was bought by Antoine Montagnon. Within the five years, it was the only faïencerie left in Nevers. Montagnon was successful for over a century but eventually ceased operations in 2015. The production date of our smoking service set is from the late 1800s.
Glazed earthenware was introduced from Italy to Nevers in the mid-16th century. The town already had existing porcelain factories and the area was flush with clay deposits that could be used in pottery. This allowed the influx of Italian potters in Nevers to begin producing Faience pieces. For the next 300 years, Nevers was the center for French Faience manufacturing.
This smoking set has been decorated with painted birds, rinceaux of flowers and ornamental motifs. The blue background color is called Persian blue, and was extensively used as a ground color on Nevers Faience...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Faience
Antique Italian Green Marble and 'Lava Cameo' Inkstand
Located in London, GB
Antique Italian green marble and 'lava cameo' inkstand
Italian, 19th century
Measures: Height 10cm, diameter 14cm
This charming inkstand is crafted from green marble and gilt metal....
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Metal
Large Antique Decorative Ammonite, English, Fossil, Geological Ornament, c.1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique decorative ammonite on plinth. An English, fossilised geological ornamental fossil, dating to the Edwardian period and much, much earlier.
Ammonites evolve...
Category
Early 20th Century British Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Polished Black Jewel Box in Maple and Mahogany by Agresti
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Jewelry chest in polished black bird’s-eye maple and mahogany, ultra suede lining, 24-karat gold-plated brass accessories. With necklace bars, lockable doors and five drawers. Adjust...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Maple
Sterling Silver Large Smoke Topaz Rosewood Paperweight
Located in Westport, CT
Sterling silver large genuine smoke Topaz, rosewood elaborate decorative desk paperweight.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Collection Gilt Leather Bound Library Book Set / Eighteen
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Collection of gilt leather bound library book set of eighteen. Army Life In A Black Regiment By Thomas Went Wentworth Higginson "Collector's Library ...
Category
1980s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper, Leather
Wonderful French Large Louis XVI Bronze Three-Arm Bouillotte Lamp Tole Shade
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful French large Louis XVI bronze three arm bouillotte table lamp with feather handle adjustable black metal tole shade and acorn finial, flut...
Category
20th Century French Louis XVI Desk Accessories
Reed and Barton Silver Plate Horse Head Letter Opener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Silver plate Reed and Barton horse head letter opener. A nice addition to any desk or work station.
A handsome piece for the horse enthusiast, owner or trainer - the piece has fai...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Black Forest Hand Carved Terrier Inkwell Stand with Glass Eyes, Swiss circa 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Black Forest hand carved terrier inkwell stand with glass eyes, Swiss, circa 1880. This highly sought-after piece features an adorable and detailed, crisply carved dog with a stylize...
Category
19th Century Swiss Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Sotheby's, New York Important Paperweights, Sale No. 5349
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's - New York: Important Paperweights - Sale No. 5349 - Saturday, June 15, 1985. Sotheby's Auction House, NY, June 1985. 1st Ed softcover. 393 lots photographed in color and b...
Category
1980s American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Vintage Travelling Surveyor's Set, English, Pocket Drawing Instrument Case, 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage travelling surveyor's set. An English, pocket drawing instrument case, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
Charming set for the travelling cartographer
Displays a desirable aged patina
Silver nickel tools in good order
Fold-over carry case finished in dark blue hues
8 piece set ideal for those on tour
Pair of compass, ruling pen...
Category
Early 20th Century British Desk Accessories
Materials
Nickel
Regency Brass Letter Card Box, England, 1820
Located in Stamford, CT
Regency brass letter card box with rope overlay from England 1820. Would make a great decorative piece for a desk. In very good condition.
Category
Early 19th Century European Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Black Leather Tray
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Black leather with pressed crocodile effect and stainless steel tray / Made in Italy
Measures: Length 14 inches, width 14 inches, height 2 inches
1 in stock in Palm Springs ON 20% OF...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Hermes Leather Agenda Cover Day Planner
Located in Cypress, CA
Brand: Hermes Paris
Made in France
Logos / Tags: Hermes Paris embossed inside
Condition: Imperceptible signs of wear
Condition details: Original Hermes Calendar...
Category
20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Black and White Marble Pyramid Obelisk Style Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
A black, charcoal and white marble pyramid 'Obelisk style', circa 1970s, 20th century. Dimensions: 2.63" square base x 7.88" height.
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Lucite & 1970s Pennies paperweight...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
1950's Stitched Leather Desk Bin by Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950's stitched leather desk bin by Jacques Adnet
France.
Category
1950s European Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Brass and Steel Abstract Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This bronze and steel sculpture features a brass pestle that sits atop a steel mortar. Though not an actual mortar and pestle, this piece resembles just t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Steel
Crystal Egg Color Metallic Brown, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
New Modern Vase in Black and White Marble, creator Matteo Cibic
By Matteo Cibic
Located in Milan, IT
Vase in Nero Marquinia and Bianco Michelangelo Marble,
Size: 38.2 x 23.4 x 7.3 cm, smooth finishing.
Commercial name: Tacca, Homage Collection by the ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Early 1900 Russian Inkwell
Located in Bochum, NRW
Early 1900 Russian inkwell, depicting a boy sleeping his hand in a basket. Cast metal with dark patina, marked to the bottom. Excellent condition accordingly to its age.
Dimensions:...
Category
1890s Russian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Silver Plated Desk Seal, Late 19th/20th C with Heron Supported Marble Sphere
Located in valatie, NY
Silver plated desk seal, late 19th early 20th c, with three herons supporting a variegated "Spider Green" marble sphere. The bottom has an engraved seal with the initials "SBM." The ...
Category
Early 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Silver Plate
Rare & Practical Size Antique Black Forest Bear Table or Desk Piece / Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful quality and perfect condition, antique bear desk piece.
This Black Forest bear is carved in a beautiful pose. This rare, early 1900s desk piece is the perfect pen or pencil holder and it is handcrafted antiques like this that keep our work interesting and rewarding. Also, because we know that this rare and good quality Swiss bear...
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Wood
English Victorian Papier-Mache and Crystal Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian papier mache floral design oval double inkwell with fluted crystal wells and handles.
Category
20th Century British Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Wedgwood & Bentley Black Basalt Inkstand
Located in New Orleans, LA
This elegant inkwell set by Wedgwood & Bentley is crafted of black basalt, one of Wedgwood’s finest inventions. The set is comprised of two canisters, both held within an intriguing double stand. One is designed to hold ink and features a top with slots for quills or pens, and the other is a powder Shaker with a shell-ornamented lid. Black basalt refers to the fine-grained stoneware that Josiah Wedgwood, inspired by the hard, natural stone known as Egyptian basalt...
Category
18th Century English Other Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Pair of Polished Marmo Marble Sphere Paperweights
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PAIR OF GRAND TOUR POLISHED MARMO AFRICANO MARBLE SPHERES
Circa early 19th century over shaped rock plinth
Item # C104033
A gorgeous pair of 19th century decorative marmo marble sp...
Category
19th Century Unknown Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Marble
Black Minimalist Desk Lamp by Designer Robert Sonneman, '80s
Located in New York, NY
A designer black desk, task, or nightstand table lamp/light, Minimalist design period, 1988. Lamp is by designer Robert Sonneman for Robert Kovacs maker. With designer and makers' ma...
Category
1980s American Minimalist Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Marble Specimen Decorative Balls
Located in London, GB
A pair of marble specimen balls.
Simple decorative objects for a shelf or desk top.
Very tactile.
The larger one in particular is made from se...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
English Victorian Bone and Brass Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian oval burl wood and ebonized inkwell with decorative brass trim and nail heads holding a large 10 sided crystal well.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Set of Three Marble Obelisk Paper Weight Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Three black marble obelisks. The trio are a nice decorative addition to the desk or shelf, however could easily be paper weights or bookends. A very nice set of three black with whit...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
1893 Antique Lippich Brass Polarimeter Antique Physic Analysis Instrument
By Societé Genevoise
Located in Milan, IT
Lippich polarimeter, scientifi instrument made in 1893 signed Societé Genevoise Genève, brass and black metal. It is an optical instrument of analysis used to determine the concentra...
Category
1890s Swiss Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Italy Late 19th Century Sterling Silver Baroque Little Love Cart
Located in Brescia, IT
Antique baroque sterling silver little love cart late 19th Century, Italy.
This a very nice and lovable piece of art fine art jewellery. Totally hand made. The surface is finely ca...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Antique French Cast Iron Geometric 'Etoile' Star Curios
Located in London, GB
A rare pair of unusual star curios.
Geometric forms hoisted on a chain.
France, 19th century.
Iron, naturally patinated.
One has damage, priced accordingly.
Can b...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
One Empire Style Silvered and Black Engraved Metal Table Lamp, France, 1930s
Located in IT
Empire style silvered and black engraved metal table lamp, France, early 20th century, 1930s
In the pictures you see two lamps but only one le...
Category
Early 20th Century European Empire Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Karl Palda Original, Art Deco Czech Black Enamel Perfume Atomiser Bottle
By Karl Palda
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Superb Karl Palda Art Deco large crystal perfume atomiser from the 1930s
An impressive round clear flask with bold, black enamel geometric lines in excellent condition
Original silk ...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Southern Italian Embroidery, Artisanal Decorative Object, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Southern Italian Embroidery is an original artwork realized by Italian artisan in the 18th Century.
Very precious doily realized in lace and cott...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Fabric
Set of Bronze Artillery Cannons with Italian Royal Insignia
Located in New York, NY
Set of bronze artillery cannons with Italian royal insignia. Set of three vintage patinated bronze artillery models including a larger cannon on hand ca...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
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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