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Desk Accessories For Sale
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1960s CAT Art Glass Ice Block Paperweight Bookend Blenko WV
By Blenko Glass
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Paperweight
Modernist cat art glass ice block handcraft paperweight - bookend 1960s
Attribution Blenko WV. Unmarked.
3.5 w x 3.25h x .88d inches
Original...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Rock Crystal Ball on Stand Paper Weight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rock crystal ball on stand - a lovely rock crystal specimen on an acrylic base, which also looks to be cut crystal. A compliment to any desk or s...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Rock Crystal
Danish Modern Solid Rosewood Perpetual Desk Calendar
By Enzo Mari
Located in San Diego, CA
Handcrafted unique rare perpetual calendar circa 1950's solid rosewood with gold numbers days and months, great design and craftsmanship some of the lettering it's faded due to age b...
Category
20th Century North American Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Rosewood
Blown Ultraviolet Murano Art Glass Paperweight Mid-Century Modern Italy
By Murano 5
Located in Miami, FL
Blown Ultraviolet Art glass paperweight made in Italy.
Mid-Century Modern collector's piece, great for your desk or writing Tabel.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
English 19th Century Victorian Period Crystal Inkwell Carried by Four Children
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period crystal inkwell from the 19th century, with gilded children. Created in England during the 19th century, this inkwell captures our attention with its unus...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Wood
Vintage Christmas Nutcracker Wood Erzgebirge, Germany
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Wooden nutcracker Tiroler figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcrackers, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Country Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Cast Hammer in Satin 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
Period Austrian Biedermeier Vanity Table Mirror
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very handsome and unusual table top dressing mirror likely made in Austria in the early to mid 19thC. The shield shaped mirror has a gilded...
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Studio Craft Walnut Desk Business Card Display and Holder
Located in San Diego, CA
Mid-century studio craft walnut business card holder and display. The front section slides to insert a standard 3.5 inch by 2 inch size card for display and a slot in the back holds ...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Kosta Boda Green and Clear Art Glass Collectable Paperweight
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Sweden round green and clear glass paperweight. Vicke Lindstrand Kosta style Swedish art glass paperweight. Beautiful vintage glass art paperweight with multi sized controlled bubbles in green and clear accenting the close concentric complex. Hand blown bubble design Scandinavian Modern Art glass paperweight...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Charming Victorian Hand Carved Pine Stationary Box
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A charming Victorian hand carved pine stationary box
The Box is good quality and in very good condition for its age, the hand carved sloping doors on...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Pine
Blank Desk Organizer In Brushed Copper and Black Steel, 21st Century, In Stock
Located in Mugla, Bodrum
Blank Pen is a stylish and fun way of organizing your work desk. The brass or copper containers are designed in a way that cannot stand on their feet and therefore needs a little bit...
Category
2010s Turkish Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper, Steel
Vintage German Made Globe, Globe Terrestre Wooden Base
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Nice vintage globe, issued in the 1960s by Professor Doctor Arthur Krause. The globe has a wooden base, oak. The sphere itself is made of cardboard cover...
Category
1960s German Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
19th Century Victorian Lignum Vitae Bulldog Inkwell, c.1860
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
19th century Victorian lignum vitae inkwell modelled as the head of a growling bulldog with realistic glass inset eyes, original leather collar with a copper buckle. The head is hing...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Aesthetic Movement Oak Pipe Rack with a Japanese Style Brass Fretwork Backplate
Located in London, GB
Aesthetic Movement. An oak pipe rack with a Japanese-style brass fretwork backplate, and a tobacco draw with brass handle.
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Pair of Fossil Coral Stone Spheres, Italy 1890
Located in Milan, IT
A Wunderkammer Grand Tour's souvenir. A pair of fossil coral stone spheres, resting on a base, made of brass. Italy circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Marble, Brass
Induction Coil or Sled Antique Scientific Instrument by Du Bois Reymond 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Induction coil by Du Bois Reymond, also known as Sled of the Du Bois Reymond system designed around 1870 during electrophysiology studies by Emil Du Boi...
Category
1870s Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Coffee Grinder, 1950's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Germany
Made of wood, metal, steel
Original condition.
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Steel
Art Deco Style Ebonized Humidor or Cigar Box
Located in Plainview, NY
An Art Deco black Humidor or cigar box featuring a hygrometer and a humidifier inside. The black ebonized exterior is very elegant and sleek and the interior shows natural maple wood...
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20th Century Honduran Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Victorian Wood and Needlepoint Flower Press
Located in Spencertown, NY
A victorian wood and needlepoint flower press.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Country Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Fruitwood
Large Chinese Export Carved Soapstone Foo Dog Scholars Seal
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large Chinese export carved soapstone foo dog scholars seal, nicely carved, in two color soapstone, with large seal at base.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Desk Accessories
Materials
Soapstone
Antique Brass Double Inkstand, Inkwell, Desk Set, Scotland 1910, H526
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Brass double inkstand, inkwell, desk set, Scotland 1910, H526
Scotland 1910
Solid brass
With letter holder to the back
Pen holder to the back
Pair of brass inkwells with lid...
Category
1910s Asian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Macassar Ebony Art Deco Amsterdamse School Letter Opener, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Wonderful and rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School letter opener.
Striking Dutch design from the 1920s.
Solid macassar ebony and the handle is a stylish shaped otter.
In very good ori...
Category
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Macassar
1940's Original Large French Bottle Drying Rack 'Model 1400.20777'
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940’s Original Large French bottle drying rack (Model 1400.20777)
1940’s Original French Bottle Drying Rack (Model 1400.20777). A classic piece of French rural life. This is a very...
Category
1950s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Rare Brass, Metal & Wood Art Deco Mushroom Hat Table or Desk Lamp Sign M. Sabino
Located in Lisse, NL
100% Unrestored and original condition, mushroom design table lamp.
This very unusual and modernistic work of lighting art comes with the maker's mark M. Sabino in the base and it is another one of our latest great 'finds'. Similar work is mentioned in Janneau "Le lumiere francaise" and since it has the entire natural wear showing its long history of usage, we decided to leave it exactly as is. Both the metal shade and the wooden base have been 'marble painted' and the wear has made this rare light extra special too look at. Over the many decades this timeless, layered mushroom design table lamp has also developed an incredibly rich patina. This hand-crafted and documented table...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Nickel, Metal, Brass
Set of 52 Animal Sculpture in Travertine Fratelli Mannelli, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing set of 52 animal sculptures paperweights in travertine marble attributed to Fratelli Mannelli.
Comprising different types of animals in different sizes , including giraff...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine, Marble
French 1920s Art Deco Letter Box Desk Accessory
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
French 1920s Art Deco letter box desk accessory.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Christmas Nutcracker Figure Wood Erzgebirge Germany
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Vintage wooden nutcracker figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcr...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Country Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Late 19th century Wooden and Brass Polarimeter Antique Physic Instrument
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden and brass polarimeter with cast iron tripod base from the late 1800s. It is an instrument used to determine the concentration of sucrose and glucose in raw materials and sugar...
Category
1890s British Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Art Deco French Caudron, Renault Desk Airplane Model, Late 1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
French Caudron - Renault Desk Airplane Model. Late 1930´s.
Made of Lacquered Wood and Polished Aluminium
The C.710 were a series of light fighter aircraft developed by Caudron-Re...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Complete Collection Gilt Leather Bound Book Set
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Gilt leather bound sturdy / library room complete collection set. The set include twenty 28 volumes. Funk & Wagnalls, New Encyclopedia. Each book is in gr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper, Leather
Danish Oak Desk Office Organizer with Shelves
Located in New York, NY
A Danish modern, Scandinavian Modern, Mid-Century Modern blonde oak wood desk, office, library, etc., organizer with book space and paper/mail/letter tray holder shelf areas by Pedersen & Hansen, circa late-20th century, Denmark. Three (3) horizontal and three (3) vertical storage...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
Burl Wood Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful vintage small round rich burl wood trinket or jewelry box with a smooth pyramid-like top. A great piece for a desk, vanity, nightstand table, etc., to hold small items; p...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Burl
Carl Auböck Brush with Comb
Located in Vienna, AT
Carl Auböck brush with comb; good original condition, Austria mid-20th century.
Category
1960s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
French Cane or Walking Stick Exotic Wood and Silver, circa 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
French walking stick or cane, circa 1900
Mahogany and silver
Shipping:
2/2/87 cm 0.2 kg.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Brass
Hand Painted Middle Eastern Moorish Style Photo Album, 19th Century
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Middle Eastern Qajar style Moorish picture photo album, with hand painted miniatures on the cover.
This fine Middle Eastern Moorish style scrapbook is hand painted with 22-k...
Category
Late 19th Century Moorish Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Carl Auböck #3544 Pen or Brush Rest in Brass and Brown Leather, Austria, 2022
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck #3544 pen or brush rest in brass and brown leather, Austria 2022.
Category
2010s Austrian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Merlot Size 9 Log Bowl by Loyal Loot Made to Order 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
2010s Canadian Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Willow, Wood
Vintage Marble Egg, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Marble egg is an original decorative object realized in the mid-20th century.
Made in Italy.
The work is realized entirely in marble.
The egg is re...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Mannelli F.Lli Travertine Ornaments Three Swans Minimalist Style
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.
A ni...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine
Late 19th Century English Crystal Inkwell with Brass Collar
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th Century crystal inkwell with a brass collar and chamfered edges, English circa 1880. This is one of many pieces we received from a private colle...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Vintage Christmas Nutcracker Wood Erzgebirge, Germany
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Vintage wooden nutcracker figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcr...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Country Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Vaust, "Slant", Book Stand, 2017
By VAUST
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Please note that this listing is for the Slant Book Stand and does not include the white pedestal.
An abstracted icon that has wiped its traces, the slant is pure, saturated prese...
Category
2010s German Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass
Unusual Carved Walnut Wood Inkwell from France, Circa 1880
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved from walnut in France, circa 1880, this unusual inkwell features foliate and floral motifs. A flip-top lid adorned with a pair of bas relief flowers tops the central pen ...
Category
1880s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Collection Leather Bound Library Book Set Thirteen
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Collection of gilt leather bound library book set of thirteen volumes. The works of William Shakespeare / The Cambridge text. Each boo...
Category
20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper, Leather
Italian Onyx Marble Desk Paperweight Decorative Object, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A chic 1970s modern Italian geometric onyx marble desk paperweight or decorative object sculpture piece, circa 1970s, Italy. Piece is multicolored in white and neutral hues. A great piece for a desk, table, credenza, etc. Dimensions: 2" x 2.13"
Pen/pencil holder in image #3, search 1stdibs ID#: LU1314218067801 (SOLD.)
Ashtray shown (SOLD.)
Picasso book...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Mid-Century Walnut & Fabric Dresser "Catch All" by Georges Briard
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice mid-century walnut & fabric dresser "catch all" by Georges Briard, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good condition and measures 10" W x 9" D x 1.5" H. Cool piece in grea...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Victorian Figured Walnut Free Standing Desk Set
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian figured walnut free standing desk set with the original pair of glass inkwells and pen tray sitting on a lovey quality figured mahogany writing box with a moulded e...
Category
1860s English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Glass Paperweight 'Price Per Unit'
Located in Madrid, ES
Paperweight. Glass.
Paperweight made of glass combining transparent with various colors. Several models are available, and price per unit is indicated.
Set weight: 3 kg. Price p...
Category
20th Century European Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
19th Century Anglo Indian Vizagapatam Carved Sandalwood Box Micro Mosaic Inlays
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely 19th century Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam carved sandalwood and inlaid box
Mid-19th century Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam carved sandalwood box...
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Walnut Stationary Box Inlaid with Ebony and Mother-of-Pearl
Located in Port Chester, NY
Antique travel writing slope in well figured walnut. Original faded blue gray velvet. Piece measures 15 inches long when open.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Walnut
Ressort Letter Rack by Yonel Lebovici for Distrimex, 1969
By Distrimex, Yonel Lebovici
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This sculptural "Ressort" model letter rack was designed by Yonel Lebovici in 1969 for Edition Distrimex. It is made of chrome-plated steel and it remains in good vintage original co...
Category
1960s French Space Age Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Nickel
1950 Italian Pair of Organic Crystal, Yellow & Red Murano Art Glass Flower Vases
Located in New York, NY
A pair of organic Murano glass vases of clean rectangular modern shape, attributed to Seguso, the linear design enhanced by the triple Sommerso technique: the crystal clear blown gla...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass
Andes Large Wood & Alpaca Silver Box
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Inspired by the trails of the Andes Mountain, in the south of Argentina, this family of trays , boxes and picture frames is born. The mountain hiking trails...
Category
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Chinese Hardwood Scholar Tray with Brass Mounts, Late Qing Dynasty
Located in Austin, TX
A simple and elegant Chinese hardwood and brass mounted scholar tray, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China.
The scholar tray crafted of a solid and heavy densely figured hardwood ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Aviation Lockheed Super Constellation Vintage Desk Airplane Model, circa 1940s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Aviation Lockheed Constellation vintage aluminium desk top display airplane model. The model has movement, you can change the position of the airplane...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-Century Wooden 'Root' Bowl
Located in London, GB
A curious natural wooden 'root' bowl.
France, c1970s.
Unusual desk top or shelf curio.
Good condition some evidence of historical woodworm sin...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Japonais Revival Coppered Inkstand with Hand Carved Glass Ink Wells
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique coppered Japonais Revival inkstand with two ink pots and a stamp holder. The border of the base is in relief and abounds with flowers and birds while the pen rest has a quain...
Category
1890s English Japonisme Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Copper
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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