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Desk Accessories For Sale
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Unusual Antique Victorian Quality Brass Inkwell
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique Victorian quality brass inkwell having a quality antique Victorian brass inkwell of a dog with original glass eyes on a circula...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
British Studio Pottery Brown Glazed Water Dropper or Inkwell
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and finely hand crafted studio pottery water dropper or inkwell decorated in brown glazes dating from the 20th century. The hand thrown hive shaped vessel stands on a flat...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Crystal Stylized Penguin Sculptures by Val St. Lambert
Located in San Diego, CA
A pair of petite faceted clear crystal penguin sculptures by Val St. Lambert exclusively for the Danbury Mint, circa 1980s. The pair are in excellent cond...
Category
Late 20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Casette Collection, Stone Books Holder and Decorative Objects by Pimar Italy
Located in Nociglia, IT
A unique collection designed by RICCARDO DALISI and crafted by PIMAR ITALY on a limited edition with natural limestone extracted from quarries of Salento (southern Italy)
This lime...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Limestone, Stainless Steel
Mondi Paralleli
By Gumdesign
Located in Viareggio, IT
Una collezione di taglieri in marmo siciliano e rovere naturale ottenuti con lavorazioni artigianali esprimono storie parallele, narrazioni del senso materico e funzionale; sono stor...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Very Rare circa 1850 Chinese Hand-Carved Serving Tray with Snake Handles & Frog
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare circa 1850 hand-carved from a single piece of timber serving tray with snake handles chasing a frog
A very good looking and exqui...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chippendale Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Fondamenta
By Gumdesign
Located in Viareggio, IT
Sin dagli albori della civilta' la stabilita', concreta e simbolica, viene rappresentata dalla colonna, fondamenta sulla quale sopportare monumenti, sapere ed esperienza fino a diven...
Category
2010s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Iron
1920s French Metal Birdcage
Located in High Point, NC
This metal birdcage with a square wooden base was made in France, circa 1920. Corrugated and smooth rods alongside thin wires were used to construct the...
Category
1920s French Rustic Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Wire
French 2 Pot Inkwell Stand with a Hunting Retriever Dog
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
French 2 pot inkwell stand with a Hunting Retriever Dog
This is a very attractive desk top inkwell, the centre of the stand is set with a curly coated retrie...
Category
Late 19th Century Country Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Spelter
Original Midcentury Carl Auböck Comb Made from Horn
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a beautiful half-moon shaped comb. The item was hand-crafted from horn and designed by the renowned workshops of Carl Auböck in Austria. It's a remarkable example of the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Horn
Petite English Victorian Period 19th Century Carved Wooden Bird Sculpted Group
Located in Atlanta, GA
A petite antique English Victorian period small carved wooden sculpted group from the 19th century depicting two small birds nesting with each other and accented with orange paint. C...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Paris Crocodile Skin 7 Piece Desk Set French Art Deco Complete
By Hermès
Located in Oakland, CA
French Art Deco 7-piece crocodile skin desk set in the style of the Paris company Hermes, very fine 7- piece desk set in rich deep brown crocodile skin. May have been designed by Paul Dupré-Lafon who worked for Hermes and is best known for these highly stylized fancy desk...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Famille Rose Qianlong Period Enamel Inkwell by L'Escalier de Cristal C.1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Famille Rose Painted Enamel inkwell set Qianlong Period (1736-1795) by l’Escalier de Cristal
It consists of a fretworked tray with raised edges in blackened wood surrounded by a fine gilded bronze ring, on which rests two Famille Rose Qianlong Period (1736-1795) hexagonal inkwells with pierced tops, one with original glass container, decorated with polychrome stylised flower heads and foliate scrollwork.
This inkwell is characteristic of the productions of the Maison de l'Escalier de Cristal, it shows a hybrid realization, using ancient Asian elements, used as a container for feathers and ink.
Stamped «Escalier de Cristal Paris»
Circa 1880
L’Escalier de Cristal, Parisian firm created about 1800 by Mme veuve Desarnaud, famous under the French « Restoration » for its decorative objects combining crystal and bronze. She was awarded a gold medal at the 1819 Paris Exposition des Produits de l’Industrie for an outstanding gilt-bronze mounted crystal dressing table. Located in Paris, at the Palais-Royal, Galerie de Valois, L’Escalier de Cristal was bought out around 1830 by Boin, and then by Lahoche in 1840. The company owed its rise to a position amongst the most im-portant Paris decorative wares shops to Lahoche, who expanded considerably the business and entered later in partnership with his son-in-law to set up in 1852 Lahoche et Pannier...
Category
1870s French Japonisme Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu, Enamel
Plato Oval No.02 Desk Organizer Design by Defne Koz for Uniqka
By Uniqka
Located in Türkali, 34
An award-winning series of trays and organizers, Plato Collection comes in various sizes, colors, and shapes. Plato organizes everyday objects with serenity, sophistication and bliss...
Category
2010s Turkish Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Carl Auböck Model #9038 Polished Brass Knob
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #9038 polished brass knob.
Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese knob is executed in polished brass by Werkstätt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Wax Seal Impressions in Turned Lignum Vitae Boxes
Located in East Geelong, VIC
All seven of these red sealing wax impressions are housed in nicely turned lignum vitae boxes with screw on lids. The boxes range in diameter from 29 ...
Category
1830s English Georgian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ebony
Antique Brass-Plated Desk, Pols Potten Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Antique brass-plated desk, Pols Potten Studio.
Dimensions: W 120.5 x D 51 x H 75.5 cm.
Materials: Black powder-coated iron frame, aluminum, antique brass-plated top.
Pols Pott...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Iron, Aluminum
Large Hand Painted Snakeskin Tray
Located in Troy, MI
This large platform-style tray is just under two feet wide and features subtly under-curving legs, genuine snakeskin leather that has been hand painted to accentuate the color and pa...
Category
2010s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Wood
Italian Leather Jewelry Box with Scalloped Design
Located in New York, NY
An Italian leather jewelry box with a Kelly-green velvet interior, circa early to mid-20th century, Italy. Box, with scalloped edge design,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Velvet
Antique Victorian Dinner Bell
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
That's an antique dinner bell with abalone , mother -of-pearl bell on a white marble base. I found this object in France during a vacation, and the...
Category
Early 20th Century French Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl
Antique Classic Brass Ink Well
Located in Seguin, TX
Circa 1890's brass inkwell with glass insert. Monogramed WRE on top, likely gilt finish at one time which has now worn off. Felt bottom, overall patina.
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Baku Card Holder Design by Kerem Aris for Uniqka
By Uniqka
Located in Türkali, 34
Baku is a holder for storing business cards or small notes on the desktop.
Reducing the paper clutter on the desk, Baku offers both an elegant and smart approach to hold business c...
Category
2010s Turkish Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Danish Modern Desk Set in Teak, 1960s, Set of 3
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Curious group of 3 desk accessories consisting of a teak pencil holder, a viking brush for your key board and a teak letter opener. The viking brush is designed and made by Hans Bøll...
Category
1960s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak
Vintage Hand-Carved Jade Stone Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage hand-carved jade stone statue was cleverly sculpted to depict fully laden grapevines, combined with a naturally colored rouge segment below creating the illusion of a gnarly grapevine root...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Antique Victorian Brass & Scottish Agate Postal Scale & Weights, Circa 1865-1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Victorian Brass and Scottish Agate Postal scale with Weights, Circa 1865-1870.
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate, Brass
Carl Auböck Paperweight "Foot", Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck paperweight "Foot" in Brass, Austria 1960s.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Plato Oval No.05 Desk Organizer Design by Defne Koz for Uniqka
By Uniqka
Located in Türkali, 34
An award-winning series of trays and organizers, Plato Collection comes in various sizes, colors, and shapes. Plato organizes everyday objects with serenity, sophistication and bliss...
Category
2010s Turkish Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Antique Black Forest Inkwell, Wood, 1920-1930
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful handmade Black Forest inkwell.
Around 1920 / 1930.
Depiction of a chamois.
Wood with glass eyes.
Category
1920s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Wood, Nutwood, Walnut
Stylized Crystal Frog Sculpture / Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous stylized crystal frog sculpture / paperweight, circa 1990s. The piece is in excellent condition with no visible imperfections and has great clari...
Category
20th Century French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Metal Stamp with Wooden Handle, Italy, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Metal stamp with wooden handle exhibited at the congress and systematic exhibition on Italian Risorgimento Art.
Text of the stamp General secretariat o...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Andes Medium 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
Manhattan Desk Organizer Design by Kerem Aris for Uniqka
By Uniqka
Located in Türkali, 34
Manhattan is a desktop organizer, taking its inspiration from
the landscape of Manhattan island in New York City.
In an era of increasing urbanism and construction, the
designer has...
Category
2010s Turkish Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Copper, Steel
Wicker Cane Bathroom Vanity Brush or Pen Desk Accessory Holder
Located in New York, NY
A wicker cane acrylic bathroom vanity toothbrush or pen/pencil desk accessory holder. Piece is blonde cane wicker covered in clear acrylic. Piece appears to have never been used. A g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Desk Accessories
Materials
Cane, Acrylic, Wood
Florentin Wooden Bases, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Handcrafetd florentine wooden bases of 19th century Italy.
Measures: 12x15 cm.
Good conditions.
Category
19th Century European Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Betjemann's Self Closing Coromandel Book Slide
Located in Norwood, NJ
This is a high quality antique Victorian Coromandel self closing adjustable book slide, circa 1860 in date.
It features a pair of oval Sevres style plaques depicting cherubs at pl...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Dewoitine Wooden Counters Desk Model Airplane 1930s French
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Dewoitine Wooden Counters Desk Model Airplane 1930s French.
The Dewoitine was a Art Deco 1930s French eight-passenger airliner built by Dewoitine.
The Airplane was an all-metal cantilever low-wing monoplane. The pilot and co-pilot were seated side by side in a cabin located forward of the wing leading edge. A radio operator station was located behind the pilots, and it had a passenger cabin for eight passengers. The landing gear had trouser-type fairings on the main gear legs.
The aircraft first flew on 11 July 1933 powered by three Hispano-Suiza 9V radial engines...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique Brass Table Vesta with Novelty Enameled Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual antique brass table vesta or nib holder decorated with a novelty black enamel figure of a boy diving on the ground dating from the 19th ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Soho Crystal Book End, Handsculpted Contemporary Crystal
Located in Geneve, CH
Soho crystal book end, hand-sculpted contemporary crystal
Decorative vase
Hand-sculpted in crystal
Measures: W 10, H 19, D 6.5 cm
The reflectio...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Porcelain Bowl Hand Painted Easter Rabbit Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Completely handmade porcelain bowl with a hands-free naturalistic painted Easter rabbit in black and white colors. The rabbit is sitting at the side of t...
Category
2010s German Country Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Male Bust Sculptures, Set of 3
By A. Santini
Located in New York, NY
A set of three (3) Italian male sculpture busts by R. Santini, in the classical Roman design style, circa mid-20th century, Italy. This set of busts could be used for a library, office, etc., on a shelf, table, etc. Marked on bottom as shown in images.
Dimensions L to R:
Nerone: 4.63" Width x 6" Height
Augusto: 4.13" Width x 5.75" Height
Traiano: 4.63" Width x 6.19" Height
For Corinthian capitol columns...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Desk Accessories
Materials
Composition
Antique English Coromandel & Ormolu Mounted Four Piece Desk Set Mid 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful and highly decorative antique Victorian ormolu mounted coromandel four piece desk set by the renowned London maker of luxury items, Betjemann & Sons, cira 1860 in...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu
Ben Seibel for Jenfred-Ware Bookends in Copper Finish
By Ben Seibel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great modern design in this pair of bookends by the well known Modern designer Ben Seibel.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Sterling Silver Inkwell XL Size, Denmark, 1920
Located in Paris, FR
Sterling silver inkwell made in Denmark, 1920.
Very large size silver inkwell holder made of sterling silver, weight 620 grams.
Good condition, some engraving on the silver as seen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Antique English Edwardian Wood and Brass Ice Bucket
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming English oak ice bucket with brass double banded accents and handles.
The ice bucket has the original mirror glass insert for better keeping th...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Fine Tunbridge Ware Writing Box / Lap Desk, Eridge Castle, circa 1870
Located in Bath, GB
A truly fine example of a Victorian Tunbridge Ware writing box or lap desk dating to circa 1870.
The central section featuring Eridge Castle, East Sussex. The box comes complete w...
Category
1870s British Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Omega, a Wood and Enamel Art Deco Eight Day Desk Clock
By Omega
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Omega. A wood and enamel Art Deco eight day desk clock
Singed Omega.
Polished wooden case, two polychrome enamel panels with floral and geometric motif, gilt case back, dial signed.
Very good conditions.
Working conditions. It just been cleaned.
Rare example of these Art Deco Enamel Clocks.
Category
Early 20th Century Swiss Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Vintage Petrified Wood Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage petrified wood paper weight, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown and tan colors and measur...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Congolese Mid-Century Modern Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Petrified Wood
Georgian Captains Military Writing Box by Hewlins, St Martins Lane
Located in Northampton, GB
Antique military captain's writing box with brass strapping, secret compartment and special large steel key to secure the box for stability on the shores or military manoeuvres!
T...
Category
Late 18th Century British Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Dirk Van Erp Hand-Hammered Copper Arts & Crafts Letter Opener
By Dirk Van Erp
Located in San Diego, CA
Rarely seen Arts & Crafts era Dirk Van Erp hand-hammered copper letter opener dating from the 1920s-early 1930s. Made in San Francisco, California. Signed on the back. In very nice o...
Category
Early 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
Brass Starfish Sculpture / Paperweight
By Art Brass Co.
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A nicely cast starfish paperweight, sculpture or hanging sculpture since it has a hook to the backside. Well made and can be used in the office or as a decorative accessory, made in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Korean Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Peach Bookend Mould Project by Theodora Alfredsdottir
Located in Geneve, CH
Peach bookend mould project by Theodora Alfredsdottir.
Unique
Materials: Jesmonite
Dimensions: 110 x 80 x 180mm.
Theodora Alfredsdottir is a product design studio based in Lond...
Category
2010s English Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Cement
Fossil Coral Stone Sphere, Italy 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A Wunderkammer Grand Tour's souvenir. A fossil coral stone sphere, resting on a base, made of brass. Italy circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Brass
Green Leather Desk Set by Jacques Adnet, France, 1950s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Rich brown leather desk set by Jacques Adnet, France, 1950s.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Walnut Trinket Tray / Catch All
Located in San Diego, CA
A fun midcentury walnut trinket tray / catch all, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 8" W x 10" D x 0.5" H; there are t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Micro Mosaic Pen Holder
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Micro mosaic Moorish pen holder: simply beautiful ! Elegant sitting on Your desk.
It must not remain near heat sources because the mosaic could be dama...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Aesthetic Movement Desk Accessories
Materials
Enamel
Set of 2 Hand Sculpted "Book Bombs" Book Ends, Nicholas Hamilton Holmes
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand-sculpted "Book Bombs" book ends, Nicholas Hamilton Holmes.
Dimensions: 8” diameter
Materials: Blackened and stippled pine, white oak, spalted maple.
The books bombs grew ou...
Category
2010s Canadian Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Maple, Oak, Pine
Antique Grand Tour Pietra Dura Specimen Paperweight 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a superb decorative antique Italian Grand Tour marble Pietra Dura mounted desk paperweight, circa 1880 in date.
This splendid rectangular paperweight is exquisitely inlai...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Malachite, Onyx, Marble
Middle Eastern Moorish Handcrafted Mosaic Decorative Trinket Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood box.
vintage small trinket box intricately decorated with Moorish motif des...
Category
Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Desk Accessories
Materials
Shell, Mother-of-Pearl, Fruitwood
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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