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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...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories

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Aluminum

Carl Auböck Paperweight Set as Used by Walter Gropius
Located in Berlin, DE
A Classic set of four beautiful pressed papiers designed by Carl Auböck and produced by the Carl Auböck Werkstätte. The set consists of a stone in leather, an egg, foot and hand. Sam...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Desk Accessories

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Stone, Brass

Blown Ultraviolet Murano Art Glass Paperweight Mid-Century Modern Italy
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.  
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Amazing, Art Deco Desk Set with Perpetual Calendar, Brass, Glass and Leather
Located in Catania, IT
Art Deco desk set in black leather, brass and glass. The leather with contrast saddle stitching is handcrafted and exquisitely done using brass elements that give the set a luxuriou...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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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...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Macassar

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...
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20th Century Organic Modern Desk Accessories

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Rock Crystal

Italian Photo Frame in Silver , Laura G Heart ruby.
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Laura G' Heart Ruby is a very sweet small photo frame, golden silver with enamel ruby color, a wonderful masterpiece of Laura G collection Art with Heart photo frames...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories

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Silver

Coral Size 10 Log Bowl by Loyal Loot Made to Order Hand Made from Reclaimed Wood
Located in calgary, CA
Log bowls combine the beauty of a tree in its natural state with a high-gloss, vibrant finish. Each bowl is handmade using locally reclaimed trees of all var...
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2010s Canadian Modern Desk Accessories

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Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Willow

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.
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Early 1900s French Antique Desk Accessories

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Silver, Brass

Don S. Shoemaker Mexican Modern Inlaid Mixed Woods Parquetry Hinged Box
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Inlaid mixed woods parquetry box created by Don Shoemaker, circa 1960s. Box measures 2.25" by 6.5" by 5.5" and is in very good vintage condition showing some wear. Signed with the Do...
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1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Wood

Antique English Oak Perpetual Calendar, c.1910
Located in Bath, GB
This handsome Edwardian Oak desk-top perpetual calendar is a good size standing 8 1/4" tall. The four knobs to each side are used to move forward...
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Desk Accessories

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Oak

Falize French Gilt Silver & Cutglass Baccarat Dual Inkwells Eagle Finials, c1850
Located in Gardena, CA
Falize French Gilt Silver & Cutglass Baccarat Dual Inkwells Eagle Finials, c1850 An outstanding 2nd Empire French Gilt .950 silver and cut crystal enc...
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19th Century Antique Desk Accessories

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Sterling Silver

Carl Auböck Paperweight #4992-3 Safety Pin, Austria
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck paperweight #4992-3 in the shape of a safety pin, Austria.
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2010s Austrian Desk Accessories

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Brass

19th Century French Baccarat Crystal & Oak Double Inkwell Inkstand Desk Set
Located in Pearland, TX
A fine 19th-century French Baccarat crystal and oak double inkwell and pen tray desk set. Signed "Baccarat". The inkwells and nib holder are heavy with a swirled crystal design and h...
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19th Century Antique Desk Accessories

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Crystal, Brass

Knotted Double Leather Tray Set Medium André Fu Living Accessories Modern New
Located in CENTRAL, HK
Knotted double leather serving tray set. Hand stitched calf leather. Also, available in a larger size tray set of two, size 55 x 35 x 5.8 H cm. Larger quantities available upon reque...
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2010s Thai Modern Desk Accessories

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Leather, Wood

Carl Auböck Paperweight "Foot", Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck paperweight "Foot" in Brass, Austria 1960s.
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1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Brass

English Victorian Period 19th Century Brown Leather Case with Button Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique English Victorian period leather case and horseshoe button box from the 19th century, with eleven buttons. Created in England during the reign of Queen Victoria, this leather set features a light brown pouch...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Metal

Pink Bakelite Electric Table Fan by Tana VEB Germany, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
1950s electric Bakelite table fan in the color pink. This cute little fan made of Bakelite has the color pink with marbled pattern. It's a vintage German electric fan from the 1950s ...
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Mid-20th Century German Industrial Desk Accessories

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Bakelite

Antique Grand Tour Mahogany Brass Inlaid Desk Set Inkstand English Regency 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning and Rare Example of an English Grand Tour Regency period brass inlaid Mahogany Inkstand of rectangular outline and generous proportions. First quarter of the Nineteenth Cent...
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19th Century English Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories

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Brass

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...
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2010s Turkish Minimalist Desk Accessories

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Copper, Steel

Lacquered Japanese Writing Box, Mid 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A Lacquered Japanese writing box with metal detailing, mid 20th century. The box has signs of patina on the metal, a small crack in one corner and...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Other Desk Accessories

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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...
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2010s Portuguese Organic Modern Desk Accessories

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Metal, Brass

Art Deco Bookends by Hagenauer
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco pair bookends by the Austrian artist Hagenauer depicting two female figures in native costume made of rosewood and Nickel Platted metal. Made in Austria. Circa: 1926 Signa...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Desk Accessories

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Nickel

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...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories

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Nickel, Metal, Brass

Vintage Rare Pair of Brass Flying Fish Bookends, 1930s
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of flying fish bookends in brass, 1930s. These two are beautiful sculptures on their own. Gilt and patina coexist in each of these pieces adding an element of movement...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Brass

Antique Tooled Red Burgundy Leather Writing Surface Desk Insert Pad
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique tooled red or burgundy leather desk / table writing surface pad. Purchased in London in the 1980s.  Measures: 41" x 65".     
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Early 20th Century Victorian Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

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 ...
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1880s French Antique Desk Accessories

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Walnut

1950s Style of Hermès Distressed Leather and Wood Memo Note Pad Holder
Located in Chula Vista, CA
French style of Hermes leather wrapped wood memo note pad holder desk accessory vintage circa 1950s. Unmarked. 7 L x 4.75 W x 1.5 tall Original unrest...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Leather, Wood

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...
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20th Century Moroccan Minimalist Desk Accessories

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Wood, Burl

Ceramic Boxer Dog
Located in New York, NY
A great Boxer dog ceramic sculpture from Holland, circa mid-20th century, Netherlands. Piece bears the traditional colors of the faithful boxer dog. Marked "...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Desk Accessories

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Ceramic

Celeste Globe by Charles Dien 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Celeste globe by Charles Dien it is signed Charles Dien 1840 in very good general condition measurements: 36 cm high and 15 cm in diameter very good condition.
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19th Century French Baroque Antique Desk Accessories

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Wood

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...
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Mid-20th Century German Country Desk Accessories

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Wood

Berd Vay'e Limited Edition "Time Squared" Lucite Sculpture 'Small'
Located in New Orleans, LA
Berd Vay'e limited edition "Time Squared" lucite sculpture Structured integrity; the Time Squared sculpture appears to tumble through time, resting remarkably mid-air - a spectacula...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Desk Accessories

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Lucite

Olivetti "Valentine" Typewriter by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Vienna, AT
Famous portable typewriter by Sottsass for Olivetti, Italy from the 1960s. Totally functional with some wear. 3 pieces available.  
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Steel

Italian Silver Gilt Grand Tour Pompeian Classical Piping Faun Bell
Located in New York, NY
Italian silver gilt grand-tour bell, ca 1920. Figural handle in form of piping faun with puffed out cheeks and hoofed and hirsute hindquarters. Based on Greek statuette excavated in ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Desk Accessories

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Silver

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...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories

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Crystal, Brass

Austrian Chrome Art Deco Table Clock
Located in Vienna, AT
Small table clock made of beautiful dark walnut wood and silver chrome-plated brass. Clock face is wood with inserted beams and dots to show the ti...
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1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Brass, Chrome

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...
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Mid-20th Century Desk Accessories

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Paper, Leather

1900s Art Nouveau Italian Scale with Floral Inlays and Bronzes
Located in Catania, Sicilia
An art nouveau bronze and wood scale with floral inlays and bronzes hand-crafted in Italy in the early 120th century.
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Desk Accessories

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Bronze

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...
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20th Century Desk Accessories

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Paper, Leather

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...
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19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Desk Accessories

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Wood

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...
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Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Pine

Mid-Century Coffee Grinder, 1950’s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Germany Made of Wood, Metal,Steel The worm is no longer active Original condition.
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal, Steel

Playful Antique Jugendstil Boy and Snowball Table or Desk Lamp by A. de Ranieri
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and original antique lamp by Aristide de Ranieri (1865-1929). This rare and original, early 20th century table lamp really has it all. During the day you have a beautiful and m...
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Early 20th Century European Jugendstil Desk Accessories

Materials

Spelter

Blank Desk Organizer In Brushed Brass 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...
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2010s Turkish Minimalist Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass, Steel

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...
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2010s Canadian Minimalist Desk Accessories

Materials

Willow, Wood

Penshell Box by Maitland Smith
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish penshell storage box will make a great addition to your desk, or perhaps to be used simply as an object of beauty. Note: Last image shows a small flea-bit on the unde...
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Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Shell

Rare Faceted Bohemian Amanita Muscaria Glass Paperweight
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A mid to late 19th century Czech paperweight, showing the mastery of Czech glass blowing. A similar example is in the Bergstrom-Mahler Glass Museum in Neenah, Wisconsin. It doesn't h...
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Late 19th Century Czech Antique Desk Accessories

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Art Glass

Seguso Murano Sommerso Orange Red Yellow Italian Art Glass Squirrel Figurine
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful and very cute, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso red orange, yellow Italian art glass squirrel sculpture / figurine. Documented to designer A...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Glass

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...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Travertine, Marble

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...
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Mid-20th Century German Country Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Andes Large Wood & Alpaca Silver Box
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...
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2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Vaust, "Slant", Book Stand, 2017
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...
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2010s German Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble, 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...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Antique Desk Accessories

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Wood

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...
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Late 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories

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Oak

Wild Coffee Tree Sculpture with Metal Base, Unique Piece, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 500 other unique products. (2.2) Wild coffee tree sculpture with metal base, decorative object. A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

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Metal

Fine Antique Victorian Marble & Brass Roman Grand Tour Statue Columns Pillars
Located in GB
We are is delighted to offer for sale this extremely collectable pair of original Victorian Marble & Brass Grand Tour Roman Ruin statue of columns. A wonderful original pair, these are desk sized and very collectable, these Roman pillars...
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19th Century European Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Marble, Brass

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.
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2010s Austrian Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

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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