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Desk Accessories For Sale
Color: Brown
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Cute Pig Silver Plated Metal Money Box Piggy Bank, Vintage, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous vintage metal money bank. A beautiful decorative item, with nice patina. Made in Europe, circa 1960s. Nice addition to any collection, desktop, living room or children's room.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
English McClark Tartanware Ink Stand Circa 1810
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
English McClark Tartanware Ink Stand Circa 1810 to 1840. Rare.
Category
Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Chinese Abacuses by Lotus Flower
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of Chinese abacuses dating from 1912 to 1949. A black lacquered frame secured with brass corners houses 13 bamboo rods, each with five and two black wooden beads. The original...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Fish Aquarium Made of Murano Glass
Located in Houston, TX
Murano glass aquarium with sticker still attached. In excellent condition.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Rare Antique English Regency Rosewood & Brass Writing Slope Box Lap Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A RARE AND FINE REGENCY ROSEWOOD WRITING SLOPE
England, circa 1815; includes a circa 1849 quill by Isaac Parkes
Item # 801EZX27
An inordinately fine box, the exterior is dressed wit...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Reddish Wood Desktop / Revolving Desk Bookcase
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique compact book mill with rotating function. The bookmill is made of solid mahogany wood, inlaid with copper and zinc .It has four storage com...
Category
1880s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze & Brose Double Inkstand, Scotland 1910, H547
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Art Nouveau gilt bronze & brose double inkstand, Scotland 1910, H547
Scotland 1910
Brass
Shaped back with pen rest.
Pair of inkwells with ce...
Category
1910s Scottish Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Postmodern Glazed Ceramic Pen Holder by Giovanni Bertoncello for Schiavon
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy by Giovanni Bertoncello for Schiavon, 1970s.
It is made in brown glazed ceramic.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be cons...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Italian Pair of Cubes by Enzo Mari for Danese Milano
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Two resin cubes, each containing a sphere, designed by Enzo Mari. Made in Italy by Danese Milano, 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
E15 Nona Chessboard & Chess Figures by Annabelle Klute
By e15
Located in New York, NY
The distinct outline of NONA chess figures illustrate a decisive cut and
minimum design intervention to create each character.Each figure is
inspired by the moves it can make. NONA is named in appreciation of
the first woman to be awarded the International Grandmaster title in
1978.
The wooden chess figures are hand-made in Germany and are finished
in clear and black lacquered oak with felt gliders. They are developed
with attention to proportion and scale in relation to the corresponding
chessboard NONA in harness leather, which is available separately.
- Figure height 45 – 90 mm (1 3/4 – 3 1/2 inch), width 30 mm (1 1/8 inch)
- Delivery includes sales packaging
- Can be combined with AC22 NONA chessboard
- Can be combined with ES09 CALVERT CHESS...
Category
2010s German Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Wood, Oak
"Paper Bag" by California Bronze
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Whimsical "paper bag" made from cast metal from California Bronze. Would make for a fun decorative piece in any interior. Photographed atop a Cappellini sid...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau Repoussé Mystic Inkwell by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
Antique Late 19th Century Mounted Horse Hoof Inkwell with Pen Holder
Located in Naples, FL
Antique mounted horse hoof made into an inkwell with a pen holder from a horseshoe; these were popular in the 19th century to transform hooves into inkwells as a simple way to rememb...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bone
Outstanding Antique Victorian Brass Desk Set
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding antique Victorian brass desk set having two brass inkwells with lift up lids. It boasts a magnificent gothic ornate brass decoration and has ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Carved Wooden Inkwell, Shape of a Corn Hush, European 1930, H307
Located in Vancouver, BC
Vintage carved wooden inkwell, shape of a corn hush, European 1930, H307
European 1930
Wood
A carved wooden corn hush with lid top
Opens to reveal a si...
Category
1930s European Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Ettore Sottsass Olivetti Valentine Typewriter C. 1960's
Located in Locust Valley, NY
Designed by Ettore Sottsass and Peter King, the typewriter is housed in the permanent collection of the MoMa as an excellent example of pop art.
The typewriter also presaged Sottsas...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Late 19th Century Large Walnut Carved Desk Letter/Stationery Rack
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A large antique letter rack, made of carved wood. The wickerwork is also made of carved wood. With three compartments. Made in France around 1890-1...
Category
1890s French Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Genie 1970s Retro Brown Leather Push Butoon Telephone
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful vintage brown leather covered telephone with intricate stitching and brass plate around the push buttons. Made by Genie and designed in the late-1970s in the USA. This mode...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Plastic
Postmodern Howard Miller George Nelson 1984 Olympus Table Clock "Tempo 21"
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare "Olympus" table clock by Howard Miller Clock Company. From the 1984 "Tempo 21" collection. The circular red clock face is upheld by a green pyramid base...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
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
19th Century French Walnut and Brass Writing Boxe
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful walnut desktop box which opens into a writing slope.
Decorated on the outside with 2 decorative inlaid tunbridge ware bands.
Box opens out to a beige fabric writing slo...
Category
1890s French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
AVem Large Vintage Italian Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight made by Arte Vetreria Muranese (A.V.e.M.) and dating from around 1935. The large hand blown domed clear glass paperwei...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Werkstätte Hagenauer Sculptural Foot Bowl or Tray, Midcentury, Brass, Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming and humorous Austrian brass bowl or tray in the shape of a foot, designed and executed by Werkstatte Hagenauer Vienna in the 1950s. also...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Boxer Dog Porcelain Decorative Object from West Germany, 1968
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful porcelain Boxer dog, West Germany, 1968. Beautiful details as shown.
Dimensions: 2" Depth x 7" Width x 6.75" Height.
Other items sho...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Hollywood Regency Early 20th Century Page Turner or Letter Opener Horn and Brass
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very large and decorative Hollywood Regency 1920s page turner or letter opener made by hand out of a curl goat Horn and brass.
On the brass it reads: AER
But the some letters are h...
Category
Early 20th Century European Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
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
Large Wood and Glass Tic Tac Toe
Located in Naucalpan, Edo de Mex
A collaboration by Orfeo Quagliata creating iconic family entertainment. This Board Games edition presents classic games like Backgammon, Chess and Tic Tac Toe, made out of wood and ...
Category
2010s Mexican Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Wood
Beautiful Auböck Mid-Century Pencil Cup Made From Horn
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a unique piece of Mid-Century Modern design. The pencil cup was carefully hand-carved out of the horn of a wild water buffalo and its bottom covered with green felt for p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Horn, Felt
Antique Silver Plate Arts Crafts Double Inkwell Pen Rest, Scotland 1920, H550
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Silver Plated Double Inkwell With Pen Rest, Arts & Crafts, Scotland 1920, H550
Scotland 1920
Silver Plate
Shaped open back with pen rest
Pair of inkwells...
Category
1920s Scottish Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid-Century Modern Georg Petersens Danish Mobelfabrik Desk Organizer
Located in Toledo, OH
Mid-century teak Georg Petersens Mobelfabrik desk organizer. Circa 1960's. Danish teak desktop organizer with multiple dividers and storage cubbies. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak
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
Contemporary Small Green Onyx Obelisk / Crystal Point
Located in Toronto, ON
Invite healing energy into your home with a contemporary small green onyx crystal point / obelisk. Gorgeous in a collection, or as a stand alone statement piece. Obelisks are symbols...
Category
2010s American Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx
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
Danish Rosewood Desk Top Organizer by George Petersen
Located in Toledo, OH
Danish Rosewood Desk Top Organizer by George Petersen. Circa 1960's. Vertical Shelves are 13.5" W x 7.25" D. Great condition. Overall dimensions are 2...
Category
1960s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Rosewood
Svenskt Tenn Pen Stand, Teak, Sweden
By Svenskt Tenn
Located in Los Gatos, CA
A rare pen holder in Teak, possibly one of a kind, made by Svenskt Tenn.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak
Carl Aubock Polished Brass Letter Opener #4233
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Carl Aubock polished brass letter opener #4233. Produced by Carl Auböck IV in the original Auböck workshop in Vienna, Austria using the same standards, high-quality materials, origin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Brass Letter Opener
Located in New York, NY
A vintage brass letter opener with a Greek-Key like design on handle, circa 20th century. Dimensions: .63" W x 7.5" Long.
Other desk accessories available separately, search 1stDibs ref. #s:
Italian desk/letter organizer...
Category
Mid-20th Century Greek Revival Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Burl Wood Box, Small
Located in New York, NY
A small burl wood round box with lid, circa late 20th century. A great piece to hold small jewelry (as demonstrated) or other small items on a vanity, desk, nightstand table, dresser, etc. Dimensions: 2.75" diameter x 1.75" Height.
Other items shown available separately, search 1stDibs ref. #s:
Mackenzie-Childs vase, search ref. #: LU1314226933622
Marble bookends, search ref. #: LU1314226918872
Brass sculpture, search ref. #: LU1314226920632
Agate dish...
Category
Late 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Burl
Addison Model 5D Red Butterscotch Marbled Catalin 'Courthouse' Tube Radio
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This Art Deco-styled vintage tube radio was made by the Addison Industries Ltd. of Canada in circa 1939. This is Addison's Model 5D, otherwise known as th...
Category
1930s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Beautiful and Rare Mahogany Tennis Racket Tensioner from Early 20th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful and rare English Tennis Racket Tensioner from early 20th century or maybe late 19th Century. Made in mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni) with brass details.
Wear consistent wi...
Category
Early 20th Century English Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Chromed Air Plane Desk Model, Original Art Deco, France, 1930s
Located in Ulm, DE
Chromed air plane desk model,
Original Patina
Original Art Deco,
France, 1930s
Propellers missing.
Dimensions:
Width 25 cm
Height 21 cm
Dep...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Vintage Danish Teak Desktop Organizer
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Vintage Danish teak desktop organizer with a variety of compartments for office accessory storage.
Year: 1970s
Origin: Denmark
Style: Mid-C...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak
Large Antique English Brass Owl Inkwell, circa.1890
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful and rare large figural inkwell, beautifully executed in the form of an Owl with fine detail.
The hinged head lifts to reveal a fitted ink chamber which looks to be a ...
Category
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
1950s Kay Bojesen Danish Teak Dust Bin Crumb Sweeper Set
By Kay Bojesen
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Kay Bojesen. Sweeper kit consisting of a sweeping tray and a brush of wood. Wonderful early impressed marks; k.b. eneret, translating kb exclusive, and Kay Bojesen paper label.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak
Antique Brass Plated Desk, Pols Potten Studio
By Pols Potten
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, aluminium, anti...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Iron
Pair of Extreme Art Deco Bookends in Macassar, 1920s
Located in Knivsta, SE
A pair of extreme Art Deco bookends in beautiful Macassar with chrome details.
Made in France during the 1920s.
Wear consistent with age and use.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Swiss Modern Desk Organizers, Pencil Holders by Pentex, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A red and a black pencil-holder in cast acrylic. 1970s Modern architectural styling. Designed and manufactured by Pentex in Switzerland. Each with 6 cylindrical compartments for uten...
Category
1970s Swiss Space Age Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
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
Sèvres Inkwell
Located in Tampa, FL
A Sèvres inkwell in immaculate condition with dorè bronze fittings and a burled wood base on paw feet. With liner. France, circa 1890s.
Category
1890s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Lavender Creme and Jasmine Ylang Ylang, Handmade Soap Set by Umé Studio
By UMÉ Studio
Located in Oakland, CA
Luscious soap and unique shapes, form and function work together to add a different kind of beauty to the daily ritual of bathing. Created with an abundance of unique botanicals, antioxidants, mineral rich clays, and skin-nurturing essential oils to cleanse, hydrate & nourish all skin types. Perfect for daily use.
Each Erode Summit is poured and cast by hand. As each batch is unique for each pour, no two are the same.
Use: Brush wet hands or cloth over the soap's surfaces to create, lather, release the aromatic essential oils and reveal the changing slopes.
As the soaps use and form are unique, the Bouton plate was designed hand in hand to serve as the Erode Summit's designated dish.
Certified organic
Measure: 5" round x 2" tall
320g e11.6oz
Bouton
5" round.
Lavender Creme Notes:
Creamy, rich and uplifting
Brazilian clay / goatmilk / indigo leaf
Jasmine Ylang Ylang...
Category
2010s American Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Soapstone
19th Century Antique French Inkwell in Gilded Brass and Porcelain
Located in Bradenton, FL
Beautiful Antique 19th century painted and gilded brass inkwell. Floral motif with pink rose on handle. 'Made in France' on underside.
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Tommaso Barbi Burl and Chrome Square Picture Frame, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Astonishing midcentury chromed brass and burl square photo frame. This beautiful piece was designed in Italy in the 1970s by Tomaso Barbi and is als...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Carl Aubock Big Brass Key Cork Screw, Bottle Opener, Paperweight, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A sculptural Midcentury corkscrew and bottle opener combination from the 1950s. In the shape of a large key, designed by Carl Aubock, executed by...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
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
Hollywood Regency Italian Gilt-wood Decorative Tassel or Finial
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian giltwood carved tassels. Gold gilt finish over red carved wood.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories
Materials
Giltwood
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
Late 19th Century Desktop Tambour Letter Storage Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique box for letters / documents with a roller shutter door. The box is made of wood. In good condition, the tambour door opens smoothly. M...
Category
1880s French Belle Époque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
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
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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