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Desk Accessories For Sale
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Decorative XIX Century Child Wax Bust
Located in Madrid, ES
XIX Century child wax bust.
Curious bust in wax representing a child of the xix century on wooden base total measurements: 22 cm height only the bust 16 cm.
Category
1860s Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Fruitwood
Tommi Parzinger for Hart Associates Nickel & Taupe Enamel Magazine Rack, 1950's
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Hart Associates, Tommi Parzinger attributed Magazine Stand, Book Stand. Folder Stand. Repurpose. Featuring a sturdy rectangular two part form with curved Nickel plated Brass base and...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Majolica Rams Head English Decorated Partners Desk Stand with Inkwells
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish English majolica pottery partners desk stand with inkwells with ram heads by renowned maker William Brownfield and dating from around 1870. The rectangular shaped desk...
Category
19th Century English High Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Pottery
Arman Violins Accumulations Paperweight for Christofle, France, 1980s
By Arman, Christofle
Located in Milan, IT
Arman violins accumulations metal paperweight for Christofle, France, 1983.
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
19th Century Wabi-Sabi Caddy
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderfully charming 19th century American caddy or tool box with the best whimsical wabi-sabi inspired natural bentwood hickory handle. Perfect for holding napkins, flatware, or o...
Category
19th Century American Rustic Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Antique English Blue John or Derbyshire Spar Egg Shaped Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique paperweight.
Comprised of Blue John (also known as Derbyshire Spar), a rare form of fluorite from England with distinct purple & yell...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Desk Accessories
Materials
Precious Stone
Turn of the Century French Brass Filigree Horsehair Brush with Painted Portrait
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French brass filigree horsehair brush from the Turn of the century, with hand painted portrait. Born in France at the end of the 19th, early 20th cen...
Category
Early 20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique French Brass Double Inkwell with Foliage Decoration
Located in Sofia, BG
Double inkwell made in brass with detailed and very beautiful foliage decoration.
France, circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Bookends
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare pair of bookends designed by Carl Auböck.
Category
1950s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Square Lucite and Brass Pocket Emptier, Dior Style, France, 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning midcentury lucite and brass squared valet tray. This wonderful item was produced in France in the style of Christian Dior in 1970s.
This vide-poche features a gorgeous pi...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Sunshine Recorder by Casella of London
Located in London, GB
A Campbell–Stokes sunshine recorder, attributed to Casella & Co, circa 1910.
Mounted on a later wooden display plinth.
Marked with serial number...
Category
Early 20th Century English Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Paul Dupre-Lafon Hermes Paris Scissors, Paper Knife in Leather Scabbard, Signed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A pair of scissors and letter opener in a handstitched, elephant gray leather scabbard by Paul Dupre-Lafon for Hermes, Paris. This desk set was well-used by its once owner who was ap...
Category
1950s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Hermès Ink Blotter by Dupre-Lafon, 1970s France
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Hermès ink blotter by Dupre-Lafon. Made with thick tanned cowhide and finished with a thick brass ring on top with the words Hermès Paris imprint...
Category
1970s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Brazilian Agate Onyx and Wood Round Jewelry or Trinket Box, Brazil, 1980s
Located in New York, NY
A Brazilian wood and agate onyx round jewelry or trinket box, in the Modern style/Post-Modern period, circa late 20th century, 1980s, Brazil. Agate is a light grey hue. Piece would s...
Category
Late 20th Century Brazilian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate, Onyx
Danese Milano Lampedusa Orange Pencil Holder in Melamine by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
Orange Lampedusa is a re-edition of the famous melamine desktop pencil holder that has become one of the classics of 20th Century design and can be found in numerous museum collectio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Italian Marble Decorative Object or Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Italian marble decorative object or paperweight with egg-shape design, circa mid-20th century, Italy. A great decorative object or desk accessory. Dimensions: 2.69" x 4.32 x 2.5" height.
Other items shown available separately, search 1stDibs ref. #s:
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Italian picture frame, search ref. #: LU1314223647982
Red coral letter opener, search ref. #: LU1314223676062 (SOLD)
Mother of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Alabaster
AFFINITÉS bookends, pine wood, handmade in France, OROS Edition
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
OROS and Chose Commune have teamed up to create the limited edition “Affinités” bookends, handcrafted in the south of France from local Mediterranean species.
From the meeting between Laure Amoros (OROS) and Cécile Poimboeuf- Koizumi (Chose Commune) was born the desire to think of a singular object honoring their respective universes - woodworking and book publishing, as well as their common aesthetic sense. Versatile, the “Affinités” bookend comes in two other uses, both practical and harmonious: book holder and bookmark.
Wood species: Pine
Dimensions: 24 x 10 x 16.5cm
Technique: Band saw...
Category
2010s French Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Pine
Floating Pennies in Lucite Cube Paperweight in the Style of William Rolfe
Located in San Diego, CA
Floating pennies in lucite cube paperweight in the style of William Rolfe, circa 1980s. The pice is in very good vintage condition and measures 2.5"W...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Murano Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Standing Puppy Dog Figurine Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso golden amber and gold flecks Italian art glass puppy dog sculpture / figurine. Created in the manner of designers Archimede Seguso and Al...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Ladies Hand Wall or Desk Letter Clip Erhard & Sohne Ormolu, German 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous ladies hand wall or desk letter / paper clip. Made of Ormolu, by Erhard & Sohne, Germany. Beautiful color and patina. This was made by Erhard & Sohne in the early 1890s-19...
Category
1890s German Belle Époque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu
Art Deco Streamlined Skyscraper Style Burled Carpathian Elm Letter Holder, 1930
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This elegant Art Deco Skyscraper style letter holder was realized in the United States, circa 1930. It features four concentric demilune streamlined forms that diminish in size from ...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Burl
Antique English Wooden Perpetual Calendar, c.1910
Located in Bath, GB
This handsome Edwardian Mahogany desk-top perpetual calendar is a good size standing 9 1/4" tall and nice to made from Mahogany rather than Oak...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Pink Rhodonite Gemstone Calligraphy Brush 15"
Located in Somis, CA
This is a very rare brush made with 5 rose pink rhodonite gemstones, each stone measuring at 1.25" wide. A healing crystal for the heart, it dissolves negative emotions and magnifies...
Category
20th Century Chinese Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Vintage Wood Pen Holder and Lighter, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage wood pen holder and lighter is an original object realized in the 1970s.
Original wood and metal.
Made in Italy.
The set includes: a geometr...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Vintage Leather Stitched Padfolio Bond Street Italy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan leather burgundy leather padfolio.
Vintage Bond Street Leather Portfolio Italy Burgundy.
Gorgeous Burgundy Pebbled Leather Portfolio
B...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Set of travertine paperweights Elephants attributed to the Fratelli Mannelli
Located in Roma, IT
A Mid Century set of paperweight sculptures depicting a family of elephants.
It was produced in Italy in the 70s and is attributed to the Fratelli Mannelli manufacture, a historic b...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine
Molded Teak Plywood Double Letter Tray by Martin Aberg for Rainbow of Sweden
Located in San Diego, CA
Very cool and functional double letter tray by Martin Aberg for Rainbow Wood Products Company of Sweden, circa 1970s. The trays are made of molded teak plywood and can swivel into an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak
Fornasetti Gold and White Porcelain Bell
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a unique and rare fornasetti gold and white porcelain bell from Italy.
Category
1950s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Cristal Saint Louis Ivoire de Balmain Collectible Perfume Decanter/Bottle
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Cristal Saint Louis cut crystal decanter of Ivoire de Balmain perfume. The bottle is urn shaped and it is a faceted clear crystal. There is...
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Contemporary Sculptural Object Made Entirely from Industrial Pine Wood Offcuts.
Located in København K, 84
Offcut Collection
By Lærke Ryom 2021.
Individually signed. Dimension 11 x 10,5 x 4 cm.
(Please see other listings from this collection)
-Offcut collection by Lærke Ryom in...
Category
2010s European Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
Geometric Abstract Bookends, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A substantial pair of metal bookends with a geometric abstract design and a copper-rose gold hue, in the Post-Modern Deconstructivist design style. Pair could work well as individual...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Vernier Protractor by Newton & Co of London
Located in London, GB
A mid 19th century brass Vernier protractor by Newton & Co of London.
With two screw in fixing points.
Signed: Newton & Co 3, Fleet St, London
Marked with Broad-Arrow: WD 5679.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Unusual Antique Treen Money Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual 19th century Victorian antique treen money box with a screw top.
This has a lovely colour and is in wonderful original condition
Measures...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Satinwood
WMF Secessionist Art Nouveau Pewter Inkstand of Rectangular Organic Flowing Form
Located in London, GB
WMF. Secessionist Art Nouveau Pewter Inkstand. Germany.
The inkstand is of rectangular organic form with stylized clovers to the front border, plain deep welled front and smaller si...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
1950s Paul McCobb Mid-Century Modern Planner Group Desk Organizer
By Paul McCobb, Winchester Furniture
Located in Saint Paul, MN
Paul McCobb Planner Group desk organizer by Winchendon Furniture. Made in the 1950s.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
New Brush Stand Solid Wenge Wood Small Holds 12
Located in Somis, CA
Our calligraphy brush stands are made of solid wenge wood, a prized, sustainable, exotic wood with beautiful grains. Top of the stands are deco...
Category
2010s Chinese Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Wenge
Antique Brass Double Inkstand with Pen Holders, Scotland 1900, H548
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique brass double inkstand with pen holders, Scotland 1900, H548
Scotland 1900
Brass & glass
Brass pen holder to the back
Pair of cut glass inkwel...
Category
Early 1900s Scottish Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Lighter and Ashtrays Set, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Lighter and ashtrays set is an original decorative object realized in the 1970s.
An elegant set composed by an ashtray and a lighter in brass and metal,...
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
Oak and Leather Stationery by Casa Comte
By Comte S.A.
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Oak wastebasket, lined with red leather, made by Casa COMTE (1932-1960).
Bibliography Mo Amelia Teitelbaum (2010), “Los Creadores de un Estilo, Minimalis...
Category
1940s South American Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Oak
Zanotta Cavour CM Executive Kit in Canaletto Walnut by Carlo Mollino
By Zanotta, Carlo Mollino
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Zanotta Cavour CM Executive Kit in Canaletto Walnut by Carlo Mollino
Legs in solid natural or black varnished oak, or in solid Canaletto walnut; wax-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Silver Plated Pen Holder and Letter Opener
Located in Sheffield, MA
Neoclassical style pen holder and letter opener. Add style, class and organization to your desk or nightstand. Dimension is for the holder. Letter opener: 7.75" L x 5/8" D.
OFFERING ...
Category
20th Century European Neoclassical Revival Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Walnut Mirror Paperweight
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Vintage round mirrored paperweight cased in walnut with a felt bottom.
Year: 1970s
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Dimensions: 3.25" diameter x 1.75" tall.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Travel Lap Desk Walnut 19th C. on Stand as Side Table Decorative Gift Antique La
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Exquisite English lap traveling desk portable. Countryside writing bureau in good condition considering the usage of the period in quality warm walnut wood. Rising on a later brass s...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Gucci Vintage Leather Solid Silver Rider Crop, 1970s
By Gucci
Located in Munich, DE
Gucci vintage rider crop in embossed brown leather and a 800 silver jockey cap. Leather and jockey cap signed with Gucci and a silver hallmark. Excellent...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Victorian Pierced Folding Extending Bookend Slide
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Victorian Pierced Folding Extending Bookend Slide
A very attractive piece with Pierced Ends which both fold flat and extend to hold more books securely
The Slide is 13” wide extend...
Category
Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Set of Rare Austrian Bakelite Salt and Pepper stands
By Kolbenheyer Erich
Located in Vienna, AT
Kolbenheyer Aubock Hagenauer all worked in Vienna in the 1950‘s. One of these Architects is also the Designer of our nice serving table accessory.
An S&P set including toothpick hol...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Silver Plate Bambi Roe Deer Fawn Letter Opener Vintage, Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian letter opener. Nice addition to your desktop or just for your collection of Austrian midcentury items. Found at an estate sale in Vienna, Austria.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Brass Double Inkwell, Scotland, 1900
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique brass double inkwell, Scotland 1900, H545
Scotland 1900
Brass and glass
Inkwell comes with stamp holder and lid
Two glass inkwell...
Category
Early 1900s Scottish Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
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 ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Rare Paluzie Globe from the 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Rare Paluzie globe from the XIX century. Desktop globe from the xix century made by the house: Faustino Paluzie-Barcelona. The base is made of ebonized w...
Category
19th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Bois Durci Ink Stand
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This large Bois Durci ink stand features an intricately moulded base, upon which sit two glass inkwells and a central urn shaped container. The glass inkwel...
Category
1880s French High Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ebony
19th Century Swedish Painted Child Size Vanity Mirror
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A second half of the 19th century Scandinavian vanity mirror for kids. This Little hand painted in "Faux bois" technique mirror has a little...
Category
1860s Swedish Folk Art Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Mirror, Pine
1905 Edwardian Leather, Tortoiseshell and Silver Mounted Letter Box
Located in Morristown, NJ
1905, England, Unusual and striking Edwardian letter box with leather sides. The curved top and base are mounted with scrolling sterling silver. T...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Magnificent Quality Antique 19th Century French Cast-Brass Desk Set
Located in Suffolk, GB
Outstanding quality 19th century antique French cast-brass desk set with a very attractive inkstand having twin inkwells and a beautiful pierced gallery. It has a rectangular pierced pen tray and a pair of ornate candlesticks...
Category
19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique English Derby Porcelain Ink Stand Dish on Tray, England 1870, H563
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique English Derby porcelain ink stand dish on tray, England 1870, H563
Scotland 1870
Tray with blue ground with gilt floral decoration
Sin...
Category
1870s Scottish Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Hoop Jewelry Holder & Organizer, White & Gold
Located in Mugla, Bodrum
Materials: Metal with static paint and polished gold finish, Wood
Dimensions: 13 × 13 × 22 cm
Care Instructions: Wipe with a dry cloth when needed.
Hoop is inspired by one of the oldest tricks in the history of illusion; "linking rings". Originating from a traditional Chineese magic trick, Linking Rings is made by two or more metal rings that impossibly interlock and break free from each other.
Saluting this traditional trick, Hoop is made of 4 open rings welded to each other, ready for you to hang you rings, bracelets, earrings etc. You will be a part of this illussion anytime you put a ring on Hoop.
Hoop is completely handcrafted. Its wooden base, metal storage unit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
New Shipment of over 200 Leather Bound Books in English, Photo's Are of Sets
Located in Buchanan, MI
New shipment of over 200 leather bound books in English, photo's are of sets. Preconditioned as we fully condition all of our books before they go out. Also have an extensive collect...
Category
19th Century American George III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Paper
Rohac notes paper holder ( for business Cards ) around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Rohac notes paper holder ( for business Cards ) around 1950s
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, 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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