Desk Accessories
Desk Accessories For Sale
Color: Brown
Frog Paperweight or Figurine, Stoneware, Limited Edition of 100, Sweden 1970s
Located in Bochum, NRW
Beautiful sculpture, stoneware paperweight "Frog" signed and numbered 70/100. Made in Sweden.
In excellent condition.
Category
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stoneware
Italian Binded Book Ceramic Box by Borghese
By Borghese
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage plaster ceramic box made in Italy. Incredibly sculpted as a book.
Beautiful shades of burgandy with gilt add glamour and heritage to this beautiful piece. This p...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
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
Hand Painted Middle Eastern Moorish Style Photo Album, 19th Century
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Middle Eastern Qajar style Moorish picture photo album, with hand painted miniatures on the cover.
This fine Middle Eastern Moorish style scrapbook is hand painted with 22-k...
Category
Late 19th Century Moorish Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Vintage MacGregor Goldsmith 9 LB Leather Medicine Ball, 1940s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large American leather medicine ball by MacGregor & Goldsmith.
This weighted 9lbs ball has amazing patina and age-appropriate wear with signs of natural aging caramel-tan leather.
Category
Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
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
Vintage Mid-Century Wood Plank Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Unique and simply exceptional pair of vintage bookends. Deriving on the uniqueness of the wood grain, these bookends are elegant and modernist. Simple lines contrast with organic pat...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Antique Artist's Brush Pot, Chinese, Carved Bamboo, Treen, Victorian, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique artist's brush pot. A Chinese, carved bamboo treen, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Enthusiastically carved detail within a broad bamboo trunk
...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bamboo
Antique Sterling Silver Victorian Desk Stand Fluid Thermometer by H. Matthews
By H. Matthews
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique Victorian thermometer. The front is made of sterling silver. This is marked with the hallmarks of Birmingham 1887 (year letter N) and the maker H. Matthews. This En...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
1960, Vintage Wooden Shelf, Italian Manufacture
Located in Milan, IT
1960, Vintage wooden shelf, Italian manufacture.
Vintage wooden shelf from the 1960s, Italian production.
Thanks to its dimensions, the shelf ad...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Pinched Murano Glass Bowl, Silver Flake, Seguso, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
A Mid-century beautiful organic designed mouth blown purple glass bowl with silver fleck inclusions. The base retains a partial Made in Murano S...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown 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...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
African Tuareg Hand-Tooled Brown Leather Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand tooled brown leather box from Africa.
Very fine workmanship with tribal traditional West African symbols on leather.
Tuareg style probably Maurita...
Category
Early 20th Century Mauritanian Folk Art Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
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
Italian Shelf Depicting the Roman Emperor from the Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Title: Decorated wood shelf
Date/Period: 20th century
Dimension: 50cm x 45cm 35cm
Materials: Wood
Additional information: Italian shelf depicting the Roman emperor from the early...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Rococo Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
2010s Canadian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Willow
Italian Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very large Italian Murano Paperweight. A spectacular example of hand blown work combining, not only many colors, but a large array of ribb...
Category
20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass, Wood
Vintage Solid Brass Ram Figure
Located in Charleston, SC
A handsome plump and squatting solid brass ram figure. Great for display and as a paperweight.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Handsome Collection of 16 19th Century English Walking Sticks, Some with Daggers
Located in Buchanan, MI
Handsome collection of 16 19th century English walking sticks, some with daggers. Priced Per walking stick.
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Royal Copenhagen Terracotta and Gilt Craquelure Cupid Figural Lidded Pot #2936
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Royal Copenhagen terracotta crackle glaze pot with grey crackle glaze lid adorned with figural Cupid.
Decorated with gilt banding.
Signed and numbered 2936
Circa 1954
Height 3.5 inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
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
Carl Auböck Midcentury Brass Seahorse Handmade Key Ring Chain Holder
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist seahorse keyring / key holder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria. Fully stamped a...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Midcentury Tuning Fork Handmade Key Ring Chain Holder
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist tuning fork keyring / key holder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria.
Length inc...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Cork Pen Holder
Located in New York, NY
A spherical cork pen/pencil holder with brass swivel base.
USA, circa 1960.
Signed by maker.
Dimensions: 6” H x 5” W
Category
1960s American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Sculptural Chrome Jack / Jax Bookend / Paperweight in the Style of Bill Curry
Located in San Diego, CA
Solid chrome sculptural chrome jack / jax bookend, door stop or paperweight the style of Bill Curry for Design Line, circa 1970s. The piece is in good vintage condition with a nice p...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Chinese Calligraphy Brush Olive Jasper Barrel Beads
Located in Somis, CA
Beautiful single Chinese calligraphy brush with handmade olive jasper barrel beads. An unique brush that is perfect for making art or as an design element....
Category
2010s Chinese Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Antique Quality 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 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
Rare Mannequin Head
Located in Greenwich, CT
A wooden mannequin head, probably a toupe stand, with good color and a well-carved idiosyncratic and compelling face, having laconic eyes and with what ...
Category
1930s German Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Beech
Antique Mobbs & Lewis Ltd Wooden English Shoe Lasts Womens Heel, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Mobbs & Lewis Ltd Wooden English shoe lasts women's heel - a Pair. Item features original antique wooden shoe lasts, repurposed form w...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
English Burl Wood Obelisk
Located in New York, NY
One brown burl wood obelisk, in the Modern style, circa mid-20th century, England. Obelisk is hand-crafted in a rich brown burl. A beautiful decorative obje...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Burl
Time of Action No. 20-2 by Chaeyoung Lee
Located in Geneve, CH
Time of Action No. 20-2 by Chaeyoung Lee
Materials: Ebonized and carved wood
Dimensions: 34,5 x 32 x 41 cm
Time of Action is a minimal and carefully...
Category
2010s Korean Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Pine
Renzo Set Concrete Tray Made in Italy Brown&Green Cement Christmas Edition
Located in Rome, Lazio
Now available in Christmas Edition!
Renzo Line is a family of multipurpose trays with a very smooth surface and soft curved edges, now available in different color compositions. Eac...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Concrete
Murano Multicolor Art Glass Fish Sculpture Paperweight with Gold Flecks, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern hand blown Murano glass fish figure with multicolor murrine and gold flecks, Italy 1950s.
This fish sculpture has multicolor spots in brown, orange, red, green, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Leaf
Danish Modern Solid Rosewood Perpetual Desk Calendar
By Enzo Mari
Located in San Diego, CA
Handcrafted unique rare perpetual calendar circa 1950's solid rosewood with gold numbers days and months, great design and craftsmanship some of the lettering it's faded due to age b...
Category
20th Century North American Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Rosewood
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
Vaust, "Slant", Book Stand, 2017
By VAUST
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Please note that this listing is for the Slant Book Stand and does not include the white pedestal.
An abstracted icon that has wiped its traces, the slant is pure, saturated prese...
Category
2010s German Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass
Renzo Trays + Vertebra Concrete Candleholder Cement Christmas Edition
Located in Rome, Lazio
Now available in Christmas Edition!
Renzo Line is a family of multipurpose trays with a very smooth surface and soft curved edges, now available in different color compositions. E...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Concrete
Antique Engineer's Letter Punch Set, English, Beech, Steel, Engraving, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique engineer's letter punch set. An English, beech and steel tool engraving block, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Delight...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Beech
Oak and Leather Magazine Rack by Casa Comte
By Comte S.A.
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Oak magazine rack, lined with red leather, made by Casa COMTE (1932-1960).
Bibliography Mo Amelia Teitelbaum (2010), “Los Creadores de un Estilo, Minimal...
Category
1940s South American Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Oak
Renzo Set Concrete Tray Made in Italy Red&White Cement Christmas Edition
Located in Rome, Lazio
Now available in Christmas Edition!
Renzo Line is a family of multipurpose trays with a very smooth surface and soft curved edges, now available in different color compositions. Eac...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Concrete
English Edwardian Butler's Letter Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique Edwardian Butler's Mail Box Carved Wood and Mother of Pearl With Key from a Palm Beach estate.
There are cracks in the fretwork which do not hurt the structure; the key fits...
Category
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
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
Porcelain Bowl Hand Painted Easter Rabbit Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
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
Vintage Christmas Candle Holder Pyramid Erzgebirge Germany
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Vintage christmas candleholder pyramid handmade and hand-painted in wood. Two different figures with candles all handmade in wood and handpainte...
Category
Late 20th Century German Country Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Printing Blocks
Located in South Salem, NY
A set of thirteen printing block fragments from the mid 20th century. One larger block and a collection of a dozen complementary smaller blocks. Small b...
Category
1960s Indian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Pen Holder in Macassar Wood, Italy Desk Accessory from the 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Art Deco pen holder in Macassar wood and metal. Made in Italy in the 1930s.
An amazing piece!
An elegant piece, in excellent condition with no ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
5 Foot Tall Pop Art Wood Pencil
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive vintage display pencil. Made of one solid piece of wood and a machine engraved metal ring wrapped around the end by the eraser. Size: 60" long. Marked ARTIST GRADE - GRAPHITE...
Category
1970s American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Carl Auböck Letter Opener, Austria 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck Leather and Brass Letter Opener, Austria 1960s.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Sigi Pineda Silver, Brass, Rosewood, Sodalite, Turquoise Stone Hinged Box
By Sigi Pineda
Located in North Miami, FL
This unique abstract signed Mid-Century Modern mixed media hinged box is by Sigi Pineda and from Taxco Mexico in the 1950s. It is signed Sigi Taxco 8. The box is silver, brass, rosewood interior with the crushed turquoise, sodalite and other crushed stones...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Brass
Gustave Keller Paris Cigarette / Cigar Root Box Desk Smokers Set, France 1930´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Gustave Keller Paris Cigarette / Cigar root box desk smokers set. France 1930´s.
The box can be used for cigarettes and for cigars, as it has two little ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver
Milan 1920/30 Antique Microscope by F.lli Koristka Wooden Box with Accessories
Located in Milan, IT
Optical microscope signed F.lli Koristka Milano n. 42870 produced between 1920/30, of chromed and black painted brass, three-magnification turret, consisting of a stand and a plate w...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Porous Ceramic Celadon Desk Organising Tray
Located in London, GB
Porous Ceramic Organising Tray, Ideal for keeping jewellery, loose change, cards, pens, phones and wallets organised on whatever surface you choose!
Please note; this particular t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Cork
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
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...
Category
19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Pair of Breccia Marble Spheres, Italy, 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A Wunderkammer Grand Tour's souvenir> A pair of breccia marble spheres, resting on a base, made of brass. Italy circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Breccia Marble, Brass
Tronador Large Mini Box, Brown Onyx Stone and Silver Alpaca
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The shape of the inactive Tronador volcano reminded us of the pyramid shaped idea of our boxes that make up this collection. With a rectangular or square base, the box is a reflectio...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Onyx
Large Antique English Oak Perpetual Desk Calendar c.1910
Located in Bath, GB
A good large Edwardian perpetual calendar made from solid English Oak. The keys either side are used to forward and return the rollers inside, changing the day, date and month.
Da...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
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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