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Desk Accessories For Sale
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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...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic, Cork

Oak and Leather Magazine Rack by Casa Comte
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...
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1940s South American Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather, Oak

OLIVIA Round Brass and Black Steel Valet Tray by Soraya Osorio
Located in Vero Beach, FL
The sophisticated 6" valet tray/ bowl, has a smooth blackened/bronzed steel outside and organic hand-hammered brass tray. Each piece is handmade to order. Hammering markings will va...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal, Brass, Steel

Agresti Il Bauletto Jewelry Box in Briar and Mahogany
Located in New York, NY
Jewelry box in briar and mahogany, matte finish, ultra suede lining. 24-karat gold plated brass accessories. With removable tray and necklace bar.   
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

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Suede, Mahogany

Pair of Carl Auböck Model #1928 'Hands' Brass Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck model #1928 'Hands' brass bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed in patinated and polished brass. P...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Brass

19th Century Mahogany Inkwell in the Form of a Capstan
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
19th century model of a ship's capstan in mahogany with a hinged lid enclosing an inkwell.
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1880s English Antique Desk Accessories

French Art Nouveau Bronze Inkwell
Located in Nashville, TN
Handmade bronze inkwell consists of three removable cups, the largest of which has a removable top. Inkwell depicts leaves and flowers. Signed VieiAard.
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19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Petrified Wood Bookends
Located in New York, NY
Stunning pair of petrified wood bookends.
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Petrified Wood

In Stock in Los Angeles, Green Rabbit Mini Portable Charger
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Rabbit Mini power bank battery charger In stock in Los Angeles Power bank. You can carry Rabbit MINI in your bag as an external battery for yo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

Italian Photo Frame Handmade Wood, Double Heart
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Double Heart is a unique arge Italian hand crafted wood double photo frame by sculptor Massimo Pasini. Wood is a very warm material and it is very m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Unique Marble and Brass Sculptural Paper Weight of a Dog or Animal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique marble and brass sculptural paper weight of a dog or animal.
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble, Brass

Carl Auböck II Brass Tray, Bowl, Vide-Poche, Maria Theresia Coin, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful solid brass coin tray or dish, designed and executed by Werkstätte Carl Auböck II in the 1950s. Suitable as a jewelry bowl or „vide-poche“. In good condition with nice pa...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Vintage Marble Egg, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Marble egg is an original decorative object realized in the mid-20th century. Made in Italy. The work is realized entirely in marble. The egg is re...
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1950s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories

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Marble

Silvered Metal and Pietra Dura Table Planter
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A rare silvered metal desk or tabletop planter inlaid with 12 framed Pietra Dura panels of inlaid colorful flowers on a black base, complete with its ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Jade Green Resin Seated Buddha Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A vintage bright jade green resin seated Buddha, in the Chinoiserie style, circa mid to late-20th century. Dimensions: 4" depth x 3.5" width x 3.38" height ...
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Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Desk Accessories

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Resin

Early 20th Century Brass Art Deco Table or Desk Lamp with a Great Patina
Located in Lisse, NL
Practical size Art Deco desk lamp with a wonderful look and feel. There is something about table lamps from the past that you just don't find in modern lamps. If you don't have the right eye than this particular 1920s desk lamp...
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Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Contemporary Handmade Brass Bookend "Hippos" in Ancient Greek Forms by Anaktae
Located in Athens, GR
Contemporary, handcrafted bookend, model "Hippos" in oxidized brass. This bookend is part of the "Althaea Series", a collection of four bookends in brass Inspired by ancient Greek symbols...
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21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Desk Accessories

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Brass

Watch Box for Nine Watches in Briar with Leather Detail by Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Elm briar and striped mahogany for your collectable watches. Leather handles. Briar box for nine watches.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather, Wood

"Antonio" Leather Pencil Holder Designed by Claude Bouchard for Oscar Maschera
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Antonio" is a leather pencil holder, designed by Claude Bouchard and manufactured by Oscar Maschera, and is part of Foglia Couture collection. G...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

"Italo" Leather In and Out Tray Designed by Claude Bouchard for Oscar Maschera
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Italo" is a leather out tray and paper holder, designed by Claude Bouchard and manufactured by Oscar Maschera. Genuine Italian leather vegetable tanned. Colors combination to be cho...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

"Simone" Leather Desk Blotter Designed by Claude Bouchard for Oscar Maschera
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Simone" is a leather desk blotter, designed by Claude Bouchard and manufactured by Oscar Maschera. Genuine Italian leather vegetable tanned. Co...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

Murano Millefiori Flower Basket Italian Art Glass Paperweight Night Light
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, large vintage Murano handblown white filigrana basket with flower murrines Italian art glass paperweight on lighted base. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. It has d...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Murrine, Wood, Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso

Cenedese 1980s Italian Modern 24K Gold Dust Twisted Murano Glass Tree Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Italian crystal glass tree ornament of organic sleek modern design, a vintage creation part of a collection assembled by Cosulich Interiors & Anti...
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1980s Italian Organic Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Gold

Calligraphy Brush Bamboo Buddha's Belly
Located in Somis, CA
A handsome, 27" long calligraphy brush with beautiful Buddha's Belly Bamboo handle. Bamboo Ventricosa, commonly known as the Buddha's Belly Bamboo, is a special, unique variety of ba...
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20th Century Chinese Desk Accessories

Materials

Bamboo

Mixed Exotic Shagreen & Wood Contemporary Waste Basket by R&Y Augousti of Paris
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible mixed exotic contemporary waste basket by R&Y Augousti of Paris, circa 2000s. The basket is made of cream colored shagreen and hard wood and is in very good vintage condition; it measure 4.5"W x 3.5"D and 23.75"H. Signed on the underside. #2463 R&Y Augousti was founded in 1989 by husband-wife duo Ria & Yiouri Augousti. Their artistic backgrounds brought them together as innovators in their field by reviving the artisanal techniques of shagreen and other exotic materials that were predominant in the Art Deco period of the 1930s. Through their mix of vintage and contemporary design their furniture and home accessories brand were met with worldwide praise. From a debut collection for the luxurious Hotel Crillon...
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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Organic Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood, Shagreen

Art Deco Full Desk Set in Marble and Brass, France, 1930s
Located in Paris, FR
Art Deco full desk set in marble and brass, France, 1930s. Composed by: 2 Inkwells W 29.5 cm x D 18.5cm x H 8 cm Ashtray W 14 cm x D 14 cm x H 4 cm Envel...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble, Brass

Gorgeous Highly Polished Rainbow Obsidian Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A gorgeous highly polished rainbow obsidian paperweight, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good condition with wonderful colors and measures 6.25"W 4....
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15th Century and Earlier American Mid-Century Modern Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone

Venetian Grotto Style Book Stand
Located in East Hampton, NY
Early 19th century book stand in carved wood, gilded and painted in the Venetian style..... grotto style book rest.
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Early 19th Century Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Napoleon III Inkwell
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Napoleon III inkwell gilt bronz and champleve enamel Origin France perfect condition circa 1860. The Napoleon III style had its heyday during the 1850s and 1880s. Emperor Napoleon wa...
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1850s French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Enamel

Rare Lalique "Chrysis" Mascot or Paperweight in Amber Crystal Art Deco France
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Presenting this fabulous "Chrysis" nude woman mascot or paperweight crafted in etched and polished amber crystal. This example is a limited edition release from the late 1990s produc...
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1990s French Art Deco Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

French Art Deco Palisander and Pewter Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco palisander and pewter inlaid inkwell with 2 crystal wells.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal, Pewter

Art Deco Model of a Boeing 314 Clipper Airplane Circa 1938
Located in London, GB
A superb Art Deco Model of a Boeing 314 Clipper Aeroplane Circa 1938. The Boeing Clipper was a long range Flying Boat made by the Boeing Aircraft Company i...
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1930s American Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Abstract Ceramic Sculpture of Head, Mounted on Base
Located in New York, NY
A sculpture of an abstracted head in ceramic, mounted on a black acrylic base, by an unknown artist. The human head and features have been intentionally warped into an organic stone ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Acrylic, Ceramic

Italian Brown Leather Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
An Italian brown leather cylindrical jewelry box with gold embossing, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Box can hold jewelry or other items on a desk, vanity, walk-in-closet, etc. Dimensions: 4" Diameter x 3.38" Height. Tray with horse also available, search 1stDibs ref. #: LU1314230770952 For leather and hide tray, search ref. #: LU1314230694692 Agate dish...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

Murano Glass Dish
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1960s Murano glass clear, yellow and copper colors vide-poche.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Art Glass, Murano Glass

Art Deco French Set of Desk Accessories, 5 Pieces Wood and Inlaid
Located in Valladolid, ES
Gorgeous and very refined Art Deco French writing set made of hardwood, inlaid bone simil and glass. The complete set is preserved in perfect condition, consisting of the inkwell, th...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Hardwood

Macassar Wood Letter Rack by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Located in Montreal, QC
Maccassar Letter rack by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann graduated semi-circle slats on l base, Iron stamped: "Ruhlmann
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1930s French Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Macassar

Paul J. Stankard Morning Glories, Bee & Masks Oblate Paperweight
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Paul J. Stankard (American, b. 1943) Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. “What Walt Whitman did with words, I seek to do in...
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Early 2000s American Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Calligraphy Brush with Goat Bone and Hair
Located in Somis, CA
Very unique, one of a kind Chinese calligraphy brush with the fine goat hair, decorated with a beautiful natural goat tail bone. Goat hair is prized for its fine quality, essential f...
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2010s Chinese Desk Accessories

Materials

Bone, Goat Hair

Handcrafted Brass Gingko Leaf Decorative Paperweight with Bronze Patina
Located in London, GB
Beautiful hand cast gingko leaf in patinated brass paperweight. Each of these brass leaves are handmade individually with incredible detail. Cast using ve...
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2010s Indian Organic Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

TRONADOR Rectangular Brown Onyx Stone Box
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...
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2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone, Onyx

LIA Square Brass and Black Steel Valet Tray by Soraya Osorio
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This handsome valet tray/bowl is versatile as a decorative object or in an entry way to place your daily belongings. A contrast in metals, hand-hammered 4 1/2" round brass top with ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal, Brass, Steel

"Lorenzo" Riveted Leather Pencil Holder by Claude Bouchard for Oscar Maschera
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Lorenzo" is a riveted leather pencil holder, designed by Claude Bouchard and manufactured by Oscar Maschera. Genuine Italian leather vegetable t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Exceptional Italian Alligator Desk Set Pristine Condition
Located in Buchanan, MI
An Italian alligator desk set comprising a blotter, a letter rack, a letter tray, a desk pad, a pen stand, a desk clock with Roman numeral hours, a ...
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20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

Antique Victorian Brass & Scottish Agate Postal Scale & Weights, Circa 1865-1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Victorian Brass and Scottish Agate Postal scale with Weights, Circa 1865-1870.
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Agate, Brass

Grand Tour Marmo Rosso Model of the Tomb of Scipio, Italian, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The red marble sarchophagus mounted on a slate base. Removing the top reveals an empty well.
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19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble

Three-Piece Green Art Glass Desk Set by Fontana Arte, 1950s
Located in Chicago, IL
Green art glass desk set by Fontana Arte, 1950s production. Three pieces: pen holder, ashtray/dish or vide poche, and paper holder. Penholder: 3" H x 9" W x 9" D Dish/vide poche...
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1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Art Glass

Gucci Vintage Desk Envelope Stirrup Holder 1970s
Located in Munich, DE
Wonderful piece for your desk in silver and gold plated metal with two stirrups in the typical Gucci Design, signed Gucci Italy.
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1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Art Nouveau Pâte De Verre Vide-Poche 'Deux Poissons', Amalric Walter, France
Located in Vienna, AT
Decorative pâte-de-verre vide-poche: bowl in yolk yellow, one side overflowing in dark blue, swimming around each other, plastically formed goldfish couple. Signed 'AWALTER NANCY' on the top. Manufactory: Amalric Walter, Nancy, Lorraine, France Dating of manufacture: circa 1920/1925 Designer: VICTOR AMALRIC WALTER (1870-1959) was a French glass manufacturer mainly known for his pâte de verre pieces. In the Cristalleries Daum at Nancy, France, he met the designer and modelist HENRI BERGÉ, with whom he produced the first pâtes de verre, which at the time were only signed with "Daum Nancy". After the war he continued to work with Henri Bergé. From 1919 to 1935 he cast no fewer than 500 models with Bergé and other famous sculptors or designers, always in few numbers due to the sophisticated technique of glass kiln casting. Technique: Pâte de verre (English glass paste) is a technique used in the production of multi-colored glass. A cold-formed paste made of glass powder and dyes is filled into a refractory mold and then fired in a muffle furnace, whereby the glass melts into the desired shape. To achieve polychrome color effects, the process is repeated with other colors. The technique was already known in ancient Rome and Egypt. Particularly in the Art Nouveau period and later in the Art Deco period, she found artistic use again in works by French glass artists such as Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, Henry Cros...
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1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Vintage Esco Statue Will Rogers, 1972
By Esco
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage Esco statue of cowboy Will Rogers - Esco Prod. Inc. 1972. This big - headed chalkware statue was made by Esco, the Entertainment Statue Company, w...
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Late 20th Century North American Country Desk Accessories

Materials

Other

Vintage Mid Century Modern Amber Paper Weight
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage Paper Weight Amber or Mustard Colored . Mid Century Modern Table Decor. Possibly Glass Material Dimensions. 4 Dia ; 1 H
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Carl Auböck Paperweight #5370-1 "Walnut", Austria
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck paperweight #5370-1 "Walnut", Austria.
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2010s Austrian Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Mica Mineral Specimen
Located in New York, NY
A large vintage mica specimen featuring mica blades clustered together in various positions and angles. Considering the general flakiness of mica, this pi...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

French Opaline And Brass Inkwell
Located in Clearwater, FL
A beautiful pale blue opaline inkwell with small hand painted flowers. With an antique brass top and incased into the brass base. The base has angle he...
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1880s French Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Italian Murano Rainbow Bubble Art Glass Paperweight
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oval shaped, artisan-made, hand-blown, Italian Murano art glass paperweight features a bed of colorful teal, blue, yellow, and red with clear bubbles rising resembling hot air balloo...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Art Glass

19th Century Enameled Pocket Watch Stand, Jewelry Stand, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful pocket watch stand, or jewelry stand, France, circa 1880. Brass with enameled ornaments.
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Set coordinato LENTE DI INGRANDIMENTO E TAGLIACARTE - Collezione esclusiva
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
Elegante e funzionale set coordinato con lente di ingrandimento e tagliacarte della nostra collezione esclusiva ESSENZE. Realizzato con maestria artigianale, questo set di accesso...
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Early 2000s Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Italian Murano Millefiori Art Glass Paperweight
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Petite, Italian Murano, hand-blown, art glass paperweight with red, green and white millefiori (a thousand flowers) technique enclosed in clear glass. Circa mid to late-20th century,...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Art Glass, Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

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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