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Desk Accessories For Sale
Color: Gold
Color: White
Radius One Double Letter Tray by William Sklaroff in Chrome & White Plastic
Located in San Diego, CA
Double letter tray in polished aluminum finish with black enamel lining from the Radius One Metal Collection designed by William Sklaroff for Smith Metal Ar...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Bookens J. Dasilva Gilt Bronze
By Joao Da Silva
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gilt bronze bookens J. Dasilva
onyx base Origin Portugal
perfect condition.
Category
1930s Portuguese Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Tiffany Studios American Indian Bronze Inkwell Owl Details
Located in Toledo, OH
Tiffany Studios American Indian bronze inkwell with owl details. Very nice to excellent condition. Dimensions: 5.5" diameter x 3.5" H.
Category
20th Century North American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Large 19th Century Austrian Painted Bronze Sculpture of a Buffalo
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
A good quality late 19th century sculpture of a buffalo with fine hand finished detail, rare large size. Unmarked, in the style of Franz BERGMAN (1898-1963).
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco French Inkwell, Bronze and Portor Marble, France, 1920
Located in Paris, FR
Very elegant French Art Deco inkwell in gilt bronze and portor black marble with its white and golden veins. The inkwell stands on three beautiful round gilt bronze feet. It has a pe...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Bookens Seal Figure 'Art Deco'
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Seal figure bookens
Signed ((M. Bertin))
bronze and portoro marble
Art Deco, France.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
David Marshall, 1980s Signed Two-Tone Bronze Fruit Tray
Located in Marbella, ES
David Marshall 1980s signed two-tone bronze fruit tray.
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Dore Bronze Mounted Rock Crystal Hand Carved Spiked Candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
A Fabulous pair of French Louis XVI style dore bronze mounted hand carved rock crystal swirling spiked candlesticks, attributed to Baguès. Each candlestick is exceptionally hand carv...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Desk Accessories
Materials
Rock Crystal, Bronze
Very Fine Linke Figural Doré Bronze Crystal Inkwell Ormolu Drawer Candelabra
Located in Roslyn, NY
Extremely fine cherub figural two-tone doré bronze with original crystal inkwells and ink inserts attributed to F. Linke. The two cherubs sit atop this beautiful bronze piece which i...
Category
1890s French Rococo Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Neoclassical Manner Bronze Inkwell
Located in Nashville, TN
Bronze inkwell, circa 1790. Rectangular form with gilt bronze footed base with patinated dark bronze handles and mounts. Item has singular pot in the center of the tray. The floral d...
Category
1760s French Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Sculpture, Elegant Lady Playing Golf
Located in Berlin, DE
Pretty and decorative antique bronze sculpture.
Elegant lady playing golf.
Bronze on marble base.
Very detailed quality.
Category
19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Jacques Adnet Art Deco Crystal Balls Table Lamp, France, 1930s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Jacques Adnet Art Deco crystal balls table lamp, France, 1930s.
Stamped made in France.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Fabien Barrero Carsenat Arch Paperweights in Bronze
Located in Paris, FR
Arch paperweights made in bronze by Fabien Barrero Carsenat.
Dimensions : 1.77" x 1.6" x 0.98"
A "Certificate of Authenticity" is provided by the gallery.
After studying visual co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Italian Porcelain Pink Jewelry Box
Located in Plainview, NY
An exquisite and decorative Italian porcelain jewelry box. Hand painted in pink, gold and white with flower motifs, the jewlery box is signed in the bottom "1972, Italy"
Dimensio...
Category
1970s Italian Belle Époque Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
White Porcelain Ashtray Made in Germany
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage pure white china ashtray.
With a fresh, contemporary modern look with embossed arabesques design.
Hotelporzellan, Hogermann.
Made in Germany, cir...
Category
1970s German Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Marble Ink Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French gilt bronze and marble ink stand,
Late 19th century. The verde antico marble with gilt bronze mounts, recesses and fitted with two glass jars, centering a gilt bronze figure ...
Category
19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco, Cubist Becquerel Bronze Polo Horse with Original Patina, 1920s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Fantastic polo or equestrian paperweight, car mascot, hood ornament, by French artist Becquerel. Signed. With foundry marks. With original Art Deco patina. Mounted over a marble base.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Famille Verte Porcelain Inkwell by Samson
By Samson & Cie
Located in Paris, FR
Small famille verte porcelain inkwell decorated with enameled flowerpots, foliage, and stylized rinceaux. The inkwell is set on a gilt bronze b...
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Desk Accessories
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Penholder in the Shape of a Boot, 19th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
A small wonderful penholder. Made of bronze and steel, late 19th century. The casted boot is standing on a horseshoe and is of absolute top quality.
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Art Deco Belgium Bronze Paperweight Rooster Head on Marble Base by Jules D'Heur
Located in Haarlem, NL
Solid bronze rooster or coq's head cast by Fonderie Jules D'Heur commissioned and cast in Belgium Herstal on a marble base.
Marked fonderie Jules D'Heur HERSTAL
Nice grounding pi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
3-Piece Sevres Porcelain and Dore Bronze Mnt. Clock and Candelabra Garniture
Located in New York, NY
A gorgeous and very unusual 19th century French dore bronze mounted Sevres white porcelain three-piece clock and three-light candelabra garniture set. The Lyre shaped clock and cande...
Category
1860s French Louis XVI Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
"Flight, " Beautifully Carved Stone Paperweight with Dove and Clouds
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly distinctive and unique, this cylindrical paperweight is decorated on its upper surface with exquisitely detailed sculptural relief: a dove in flight, shown flying over a cluster of clouds and the word "FLIGHT." Although it shows a beautiful bird, storied in mythology and literature, this sculpture also hints at the flight of man, and the curving sides of the piece are decorated with Art Deco geometric forms, sharply incised into the stone. The artist was Brenda Putnam, who used this same image for one side of her well-known bronze medal, also entitled "Flight", issued in 1941 by the Society of Medalists...
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Fabien Barrero Carsenat Season III Centerpiece
Located in Paris, FR
Season III centerpiece made in bronze by the french designer Fabien Barrero - Carsenat
Dimensions : 7.08" x W9.05" x H 0.3"
A "Certificate of Authenticity" is provided by the galler...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Fabien Barrero Carsenat Season I Centerpiece
Located in Paris, FR
Season I Centerpiece made in cast iron by the french designer Fabien Barrero - Carsenat
Dimensions: 8.66 x 29.13 x 0.3
A "Certificate of Authenticity" is provided by the gallery.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Fine English Letter / Postal Scale in Malachite by Sampson Mordan, circa 1860
Located in Bath, GB
A very fine and rare antique English desk or letter scale, the base covered in stunning green Malachite.
The gilded brass or bronze fittings are all hand engraved and the two pans...
Category
1850s English Early Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Large French Gilt Bronze Marine Inkstand, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Large French gilt bronze marine inkstand, circa 1875.
Category
1870s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Italian Bronze Inkwell with Bull Heads and Putti Embracing Lion
Located in Milan, IT
From Italy an early 20th century bronze inkwell resting on a double circular marble base, in black marble and Italian Alpi green marble. The body of the inkwell has a tripod base with taurine legs decorated by alternating masks of putti, grapes and and bulls’ heads.
The cover is surmounted by the figure of an angel embracing a lion. Garlands of flowers and human masks throughout the basement.
The ink glass is missing.
In good condition with a beautiful patina.
Height 18.5 cm x diameter 13 cm
A rare antique desk...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Style Bronze Ink Well by Maitland Smith, 20th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
French Style Bronze Ink Well by Maitland Smith, 20th Century
Category
20th Century American Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bookends in Patinated Bronze by Tinos, Made in Denmark, 1930s
By Tinos
Located in Lejre, DK
Pair of bookends in bonze, made in Denmark. Great original condition.
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Rare Venice Door Knocker Bronze, 17th Century
Located in Epfach, DE
A rare and very charming door knocker, Venice, 17th century
in bronze with special patina.
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Boxed Bronze Greyhound Desk Set Signed Boyer
Located in London, GB
Boxed bronze greyhound desk set of seal, pintray and two letter openers signed Boyer. In original box, lined in satin and velvet. Each piece signed Boyer ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Aurelio Teno Signed Silvered Bronze, Enamel, Quartz and Marble Sculpture Vintage
By Aurelio Teno
Located in North Miami, FL
This Brutalist inspired signed Aurelio Teno sensational Spanish sculpture is a combination of silvered bronze, quartz, amethyst and painted enamel over the bronze. It sits on a marbl...
Category
1970s Spanish Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Quartz, Marble, Silver, Bronze, Enamel
Italy 1980 Abstract Sculpture by Nevio De Luca
Located in Brescia, IT
This Italian artist follow his soul and imagines the scenes story telling the life. This is the cinema story, a dreaming bronze in which we can find a movie.
Only one piece, bronze o...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique Victorian English Sterling Silver Meat Skewers / Letter Openers
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, large pair of antique Victorian English sterling silver letter openers/meat skewers; an addition to our Victorian silv...
Category
1840s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
French Patinated Bronze Cherub Sculpture, Signed by Auguste Moreau
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous and large sized Louis XVI style patinated bronze sculpture of a cherub, signed by Auguste Moreau, titled "Amour Sifflant". This is a fabulous piece that has been crafted b...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Ted Arnold High Society Solid Fake Gold Cast Fast Food Emporium Fried Egg
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Ted Arnold High Society solid fake gold cast fast food emporium says the original carton box. According to the same box the series contained th...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Bronze Figural Nude Greek Wine God Bacchus Sculpture Statue
Located in New York, NY
A small figural nude verte green bronze Greek God 'Bacchus' sculpture statue, circa mid-20th century. Bacchus was known as the 'wine' God. Piece has nice, made of sold bronze or brass, with a dark green matte verdigris finish. Dimensions: 2.13" Depth x 2.25" Width x 6.25" Height.
Round Side Table shown, search 1stdibs ID#: LU1314219316612 (SOLD.)
Lucite Side Table shown search 1stdibs ID#: LU1314212156103
Modern Art Deco Spheres...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Greco Roman Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Bronze Inkwell Sculpture "Les Moutons à L'abreuvoir" by Jules Moigniez
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze inkwell sculpture with nuanced brown patination. Two ink pots are cleverly hidden at either end of the sculpture: One in the stump of the tree and the other under a rock. Moig...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
French Art Deco Marble and Bronze Ink Well
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French Art Deco marble inkwell with bronze details and well atop. The size and wonderful art deco detail make for this piece a complement to ma...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
19th Century Gilt Bronze Mirrored Plateau
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century gilt bronze mirrored plateau is a marvel of the Napoleon III period, and reflects the opulence of the age with elaborate and intricate embossing in a variety of nature-i...
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
"The Kiss, " Romantic, Rare Bronze Inkwell/Pen Tray with Nudes and Aquatic Motif
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and striking, this large, bronze desk accessory, a combination inkwell and large pen tray, depicts nude male and female figures, shown at the crest of a wave, in the midst of a gentle kiss. This sculpture puts the couple in an aquatic setting, almost as if they are mermaid and merman, with the movement of water and the cresting of waves shown throughout the piece. The sculptor, Otto Strandman...
Category
1920s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Nº 3 Contemporary Glazed Ceramic Showtime 10' Vase by Jaime Hayon
By Jaime Hayon
Located in Barcelona, ES
The Showtime vases by Jaime Hayon are the most iconic in BD’s catalogue. After completing 10 years, the vases have a new white enamel finish with decorations in 24 carat gold. Talent...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold
Magnificent Antique English Gilded Bronze Hare Inkwell, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A truly fabulous Victorian novelty inkwell made from solid cast bronze in the form of a hunting Hare holding a rifle, smothered in the original gold with a fabulous antique patina.
...
Category
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Pencil Box Golfer in White Gold
Located in Paris, FR
Pencil box golfer in polished solid brass in
white bronzed finish. Base in solid brass in
gold finish.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Bamboos Bookrest
Located in Paris, FR
Bookrest bamboos in polished
stainless steel, 24-karat gold-plated
handcrafted.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate, Stainless Steel
Bronze Vase and Pocket Emptier, Italy, 1980
Located in Weesp, NL
Stylish, classy and rare bronze pocket emptier designed by Esa Fedrigolli and made in Italy in the 1980s. This beautiful piece comes in it's original gi...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Bronze and Marble Ink Well
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A rare totally original French 19th century Louis XVI style gilt bronze and marble ink well with griotte and green marble marble inlay.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Gilt Bronze French Letter Holder Picket Fence with Love Birds
Located in Haarlem, NL
Victorian romantic and very charming bronze doré French letter holder with cast bronze dividers in the shape of three picket fences with love birds on the last fence on a flat brass base.
To hold all your "lettres d...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Art Deco Figural Bronze Bookends, Signed Herzig, 1930s
Located in Devon, England
Beautiful Art Deco chromed bronze bookends, depicting swift birds on an arched branch. Engraved BRONZE and signed HERZIG. Originating from France.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Chrome
19th Century Bronze Watch Holder in Cloisonné and Bronze
Located in Marseille, FR
19th century watch holder in the form of a sedan chair in bronze from the end of the 19th century in cloisonné and bronze, dimension 18 cm in lengt...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture with Marble Base, Signed Comolera, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Bronze sculpture with marble base. Signed Comolera. France, late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Marble and Bronze Rooster Sculpture Signed Melotte
By Melotte
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate your desk or study with this elegant antique inkwell, crafted in France, circa 1880, and situated on a rectangular green marble base, the desk accessory features a bronze ro...
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Enamel
Ghidini 1961 Tip Top Pencil Holder in Rose Gold by Richard Hutten
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Pencil holder in stainless steel
When you look at the top view of the Tip-Top series, all the triangles have the same size. In 3D these triangles have been stretched, which creates ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Antique French Double Clear Cut Crystal and Bronze Vase
Located in Toronto, ON
A very unusual French antique cut crystal and bronze double vase. All this vase requires are two large peony or orchid blooms.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
20th Century Bronze / Brass Industrial Flameproof Ceiling Light / Desk Lamp
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
A reclaimed solid bronze table lamp by Morio Denki a Japanese manufacturer of Industrial grade fixtures & fittings. These lights were originally wall light...
Category
19th Century Japanese Industrial Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Gilt Bronze Goat Inkwell, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Gilt bronze goat inkwell, circa 1875.
Category
1870s Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Bronze Desk Lamp, New York, Circa 1920
Located in Hollywood, SC
Tiffany Studios bronze desk lamp with original iridescent shade, scrolled bulbous harp, and terminating on circular fluted base with the original circ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Big Silvered Bronze Vienna Dog Sculpture, Paperweight, 1900s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Big silvered bronze Vienna dog sculpture, 1900s. Very good detailed silvered bronze dog sculpture. Perfect as desk paperweight.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
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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