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Desk Accessories For Sale
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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...
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1860s French Louis XVI Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Russian Empire Malachite and Ormolu Inkstand Encrier Swans
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very fine Russian giltbronze mounted malachite veneered inkstand from the first quarter of the 19th century. Of rectangular form with an acanthus leave decorated border on round fe...
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Early 19th Century Russian Empire Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Ghidini 1961 Tip Top Pencil Holder in Polished Gold Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Walter Bosse Cat Business Card Holder
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse cat business card holder
Original condition.
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
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.
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, 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...
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1760s French Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Gilt Bronze and Marble Inkwell
By G. None
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage 19th century inkwell is beautifully designed with a detailed sculpted doré' bronze reminiscent the poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The figure is costumed in a draped g...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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.
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1880s English Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Georges Lucien Guyot "Babouin" Patinated Bronze Sculpture
By Georges Lucien Guyot
Located in New York, NY
This "Babouin," or "Baboon," patinated bronze sculpture by Georges Lucien Guyot, executed by Susse Fondeur in Paris is a wonderful piece that brings the architectural wonder that eve...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
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
Silvered Bronze Monkey Wearing a Hat Inkwell, France, 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
French bronze inkwell, zoomorphic inkwell in the form of a monkey head in a hinged nightcap, with glass eyes
bronze ink well statue in the form of a o...
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Early 20th Century French Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
French Charles X Large Marble and Gilded Bronze Ink Well and Candle Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
This French carved marble and gilded bronze inkwell and candlestand, circa 1830 is carved from sienna marble. The large block is set with a tray well in front and then the cast bronze sarcophagus shaped inkwell is set up on animal paw feet. Cast with 4 holes to rest the quills or pens two wells for ink and a candlestand in the center. The bronze is well cast and has the more expensive attribute of matte and burnished elements giving an extra rich quality to the objects visual drama.
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Mid-19th Century French Charles X Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ghidini 1961 Axonometry Set 2 Large Cube Tray in Rose Gold Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Trays in brass. The compositional scheme of this family of small trays is the axonometric isometric projection of two parallelepipeds which creates a three-dimensional optical effect...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
Rare Inkwell, Bronze Art Nouveau USA President Wilson 1st W War, Signed Cuzin
Located in Paris, FR
Rare, one of a kind.
This unique Art Nouveau bronze inkwell, signed by Cuzin, circa 1918
representing USA President Tommy Wilson (28th USA President from 1913-1921).
This i...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
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...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Paperweight Bronze Dog Sculpture on Grey Marble Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique dog sculpture paperweight was created in France, circa 1880. Standing on an oval grey and white marble base with bottom felt, the s...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Small Gilt Bronze Compote, French, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
Small gilt bronze compote, French, circa 1860.
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1860s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bronze Sculptures Of Caesar
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of bronze sculptures of Caesar
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Early 20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Ghidini 1961 Axonometry Desk Trays Set in Rose Gold Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Trays in copper with rose gold finish. Dimensions for trays: 35.4 x 23 x 2H cm; 23.5 x 7.5 x 2 H cm; 12.5 x 7.5 x 2 H cm.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
Ghidini 1961 Axonometry Set 1 Small Cube Tray in Rose Gold Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Trays in copper with a rose gold finish. The compositional scheme of this family of small trays is the axonometric isometric projection of two parallelepipeds which creates a three-d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
"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
Gilt Bronze Baby Sculpture Paperweight, France, 1950
Located in Paris, FR
Baby gilt bronze paperweight sculpture.
In an excellent quality and condition.
France, 1950.
Category
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
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
Continental Blue Ground and Gilt Porcelain Grand Tour Inkstand
Located in Firenze, IT
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With four views of Florence panels including a pair of...
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1890s Italian Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Figural Bronze Page Turner with Arabian Hunter and Rabbit
Located in Toledo, OH
An antique figural bronze page turner. It features an Arabian hunter with a rabbit. The figure is bronze with silver plating. Very nice detail. Great co...
Category
19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
"The Coffee Maker" Viennese Vienna Cold Painted Oriental Bronze Franz Bergmann
Located in Berlin, DE
"The coffee maker" Viennese Vienna cold painted oriental bronze by Franz Bergmann.
Extremely fine and detailed masterpiece.
Both parts hallmarked.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
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...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Ghidini 1961 Axonometry Rectangular Small Tray in Rose Gold Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tray in copper with a rose gold finish. Tray in brass. Elegant in living and dining spaces alike, this tray can be used to display objects in the living room and bedroom, store paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
Ghidini 1961 Axonometry Set 4 Large Parallelepiped Tray Set in Rose Gold Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Trays in copper with a rose gold finish. The compositional scheme of this family of small trays is the axonometric isometric projection of two parallelepipeds which creates a three-d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
Eclectic Collection of Five Continental Dog-Form Inkwells
Located in London, GB
Eclectic collection of five Continental dog-form inkwells
Continental, circa 1900
Measures: Largest: Height 12cm, width 30cm, depth 18cm
Smallest: Height 10cm, diameter 7.5cm
T...
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Early 20th Century European Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, 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
Ghidini 1961 Axonometry Pen and Cards Desk Trays Set in Rose Gold Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Trays in copper with a rose gold finish. The compositional scheme of this family of small trays is the axonometric isometric projection of two parallelepipeds which creates a three-d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
French White and Blue Art Glass Vases on Brass and Marble Bases, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial pair of French white and blue art glass vases on gold gilt bronze/brass and white marble bases, circa early-20th century, France. The white art glass vase...
Category
Early 20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
French Seal of a Knight in Armour
Located in London, GB
A very fine seal depicting a standing knight in full armour, in gilt and silvered bronze. Very good detail and excellent original gilding and silvering.
Category
1880s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
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
Ghidini 1961 Axonometry Trays Set in Rose Gold Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Trays in copper with a rose gold finish. The compositional scheme of this family of small trays is the axonometric isometric projection of two parallelepipeds which creates a three-d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
Ghidini 1961 Axonometry Set 3 Small Parallelepiped Tray Set in Rose Gold Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Trays in copper with a rose gold finish. The compositional scheme of this family of small trays is the axonometric isometric projection of two parallelepipeds which creates a three-d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Oval Pen Tray
Located in London, GB
An attractive early 19th century Regency period bronze and Ormolu oval Pen Tray, with thistle, fruit and flower handles, having cut-glass inkwells, quill holders, candleholder and ce...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Commemorative Garibaldi Bronze Medal by Italian Manufacture, 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Commemorative Garibaldi medal is an original bronze object realized in Italy by Italian manufacture during the first decade of the 20th century.
The medal is mounted in a Perspex ...
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Early 20th Century Italian 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.
...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Ghidini 1961 Axonometry A4 Tray in Rose Gold Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Trays in copper with a rose gold finish. The compositional scheme of this family of small trays is the axonometric isometric projection of two parallelepipeds which creates a three-d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
Ghidini 1961 Tip Top Limousine Tray in Polished Gold Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This exquisite tray is part of the Tip Top collection and was entirely made in stainless steel that was then given a brass finish to obtain its distinctive golden glow. This worm hue...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Ghidini 1961 Tip Top Limousine Tray in Rose Gold Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This exquisite tray is part of the Tip Top collection and was entirely made in stainless steel that was then given a copper finish and its pink-like glow. This worm hue adds a gentle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Garibaldi's Bronze Portrait by Italian Manufacture, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Garibaldi's Portrait is an original decorative bronze object realized by Italian manufacture during the end of the 19th century.
This beautiful bronze bas-relief of the circular ...
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20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Fine Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Inkwell, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XV Style gilt bronze and Sèvres style Porcelain inkwell.
French, circa 1890.
This elegant and sophisticated inkwell is of sarcophagus form with finely painted por...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
"Automobile Club of Rhone, " Art Deco Bronze Desk Accessory, Talbot-Lago
By A. Augis
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This rare and striking desk accessory, consisting of a bas relief sculptural bronze plaque suspended above a bronze base, was sculpted by A. Augis for the Automobile Club of Rhone, a...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Bronze Desk Set Smelter by Heinrich Krippel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Austrian Heroic Smelter Worker 20th century bronze sculpture desk set signed by Heinrich Krippel, 1883-1945.
Note- Ink container is missing..
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Early 20th Century Austrian Modern 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...
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1920s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Figurative Abstract Sculpture Signed French
Located in North Miami, FL
This wonderful cast bronze figurative French abstract sculpture is a single breast as the subject matter. It is signed and numbered 100. It has been professionally polished. Sorry th...
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1990s French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Gilded Bronze Letter Opener and Seal of a Knight with Banner
Located in London, GB
A very fine and unusual gilt bronze letter opener and seal depicting a medieval knight in armour holding a banner. The knight stands upon a scrolling base...
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1880s French Antique 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...
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1970s Spanish Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Quartz, Marble, Silver, Bronze, Enamel
Antonio Grediaga Kieff Bronze Abstract Sculpture Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This sensual and amazing small edition bronze sculpture is by the noted and prolific Canadian sculptor: Antonio Grediaga Kieff. It is abstract and ch...
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1980s Canadian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Bronze Goat Inkwell, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Gilt bronze goat inkwell, circa 1875.
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1870s Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Grand Tour Armorial Dore Bronze Bookends/Paperweights
Located in New York, NY
A pair of antique 19th century Louis XVI style marble mounted dore bronze armorial Bookends/paperweights depicting "Peace and Music". Each is beautifully cast, hand-chiseled, and cha...
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1870s French Louis XVI Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Garibaldi Bronze Medal by Italian Manufacture, 1902
Located in Roma, IT
Giuseppe Garibaldi silver medal is an original silver medal realized in Italy by Italian manufacture in 1910.
This silver medal celebrates Giuseppe Garibaldi with a portrait.
On ...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Inkwell Modelled as Ram's Head
Located in Montreal, QC
There was a great appetite for things Scottish in Victorian England. Plaids, Scottish regiments, Tartan Carpets, Marmalade etc. The ram's head also makes...
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19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Gilded Austrian Bronze Inkwell / Pen Rest, Signed Bergmann
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent and grand late Victorian Austrian desk set, made from cast bronze, beautifully finished in gold.
The cast Owl is a figural inkwell ...
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Early 1900s Austrian Edwardian Antique 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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