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Desk Accessories For Sale
Color:  Gold
Inkwell Regency Gilded Bronze Porcelain England \\\'800
Located in Milano, IT
Porcelain inkwell, with a shaped body entirely enamelled with chinoiserie-style motifs: there are large red flowers on a decorated blue background, on the sides two reserves in which...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Pietrina Checcacci Cast Bronze Thumbs Letter Holder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cast bronze thumbs letter holder by Italian-Brazilian artist Pietrina Checcacci. The small weighted object features a patinated bronze pair of opposing thumbs that are separated to s...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Modern Desk Accessories

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Bronze

4-Piece French Empire Bronze Inkwell Set with Swan
Located in New York, NY
French Empire-style (19th Century) 4 piece bronze inkwell set with swan design. Inkwell, paperweight, pen holder, sandwell for cleaning nibs.(PRICED AS SET...
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19th Century Empire Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

19th Century Grand Tour Antique Handmade Bronze Mortar with Pestle
Located in Roma, IT
19th-century grand tour antique handmade bronze mortar with pestle. This fantastic piece has an original patina. The pestle is 9.05 inc high wit...
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Mid-19th Century European Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

19th Centry Austro-Hungarian Bronze Lizard Desk Dish
Located in London, GB
A fantastic quality Austro Hungarian bronze lizard, realistically modelled on a polished oyster shell, the lizard has beautiful coloured glass inset eyes.
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Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

S.T. Dupont Olympio Limited Edition Fountain Pen with Diamonds
Located in New York, NY
S.T. Dupont Olympio Diamond Drops limited edition fountain pen with platinum plated barrel and cap accented by 22 brilliant cut diamonds GVS 2 quality, approximately .26cts, 18k whit...
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20th Century French Desk Accessories

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Gold, Platinum

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...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

French Gilt Bronze Sculpture Statue on Marble Base, circa 19th C.
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, small. French gilt bronze statue in the style of sculptor Hippolyte Francois Moreau, circa late-19th century, France. This gilt ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Desk Accessories

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Marble, Bronze

Late 19th Century Austro-Hungarian Bronze Lizard Inkwell
Located in London, GB
A beautiful quality lizard inkwell, the realistically modelled lizard as inset glass eyes.
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1890s Austrian Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Ted Arnold High Society Solid Fake Gold Cast Fast Food Emporium Slice of Pizza
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...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Metal

Ghidini 1961 Tip Top Pencil Holder in 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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

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Stainless Steel

Art Deco Pen Holder French Bulldog, 1940s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco desk set - pen holder - paper weight - Desk Accessory with a French bulldog on top. This Animal Themed Pen Holder has a brown and white Marble Base with a bronze bulldog d...
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Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Desk Accessories

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Marble, Bronze

Bracelet in Gold, Emerald and Brilliant
Located in Madrid, ES
Bracelet in gold, emerald and brilliant. It has 5 emeralds and 4 brilliants. 18k gold. Measures 20 cm length and weight 20g Very good condition. Measure: 20cm.  
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20th Century Spanish Modern Desk Accessories

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Gold

19th Century Japanned English Victorian Papier Mâché Mother of Pearl Desk Set
Located in Forney, TX
An English Victorian Japanned papier mache desk set with mother of pearl inlay and elaborate rich polychrome painted flower decoration. The charm...
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19th Century Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Crystal, Bronze, Other

Antique Ornate Gilt Bronze Pen Rest or Holder with Onyx Base & Floral Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique pen rest or holder is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in the United States in approximately 1900 in the period Edwardian style. ...
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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Desk Accessories

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Onyx, Bronze

Bronze / Marble Lion Sculpture Decorative Piece
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 20th century Art Nouveau style gilt bronze / black marble base lion sculpture decorative piece. The piece is in great condition. Minor wear consistent with age / use. Maker's m...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories

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Marble, Bronze

Ghidini 1961 Tip Top Pencil Holder in Rose 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

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Stainless Steel

Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art du Bronze
Located in Chicago, IL
Monique Gerber French bronze cast letter opener in a very sculptural and minimalist form. Designed Monique Gerber. Can be used as a sculptural object or paper weight as well. Re...
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1970s French Minimalist Vintage Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Pietrina Checcacci Cast Bronze Finger Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cast bronze finger by Italian-Brazilian artist Pietrina Checcacci. The small weighted object features a bronze finger in a curved position with the tip f...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Modern Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Gilded Bronze Box with Poem by French Art Jeweler Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gilt bronze poudrier box with cast poem on surface by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. The poem "Les 4 ages de la Femme" was an old French lyrical poem th...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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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...
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Early 20th Century Italian Desk Accessories

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Marble, Bronze

Late 19th Century French Bronze Inkwell Modelled as a Monkey Castrating a Cat!!
Located in London, GB
Well what can I say about this incredible Inkwell, I have seen many examples from this period that depict monkeys tormenting cats but I have never seen one that is quite this extreme...
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

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Stainless Steel

Franz Bergmann, Viennese Bronze & Marble Erotic Sculptural Vide Poche, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions: Height (w/ skirt down): 6.75 inches (17cm). Height (w/ skirt up): 8.5 inches (21.25 cm). Diameter of marble base: 6.25 inches (15.63 cm). ...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

19th Century Napoleon III Marble Inkwell Moses by Michelangelo
Located in Paris, FR
19th century black marble inkwell surmounted by a patinated bronze statue featuring Moses by Michelangelo. The statue of Moses, commissioned in 1505 by Pope Julius II for his tomb an...
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Late 19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Desk Accessories

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Marble, Bronze

Napoleon I Empire Encrier, Gilt Bronze and Verde Antico, Signed Basil, 1830
Located in New York, NY
Impressive gilt bronze and Verde Antico marble inkstand centered by a bust of Napoleon I, the sculpture signed on back Basil and dated 1830, with two inkwells flanking. Beautifully...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Desk Accessories

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Marble, Bronze

Pair of Bronze on Marble Greek Olympian Male Figure Bookends
Located in Ferndale, MI
What is better than a pair of two strong Greek athletes in sculpted in bronze on marble bases supporting your books ?
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Mid-20th Century American Classical Greek Desk Accessories

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Marble, Bronze

Charles X Gothic Revival Gilt and Patinated Bronze and Siena Marble Inkwell
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Of rectangular shape, decorated with gothic cathedral arcades, with two wells and two pen holders, raised on a Siena marble base raised on scrolled feet. Between the twelfth and six...
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1820s French Gothic Revival Antique Desk Accessories

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Siena Marble, Bronze

Military WWI British MkIV Tank Bronze Desk Inkstand, circa 1918
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
WWI British Military MkIV tank, circa 1918 Marble and bronze desk inkstand. High details. Pen not included.  
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Early 20th Century British Art Deco Desk Accessories

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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

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Bronze

Bamboos Bookrest
Located in Paris, FR
Bookrest bamboos in polished stainless steel, 24-karat gold-plated handcrafted.   
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Desk Accessories

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Gold Plate, Stainless Steel

Double Game Playing Cards Set Greek Key Design with Holder Stand
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful double deck set of vintage game playing cards in black and gold with Greek-Key design, circa mid-20th century, Europe, possibly Italy. This set of two decks reside in ori...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories

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Paper

Jaimal Odedra, Athiya, Metal Dish, Morocco, 2016
Located in New York, NY
Signed: Jaimal Odedra Each piece is modeled and cast by hand using a traditional Moroccan sand casting method.
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21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Desk Accessories

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Bronze

19th Century Bronze Letter Opener with the Bust of a Lady
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful 19th century letter opener acquired in Paris France. The piece has the bust of a period lady at the top and is very sophisticated and elegant. A compliment to any desk or...
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19th Century Baroque Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Fine 19th Century Ormolu Mounted KPM Porcelain Desk Set - Inkwell Candlesticks
Located in Forney, TX
A very fine quality, exquisitely hand-crafted, late nineteenth century bronze doré mounted Royal Porcelain Factory Berlin (KPM) porcelain five piece desk set. The breathtaking anti...
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Late 19th Century Louis XV Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Jaimal Odedra, Athiya, Metal Dish, Morocco, 2016
Located in New York, NY
Signed: Jaimal Odedra Each piece is modeled and cast by hand using a traditional Moroccan sand casting method.
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21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Ghidini 1961 Axonometry Squared 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

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Copper

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.
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Late 19th Century European Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze, Steel

American Art Nouveau Swirl Paperweight by, Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
An American Art Nouveau gilt bronze and mosaic inlaid TIffany Favrile "Swirl Paperweight" by, Tiffany Studios decorated with an organic swirl pattern...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Art Deco Shy Naked Women Bronze, Paperweight, Car Mascot, Hood Ornament
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Lovely Art Deco shy naked women made of bronze and mounted over a green marble base. It is signed L. Betti and foundry Etling Paris. Perfect piece of Autom...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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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.
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21st Century and Contemporary French Desk Accessories

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Gold Plate, Brass

Early 20th Century Bronze Knight Sculpture Electrified Table or Desk Lamp
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A solid bronze parcel brass knight sculpture candelabra later converted to electrified table lamp with large frosted glass torch flame shade. It takes on Edison E27 light bulb. Tot...
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Early 20th Century Portuguese Baroque Desk Accessories

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Bronze, Brass

Art Deco Edouard Marcel Sandoz Little Silvered Bronze Lapin, Rabbit, Signed
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Edouard Marcel Sandoz little silvered bronze lapin rabbit, signed on the base Ed. M. Sandoz and Susse Freres Paris.
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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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.
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Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Fantastic Gilt Bronze Brass and Cut Glass Horseman & Hound Dog Desk Inkwell Set
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Marvelously detailed French antique desk accessory inkwell made of gilt bronze and nickel plate having sculptural horseman in period outfit acco...
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Early 1900s French Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze, Nickel

Gilt Bronze and Champleve Enamelled Inkstand
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th Century gilt bronze and champlevé enameled inkstand with single well with hinge cover and pen rest. All raised up on bun feet. Dimensions H...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Desk Accessories

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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
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20th Century American Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

1930s Curt Schlevogt, Ingrid Collection Bohemian Malachite Glass Dresser Set
Located in Delft, NL
1930s Curt Schlevogt, Ingrid collection Bohemian Malachite glass dresser set Czechoslovakian moulded in deep relief Bohemian malachite glass dresser set by Curt Schlevogt from the...
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1930s Czech Vintage Desk Accessories

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Bronze

French Empire Napoleon III Bizantine Bronze Ormolu Inkwell or Inkstand
Located in Miami, FL
Exquisite Bizantine French 19th century Empire Napoleon III gilded bronze inkwell. This handcrafted antique desk accessory bears the makers mar...
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Las Vegas Showgirl Mid-Century Bronze Sculpture, 1950´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Las vegas showgirl mid-century bronze sculpture. 1950´s Show girl / can can dancer mid-century dancer sculpture. Las Vegas / Mouline Rouge style. Made of silvered bronze mounted over a black base. The first casino on the Las Vegas Strip to employ dancing girls as a diversion between acts was the El...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Bronze Rococo Style Ring Dish or Pen Rest
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a rococo style bronze asymmetrical ring dish or pen rest. It depicts a repousse profile of a Roman warrior in the center. Around it, there are some C-...
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20th Century Unknown Rococo Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Charles X Gothic Revival Gilt and Patinated Bronze Inkwell
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Of rectangular shape, cast with gothic style arcading, the removable top depicting a fallen knight adjacent to a broken column and opening to two wells. In the early 19th century, ...
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1810s French Gothic Revival Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Art Deco Bronze 'Seated Woman' Artist Joe Descomps
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art Deco bronze (Seated woman) artist Joe Descomps (1869-1950) Origin France silver and gilded Onix marble base possible missing - rod with three birds.
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Bronze

French Victorian Bronze Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian bronze square inkwell with 2 cornucopia pen holders.  
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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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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.
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20th Century North American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories

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Bronze

19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze Inkwell
By Severo Calzetta da Ravenna
Located in Kensington, MD
After a 16th century Venetian design, winged putti with taloned legs support a turned bronze inkwell covered with a lid decorated with masks and garlands, surmounted by a lion holdin...
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19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

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...
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19th Century Japanese Industrial Antique Desk Accessories

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Brass, 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

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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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