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19th Century French Pair of Bronze Cachets Depicting Female Figures
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century French pair of cachets made of bronze depicting two figures of beautiful female. Already engraved "CH" and "LD" and could become a perfect gift!
France, circa 1870.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Fine and Rare Large 19th C Chinoiserie Inkwell with Porcelain Bell and Ink Pot
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine and large 19th century Chinoiserie inkwell with raised decoration and fine gilt bronze mounts. Porcelain inkpots and a porcelain bell.
Category
Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
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...
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
French Pair of Bronze Cachets Depicting a Bagpipe Player and a Drummer
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century French pair of cachets made of bronze depicting two figures one of a bagpipe player and one of a drummer. Ready to be engraved and could become a perfect gift!
France, ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Abalone Pattern Picture Frame by, Tiffany Studios
Located in Englewood, NJ
An early 20th century American Art Nouveau Abalone pattern picture frame by, Tiffany Studios decorated in the 'Abalone" desk set pattern decorated with inlaid abalone and finished in...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
1980s European Sitting Man Bronze Figure Statue w/ Wooden Base
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s European sitting man bronze figure statue with wooden base.
Category
Late 20th Century European Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique English Bronze Hunting Hound / Dog Inkwell, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully cast late Victorian inkwell dating to circa 1880 in the form of a handsome hunting dog.
The hinged lid opens to reveal a removable ink chamber.
Excellent conditio...
Category
1880s Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV1 Style Malachite and Gilt Bronze Pen Tray
Located in Montreal, QC
This luxurious encrier de bureau is raised on scrolling and leafy feet mounting a malachite-finished base. The tray itself is modelled as a shell rising to a spring-loaded pen holder...
Category
1850s French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Pair of Grand Tour Egyptian Porphyry Obelisks, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The pair of obelisks with gilt lion faces on front base and gilt lion paws at corners, signed indistinctly. Rome dated 1893.
Category
1890s Italian Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Porphyry, Bronze
2-Piece French Victorian Bronze Pheasant Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian bronze inkwell of standing pheasant with roll blotter. (priced as set).
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
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
Very Large and Fine 19th Century Chinoiserie and Gilt Bronze Inkwell
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century French Chinoiserie and gilt bronze inkwell with a decorated scene. Fine gilt bronze detail with a patinated Oriental figure in the center and inkpots with mo...
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Late 18th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Italian Photo Frame Art Nouveau Silver Brass and Venetian Glass
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Illumination red is an Art Nouveau Italian photo frame with Murano glass. Illumination red is an art-design photo frame, proudly handmade in Italy by master of crafts. silvered brass...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Italy 1985 Postmodern Abstract Bronze Sculpture
By Edoardo Franceschini 1
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork by the Italian artist Edoardo Franceschini becomes a landscape where the use of bright colors, it evoques the worlds of our dreams.
All his production is characterized b...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-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 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
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
Silvered Brass and Gilt Encrier with Shepherdess and Monogram, circa 1900
Located in Dallas, TX
This charming encrier, or inkwell, is made from silvered brass and gilt bronze. A central gilded figure holding a shepherd’s crook stands on top of a hexagonal pedestal with supporti...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
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
Tiffany Silver and Gold Schlumberger Pen, circa 1960
By Tiffany McAnarney
Located in Spencertown, NY
This model, the 'cactus' of silver with gold nubs.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Desk Accessories
Materials
18k Gold, Silver
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 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
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
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
Unusual Mid 19th Century Bronze & Ormolu Inkwell in the Form of Well-Cast Coc
Located in London, GB
An unusual mid 19th Century bronze & ormolu Inkwell in the form of well-cast Cockerel with lifting head, spurs and flamboyant tail feathers, raised on moulded socle.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Gilt Bronze Inkwell, "L'Amour timbalier", Louis XVI Style
Located in Paris, FR
Gilt bronze inkwell in the Louis XVI style, representing Love seated with two sticks in his hands, surrounded by timbales. The circular timbales in gilt bronze, are decorated with dr...
Category
1890s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Vienna Bronze Walrus Inkwell
Located in New Orleans, LA
Wonderfully charming and boasting a high level of detail, this bronze walrus also serves as an inkwell. The incredible artistry of Viennese bronze work i...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Other Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
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
"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...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinese Japanese Bronze Inkwell Male Bust Pair French Ormolu Desk Set
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Very stylish patinated bronze desk inkwell modelled as a bust of a Chinese or Japanese figure wearing a straw hat, together with a pair French or...
Category
19th Century Chinese Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Bronze Inkwell of a Sleeping Putto
Located in Paris, FR
Small bronze inkwell dating from the first part of the 19th century. The lid of the inkwell represents a bed on which a putto is dozing. The whole rests on a rectangular base decorat...
Category
1850s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
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
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
Curtis Jere American, 1910-2008 Jump Rope, Bronze
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Buchanan, MI
Curtis Jere (American, 1910-2008) jump rope.
Bronze figure of a girl jumping rope. Signed "C. Jere" along the base
Measure: 10.5" x 6" x 4".
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
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
Gilt Bronze Inkwell Lamp Signed A. Féry, Art Nouveau Period. France, circa 1890
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Gilt bronze inkwell lamp signed A. Féry. Art Nouveau period. France, circa 1890.
Dimensions with shade: 62 cm height.
Bronze signed A. Féry.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Early 19th Century Regency Period Bronze and Ormolu Encrier
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century Regency period bronze and ormolu encrier, having penholders and triple inkwells with leaf cast lids contained in leaf decorated classical bath, supported on wre...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
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
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
French Porcelaine and Bronze Inkstand, Marks of Samson, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French Porcelaine and bronze inkstand. Marks of Samson, 19th century.
Category
19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Bronze Fire Hydrant Wrench
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage fire hydrant wrench, a solid bronze piece which can still be used as a wrench, however, due to the wonderful sheen and weight makes...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
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
Tiffany & Co. Gilt Bronze Pen Tray
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tiffany & Co.
Gilt bronze pen tray,
20th century
impressed
Tiffany & Co.
22062-z
Measures: Width 9.0 in. (22.86 cm.)
Depth 3.5 in. (8.89 cm).
Category
20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Just Andersen, Early Ink Well and Ink Blotter in Alloy Bronze, 1930s-1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Just Andersen. Early ink well and ink blotter in alloy bronze, 1930s-1940s.
In very good condition.
Ink well measures: 27.5 x 17.5 cm.
Ink blotter measures: 15 x 9.5 cm.
Stamped....
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Crystal and Ormolu Candelabra, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
Extremely unusual pair of 19th century large French gilt bronze and cut crystal seven light candelabra each with seven scrolling foliate arms centered by a cut crystal ball above cry...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
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...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
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
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...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, 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
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
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
Elegant Photo Frame Gold Plated and Onyx Black Flowers, Gratitude Noir
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Gratitude noir is a unique Italian picture frame with a delicate boho chic design created by Laura G, a masterpiece among the collectible photo fra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Romantic 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...
Category
Early 19th Century Russian Empire Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite, 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
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
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
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
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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