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Desk Accessories For Sale
Price: $1 to $700
Scottish Art Glass Paperweight Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Scottish organic modern style clear/transparent and moss green art glass paperweight or decorative object, circa 1970s, Scotland. A great piece for a desk, office, librar...
Category
1970s Scottish Organic Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
English Teign Valley Red Art Glass Sculpture Paper Weight Bookend
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful hand blown art glass sculpture from Teign Valley Glass in England. The shop has been around since the early 20th C. and is renowned for ...
Category
20th Century English Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Lucite Obelisk Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
A modern style Lucite obelisk decorative object, circa late-20th century. A great decorative object for a deck, office, library, shelf, cocktail table, etc. Obelisk measures: 8" Height.
Other items shown in images also available, search 1stDibs ref. #s:
Black and White marble pyramid, ref. #: LU1314223512602
Lucite & 1970s Pennies Paperweight...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
French Louis XV Silver and Bronze Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV-style (19/20th Century) silver plate on bronze oval shaped inkwell with handles and acorn finial.
Category
19th Century Louis XV Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Vintage Meissen Porcelain Blue Onion Pattern Shoe or Slipper Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A good, vintage Meissen Blue Onion (or Zwiebelmuster) pattern figural paperweight.
The paperweight is an iconic Meissen form in the shape of a tradi...
Category
Early 20th Century German Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Small Egg Color Black and White, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
French Midcentury Vallauris Ceramic Key Holder or Vide Poche, Blue Glazed
Located in Miami, FL
French midcentury black matte ceramic key holder or vide poche, hand-crafted in Vallauris, France.
Good quality craftsmanship.
Marked.
Measures...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Calligraphy Brush Rare Blue Serpentine Extra Large 16"
Located in Somis, CA
One of a kind, extra large, rare blue serpentine gemstone brush in bamboo form with carved bamboo leaves. Serpentine is a beautiful stone highly valued for its similarity to nephrite...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Desk Accessories
Materials
Serpentine
P.W. Baston Supp-Hose Woman's Stockings Advertising Pen Holder Desk Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This advertising pend holder was produced by P.W. Baston, also known as Sebastian Miniatures, of the United States in approximately 1960 in the period Mid-Century Modern style. The figurine is composed of a glazed ceramic with a brass and plastic pen holder. The figurine depicts of business woman...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Red Rose Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
Red rose paperweight. Created from an encased, natural red rose. Measure: 3".
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Black Forest Hand-Painted Porcelain Bambi Figur Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Hand painted porcelain bambi figure. Hand painted in a naturalistic style. The bambi figure is completely handmade in Bavaria.
About Sofina porcelain:
Sofina porcelain was found 20...
Category
2010s German Black Forest Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
American Midcentury Burlwood Hand Carved Ashtray
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful piece of hand carved burlwood ashtray with a removable top to keep the fumes inside natural wear due to age.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Silver Plated Notepad Caddy-Desk Accessory
Located in Pasadena, CA
Very chic Moderne hallmarked silver plated desk accessory--this is a gift for the executive who has everything. Overall very good condition with some rubbing to edge of back.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Streamlined Moderne Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid-Century Metal Ashtray in the Shape of a Hedgehog, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
- made in Czechoslovakia
- made of metal
- good, original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Italian Marble Decorative Object or Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Italian marble decorative object or paperweight with egg-shape design, circa mid-20th century, Italy. A great decorative object or desk accessory. Dimensions: 2.69" x 4.32 x 2.5" height.
Other items shown available separately, search 1stDibs ref. #s:
Mirror, ref. #: LU1314223803002
Italian picture frame, search ref. #: LU1314223647982
Red coral letter opener, search ref. #: LU1314223676062 (SOLD)
Mother of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Alabaster
1960s New Old Stock Tin Toys, Decorative 'Toy 5'
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960s New old stock tin toys – decorative (Toy 5)
1960s New old stock tin toys – decorative (Toy 5). New old stock tin toy complete and unused in its original dead stock unused bo...
Category
1960s Unknown Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Tin
Antique Repousse Sterling Inkwell with Insert
Located in San Diego, CA
Antique hand-hammered repousse sterling silver inkwell, circa 1900. The inkwell has a single back hinge to open the lid and a screw cap and the glass liner. Fine condition and rich p...
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Decorative Italian Embroidery, Artisanal Decorative Object, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decorative Italian embroidery is an original artwork realized by Italian artisan in the 18th Century.
Very precious doily realized in lace and cotton.
Good conditions.
A pre...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Fabric
Neoclassical Marble and Brass Decorative Object or Desk Paperweight with Putti
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial Neoclassical style marble decorative object or paperweight with brass putti and grapevine relief design, circa mid to late-20th century. This piece is a p...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Neoclassical Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Marble, Brass, Bronze
Bronze Austrian Pen Rest Inkwell with Black Grouse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This hansome cast bronze inkewll with a black grouse is very much in the style of pieces created by the Austrian Frederich Gornik.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Plastic Trash can by Makio Hasuike for Gedy
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This item is a fantastic icon from the chic 1970s plastic fashion.
It has been done in Italy, by Makio Hasuike for Gedy.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Ghidini 1961 Axonometry A4 Tray in Polished Brass
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Mid 19th Century Tunbridge Ware Book Holder of Eridge Castle ca 1850 England
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid 19th century tunbridge ware book holder of historic Eridge Castle in East Sussex England. This is a beautiful and hard to find decorative book holder made of walnut with a satinw...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
Antique Gilt Bronze Letter Opener with Figure of a Dog, circa 1900
Located in Petaluma, CA
We bought a nice collection of letter openers and a few were very special, this is one of them. A nice presentation of an adorable dog moving along on the handle portion of the lette...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Silver Plated Cachet Engraved at the Bottom
Located in Sofia, BG
Silver plated cachet engraved at the bottom with a sward and decorations.
France, circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Marble Ink Well
Located in South Salem, NY
A pair of Italian marble ink wells with covered well and brass handle. Beautiful contrasting black, white, and red marbles make up the body and lid of...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Grosbeak Glass Sculpture by Livio Seguso for Gral, Germany, ca. 1970ties
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A sculpture of a stylized grosbeak in smoke grey and opaque glass. It is hand made in the Gral glass manufactory, Germany. Designed by Livio Seguso, ca. 1970. Incised signature of th...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Gilt Bronze Dog-House Inkwell, 19th Century, French
Located in Doylestown, PA
A charming French gilt bronze inkwell in the form of a dog house with the roof on a hinge to store the ink bottle.
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
German Art Nouveau Pewter Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
German Art Nouveau pewter inkstand with scroll designs supporting a square cut glass inkwell with a square molded pewter lid.
Category
20th Century German Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Large Fish Sculpture by Livio Seguso for Gral Germany, ca. 1970ties
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A sculpture of a stylized fish in blue and pink glass. Hand made in the Gral glass manufactory, Germany. Designed by Livio Seguso ca. 1970. Incised signature of the artist (LS) on th...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
English Silver Dressing Table Hand Mirror with Silver Piqué Swag Decor
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English silver dressing table hand mirror from the 20th century with silver piqué decor of swags, oval medallion and foliage. Born in En...
Category
20th Century English Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Walter Bosse Midcentury Baby Giraffe Brass Figurine, Herta Baller, Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
A lovely baby giraffe sculpture made of brass from the 1950s. Designed by Walter Bosse, executed by Herta Baller, Austria. In very good condition with mar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
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
Mid-Century Glass Ashtray Designed by František Vizner, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
- made in Czechoslovakia
- made of glass
- good, original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Lucite Embedded Resin Coral, Shell, Sand, Plant, Aluminum Bowl Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This fun, nautical and very Palm Beach lucite embedded bowl has a center of polished aluminum. The interior are assorted colored shells, resin coral, colored orange sand, and dried plants. Vintage from the 70's. Makes a great desk accessory or soap tray...
Category
1970s American Organic Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Shell, Resin, Lucite
Art Deco Gray Stone Chinese Stamp with Hand Carved Guardian Lion Motif
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful Art Deco stamp was realized in China, circa 1925. It features a volumetric rectangular body crowned with a hand carved guardian lion (a Chinese leitmotif) and accompan...
Category
1920s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Jade
Intricate Hand Carved, Vintage Asian Mid-Century Wooden Scalloped Printing Block
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Splendidly intricately hand carved large wooden heavyweight printing block from Asia
Traditionally used for hand held block printing ink or dye to textiles and paper
Fully function...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Hardwood
New Modern Cigarettes and Cigar Ashtray in Marble, creator Michele Chiossi
Located in Milan, IT
Time and smoke pass, ashtrays remain. As everlasting as marble, as elegant as a concentric circle of smoke spreading through the air. Chiossi revisits the most Classic of living room accessories...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Desk / Table Lamp Metal Flex Shade and Chrome Mount, Base with a Wooden Detail
Located in Verviers, BE
1970s table lamp with chrome fittings on a metal base with wooden detail. The lamp has a shade made of metal giving it a matte black finish, white surface inside,
Ideal for a side t...
Category
1970s Scandinavian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Walter Bosse Brass Poodle Figurine, Lucky Charm, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming poodle figurine, made of brass designed by Walter Bosse, executed in the 1950s by Hertha Baller, Austria. In excellent condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
One left Swank French mod chrome frame fashion or runway sunglasses
Located in Ferndale, MI
One pair still available . Op-pop mod fashion sunglasses round lenses marked France . Very clean plastic chrome frames with chrome steel arms . Slight scu...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Hide Jewlery Catchall Vide-Poche in Cream and Brown Hues
Located in New York, NY
An animal hide jewelry catchall vide-poche in cream and brown hues, circa late-20th to early-21st century. A great piece to hold small items such as j...
Category
Early 2000s Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Animal Skin, Hide
Crystal Egg Color Metallic Brown, in Glass, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
The charm of the shapes is enhanced by the material with which the collection is made: glass.
Transparency, lightness and shine meet the design, transforming into sculptured object...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Huge Gucci Advertising Display Stand
By Gucci
Located in Munich, DE
Elegant Gucci display in brown Lucite and golden metal stand.
Category
1990s Italian Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Unit Boy Table Lamps, Stylish Modern Rattan Handcrafted Light created by Ango
By Ango
Located in Bangkok, TH
Unit boy, table lamp in rattan, created in the unique random weaving technique developed by Ango, is a one of a kind art piece table lamp. The diffuser form evokes a lotus bloom, whi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mahogany Tray with Antique Brass Handles
Located in Treadwell, NY
Individually stamped and numbered, these one of a kind presentation trays feature patinated brass handles with a satin finish lacquer top coat. Each wooden slab...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Ceramic Ashtray Ditmar Urbach, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
- made in Czechoslovakia
- made of ceramic
- good, original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Douglas Kirkland's Light Years Three Decades Photographing Among the Stars
Located in North Hollywood, CA
For thirty years Douglas Kirkland's camera has negotiated our relationship with the stars. Light Years is his photographic autobiography --a brilliant cons...
Category
20th Century American American Classical Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Agate Onyx Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand polished agate onyx stone paperweight in black, brown, and red intricate layered patterns
Measures: length 5 inches, width 4.5 inches, height 1 inch
1 in stock in Palm Springs O...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Scandinavian Modern Wood Box
Located in New York, NY
A round Scandinavian Modern teak wood box with lid, circa mid-20th century, Scandinavia. A great piece for a desk, vanity, closet area, etc. Dimensio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak
Modernist, Sterling Silver Rocker Blotter, Amethyst Crystal, Peter Casswell
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1972 by Peter Casswell, this handsome, Modernist design Sterling Silver Rocker Blotter, is plain in style, and features an u...
Category
1970s English Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Amethyst, Sterling Silver
Antique Brass Inkstand, Rectangular Base, Scotland 1930, H559
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique brass inkstand, rectangular base, Scotland 1930, H559
Scotland 1930
Brass + Glass
Rectangular base with a square crystal inkwell with brass lid
Pen holder to the front
Dec...
Category
1930s Scottish Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
American Victorian Style Brass Jewelry Box by Wade Manufacturing Group Co.
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
American Victorian style brass jewelry box by Wade Manufacturing Group Co.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Rocking Horse Metal Money Box Piggy Bank, Vintage, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous vintage metal money bank. A beautiful decorative item, with nice patina. Made in Europe, circa 1960s. Nice addition to any collection, desktop, living room or children's room.
Category
1960s European Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Porclain Hand, Jewelry Holder, West Germany, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
In original condition
small damage on photo
HCT West Germany.
Category
1960s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Swedish 19th Century Wooden Folk Art Box With Shaving Knives
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Swedish original painted Folk Art box. From the beginning of the 19th century, used to keep shaving knives and similar supplies. Included 3 knives with the razor blades in English ...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with three flowers inside, made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: diameter 2.5 inches, height ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
French 'Les Deux Rats Et L'Oeuf' Marble Mounted Bronze Inkwell
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An antique French novelty bronze inkwell modeled as 'Les deux rats et l'oeuf' mounted on a red veined marble base and dating from the latter 19th century. The inkwell is based on the...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, 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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