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Desk Accessories For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Industrial
Yorkshire Prattware Mexborough Chapel Moneybox
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Staffordshire Pottery Yorkshire money box which features Mexborough Chapel - with the box owners name, 'MIRIAM WINN', printed on the front. Flanked by two figures standing either sid...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Pottery
Antique Mobbs & Lewis Ltd Wooden English Shoe Lasts Womens Heel, a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Mobbs & Lewis Ltd Wooden English shoe lasts women's heel - a Pair. Item features original antique wooden shoe lasts, repurposed form w...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Antique Victorian Large Horn Handle Magnifying Glass desk Accessory
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Large Horn Magnifying Glass. This was purchased from an estate and appears to be early.
Uncertain to maker and origin.
The brass rim is bent in slightly in one small are...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
English Victorian Bronze Double Inkwell with Horse
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian bronze double inkwell on oak base with jockey and horse motif and crystal wells.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Victorian Glass and Sterling Silver Match Striker / Paperweight
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, large antique Victorian English sterling silver and glass match striker, an addition to our ornamen...
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany American Victorian Classical Sterling Silver Paper Knife
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Classical sterling silver paper knife. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1885. Serpentine and integral with hollow handle tapering into flat blade. Handle has allover f...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fitted Drafting Set in a Stingray Case, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
Includes 3 boxwood rulers and Calipers and misc.
Tools.
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Small Table Fan, 1960s Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage industrial table fan
Made of metal and plastic
Fully functional.
Category
1960s Czech Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
French Victorian Inkwell with Bronze Figures
Located in Queens, 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
Antique LC Smith & Corona Super Speed Typewriter c.1942
By L.C. Smith & Corona Typewriters Inc
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original LC Smith & Corona Typewriter with a 14 inch carriage. The serial number is 1A1758024-12 stamped in the inside. The keys are nickel with black face and white number...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Steel
Antique Victorian Brass Bound Traveling Desk Walnut Wooden Writing Slope Box 19C
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine early English Well Figured Solid grained Walnut Ladies or Gents Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and compact proportions. Last quarter of the Nin...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Victorian Brass Inkwell In The Form Of A Terrier
Located in Essex, MA
Cast terrier with hinge lid opening to an inkwell. From the estate of the founder of Yankee Candle Co.
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Multi-tonal Hardstone Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian (19th Century) footed rectangular inkwell composed of a hardstone mosaic inlaid into a carved black stone casing. The inkwells and...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
French Victorian Gothic Style Iron Letter Holder
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian Gothic-style wrought iron letter holder with filigree calendar back with seal. (signed CH. PIGUET) (Related items: 048571D, 035057B, 035057C)
Category
20th Century French Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
English Victorian Silver and Cranberry Glass Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian silver plated inkwell with 2 cranberry glass wells and back handle.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
19th Century Large Gorham Inkwell
By Gorham
Located in High Point, NC
19th century marked Gorham inkwell with a sterling top and collar and handblown base. It retains the original handblown ink pot.
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
English Victorian Period 19th Century Antlers, Silver Plate and Crystal Inkwell
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period inkwell from the 19th century with antlers, silver plate and crystal bottles. This English Victorian period inkwell from the 19th century effortlessly com...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
Late 19thC Spelter Ink Stand Centered with a Gun Dog
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late 19thC spelter ink stand Centred with a Gun Dog with pheasant in its mouth, flanked by glass inkwells in a shaped base c1890 Measures: 10" W x 5" D x 5" H.
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Spelter
Antique French Gilt-Bronze Ormolu Champlevé Enamel Dressing Table Vanity Mirror
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Absolutely Stunning French Floral Champleve Enamel pattern Hand Mirror of museum quality, third quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
With a hinged oval shaped beveled looking glass w...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
1950's Industrial Time Card Rack, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage industrial, metal worker time card rack.
Category
1950s Czech Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
English Victorian Mahogany Double Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian mahogany and brass inlaid trim double inkwell with crystal wells having copper top lids and letter holder backrail.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Copper
Victorian Blown Glass and Sterling Silver Ink Bottle
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and blown glass ink bottle made by Horace Woodward & Co; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian glass and sterling silver ink bottle has a circular rounded, shaped form.
This Victorian ink bottle is fitted with the original hallmarked silver cylindrical mount to the upper portion, encircled with a cast and applied band of oval motifs.
The mount is fitted with a hinged hallmarked cover, featuring a subtly concave upper plateau and encompassed with an applied egg decorated to the rim.
The cover opens to reveal a circular sunken well and removable glass ink liner.
The exceptional body of the antique ink bottle...
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
19th Century Giltwood Watch Holder
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautifully carved figural giltwood pocket watch stand.
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Victorian Glass and Sterling Silver Match Striker / Paperweight
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and glass match striker; an addition to our ornamental collection.
This exceptional antique silver and glass match striker has a globular form.
The surface of the glass body is embellished with a serrated texture which composes a match striker.
The ornamentation to the glass body is segmented with plain subtly concave vertical flutes.
The upper portion of this antique glass match striker...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Victorian Bronze Biomorphic Paperweight Addams Family Style Hand Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful and extremely rare 19th century office relic with a cheeky message; Hands off! Private papers." Reminiscent of the odd fellows Victorian Era designs, unknown maker or desig...
Category
19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique American Sterling Silver Inkwell by Shreve, Crump & Low
Located in New York, NY
American sterling silver inkwell, circa 1880. Four gently curved sides on corner block supports. Cut ornament including scrolls, flowers, and chevrons. Sterling silver neck collar with imbricated leaf borders. Hinged bun cover same; top has chased garland, ribbon, crisscrossing horns of plenty, and laurel wreath surmounted by crown engraved with interlaced script monogram. Marked “Sterling” and Shreve...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fine Antique Victorian Marble & Brass Roman Grand Tour Statue Columns Pillars
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are is delighted to offer for sale this extremely collectable pair of original Victorian Marble & Brass Grand Tour Roman Ruin statue of columns.
A wonderful original pair, these are desk sized and very collectable, these Roman pillars...
Category
19th Century European Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass
Brass, Walnut and Ebonized Double Inkwell Set
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
English Victorian inkwell set. This walnut set has been accented with an ebony color and an overall brass decoration,
mid-late 10th century.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Papier-Mache Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian papier mache rectangular inkwell with gold stenciled and floral painted decoration with a small center box between 2 square sh...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold
Card Holder with Westie Dogs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Vintage cast iron card with a pair of Westie terriers in service as greeters.
Category
20th Century English Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Victorian sterling silver inkstand with gallery border - London 1900
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1900 by William Hutton & Sons, this attractive, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Ink Stand, features a shared and pierced gallery style border, and two cut ...
Category
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Victorian Papier-Mache and Crystal Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian papier mache floral design oval double inkwell with fluted crystal wells and handles.
Category
20th Century British Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Mid 19th Century Inkwell in the Form of a Pocket Globe
Located in London, GB
A fantastic inkwell in the form of a pocket globe, dating from the mid 19th century.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Antique Continental Ceramic Pink & Gilt Striped Shell or Oil Lamp Styled Inkwell
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique ceramic inkwell is presumed to have been made in Continental Europe in circa 1880 in the period Victorian style. The inkwell is cl...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
2-Piece French Victorian Bronze Pheasant Inkwell
Located in Queens, 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
French Victorian Embossed Sterling Silver and Glass Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian rectangular double glass inkwell with incised monogrammed sterling silver hinged lids. (Hallmarked).
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Silver
Victorian Brass ink stand in the form of a Gentleman Pushing a cart
By John Foote, Jr.
Located in Dereham, GB
Victorian Brass ink stand in the form of a Gentleman Pushing a cart
Cast Brass Figure of a gentleman with a top hat
Brass cart
Pen stand in front,
Moulded glass inkwell with brass lid...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
1880s Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Lantern Inkwell
By Thomas Smily
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, unusual antique Victorian English sterling silver inkwell in the form of a lantern; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver inkwell has been realistically modelled in the form of a lantern.
The cylindrical body of this impressive Victorian ink bottle is encompassed with vertical pales.
This antique ink bottle...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Perforated Brass Pail
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brass pail with curved handle. This piece features a round perforated body with rivets at both the top and bottom of the pail. It would be a great décor piece or waste basket.
Dimen...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Brass Resting Dog Double Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th century English brass resting dog double inkwell, the wells opening to the left and the right.
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Victorian Sterling Silver and Chalcedony Shoe Pin Cushion
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian sterling silver pin cushion modelled in the form of a shoe made by Adie & Lovekin Ltd; an addition to our animal related silverware collection.
This exceptional antique sterling silver pin cushion...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
The early Victorian silver Rococo Revival inkstand of General Charles Nepean
By Robinson, Edkins, & Aston
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The early Victorian silver Rococo Revival inkstand of General Charles Nepean, of rectangular form, with two silver mounted, cut glass inkwells, flanking a central wax holder, surmoun...
Category
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
19th Century French Magnifying Glass with Carved Figural Handle
Located in Middleburg, VA
A captivating 19th-century French magnifying glass, crafted circa 1870, featuring a finely carved figural handle and ornate brass bezel. This u...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Edwardian Silver-Mounted Stationary Box with Matching Victorian Blotter
Located in Montreal, QC
This box has much evident quality. The pierced cover is repousse with scrolling acanthus leaves, flowers and trellis-work about a vacant cartouche. It has a long "piano" hinge and is lined in emerald green watered silk. Serendipitously, we have the matching blotter, the cover identically mounted, lined in crimson watered silk.
The box is Edwardian hall...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Regency circular bronze inkwell
Located in London, GB
A small early 19th century Regency period circular bronze encrier, engine turned throughout, having pierced mirrored lid, bearing label ‘from the Duche...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Lovely 19th Century Victorian Gold Gilt Bronze Recumbent Lion Laying Down
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this stunning late 19th century Italian grand tour Recumbent Lion
A very good looking and decorative piece that looks expensive and important in any set...
Category
19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Ebonized and Rosewood Looking Glass
Located in Spencertown, NY
The Turned Rosewood Handle and Rim with later ebonized interior edge.
Category
19th Century Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century Victorian Lignum Vitae Bulldog Inkwell, c.1860
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
19th century Victorian lignum vitae inkwell modelled as the head of a bulldog with realistic glass inset eyes, original leather collar with a copper push-button and a silver presenta...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Traveling Desk Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Georgian period traveling desk from circa 1820, crafted in England, features an Italiante metal handle and lock that enhance its functionality and historical charm. The exterior...
Category
1820s English Early Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
19th Century Victorian Lignum Vitae Bulldog Inkwell, c.1860
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
19th century Victorian lignum vitae inkwell modelled as the head of a growling bulldog with realistic glass inset eyes, original leather collar with a copper buckle. The head is hing...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
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
Post Box, 19th Century Victorian School House Letter Box
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Victorian school house letter box, post box.
The post box is a very attractive piece, it has a slot in the top for letters and a picture of St Georges Scho...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Pine
Collection of 12 Perspex Teaching Blocks & Lenses
By Griffin & George Ltd.
Located in London, GB
A collection of twelve Perspex teaching optical blocks and lenses.
Various shapes, forms and blocks, convex and concave, a number are backed with a white film.
Three have their...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
ANTIQUE VICTORIAN EMBROIDERED TOP SEWiNG PANEL FOR WORKING ON YOUR SEWING ETC
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this large antique sewing panel with embroidered top
A lovely piece of Victoriana, designed for the lady of...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Pyramid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bronze sculptural pyramid with geometric tubing.
Dimensions
5" width x 4" depth x 4.5" height.
Condition
Excellent vintage condition; bronze carries age appropriate patina.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Accessorio da studio di Buckle Richard in argento, XX secolo
Located in Premariacco, IT
In argento con marchio impresso in prossimità del logo.
Category
20th Century British Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
19th Century Victorian Lignum Vitae Bulldog Inkwell, c.1860
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
19th century Victorian lignum vitae inkwell modelled as the head of a bulldog with realistic red glass inset eyes, original leather collar with a copper buckle. The head is hinged an...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
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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