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Desk Accessories For Sale
Style: Neoclassical
Style: Industrial
19th Century English Sheffield Silver Plate Lyre Shaped Letter Rack Holder
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely antique English silverplate lyre shaped letter holder by Thomas Bradbury of Sheffield, dated 1872. Hallmarks on base. This beautiful letter rack has a Neoclassical design wi...
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19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Venus de Milo White Granite Marble Female Figurative Statue Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful white granite marble reproduction of Greek goddess 'Venus de Milo' female figure statue sculpture in the Neoclassical style, circa early 20th century, Italy. A great deco...
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Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Desk Accessories
Materials
Granite, Marble
20th Century Bronze / Brass Industrial Flame Proof Ceiling Light / Desk Lamp
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Solid bronze desk lamp with braided cable and dimmer switch.
Comes with vintage Edison filament lamp E27.
Made in the 1980s by Kokosha - Osaka, Japan.
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19th Century Japanese Industrial Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
A Norwegian Porphyry Sphere
Located in Spencertown, NY
The purple/white stone in the shape of a sphere
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Mid-19th Century Norwegian Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Porphyry
Antique Art Deco Stenograph with Original Case c.1920-1930 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
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This is an original Art Deco Stenotype stenograph with Bakelite keys and original wooden case covered in leather. Leather handle on the case. All the keys work properly.
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Turn of the Century French Bronze Sculpture
Located in High Point, NC
Made at the turn of the century in France, this bronze sculpture exudes a sense of peaceful contemplation. The detailed form depicts a seated woman, clothed in flowing robes. In one hand, dropped at her side, she holds a mirror; her face is turned away in a gesture of pensive serenity. The burnished patina of the bronze lends a gentle glow to the curves of her body and the raised folds of the cloth...
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Early 1900s French Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Large Silvered Lion Sculpture, France, Early 20th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
An early 20th century Silverplated Lion. This particular example very well modelled. Mounted over a Portoro Italian marble base. Perfect size to...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Metal
1950's Industrial Time Card Rack, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage industrial, metal worker time card rack.
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1950s Czech Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Malachite Jewelry Box with Cameo Design
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial green Malachite decorative or jewelry box, circa late-20th century. Box is rectangular in shape with resin female cameo detail on top lid. Piece is beautifully hand-crafted. Piece makes a great decorative or storage jewelry box to hold small items or jewelry such as necklaces (as demonstrated), rings, earring, cufflinks, etc., on a vanity, nightstand, dresser, desk, credenza, walk-in-closet, etc. Dimensions: 2.25" Height x 2.38" Width x 3.32" Depth.
Other boxes shown available separately; search 1stDibs ref. #s:
Purple Charoite box...
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Late 20th Century Neoclassical Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite
Pair of Faux Malachite and Brass Obelisks
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Faux malachite and brass obelisks.
Fantastic pair of vintage faux malachite and brass obelisks. This beautiful pair of midcentury obelisks are a pair but in the spirit of na...
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1980s Unknown Neoclassical Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
20th Century Tin Plate Perpetual Calendar from Bank of Montreal, 1817
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
20th century tin plate perpetual calendar from Bank of Montreal, 1817
A great piece showing signs of wear now perhaps but this calendar was first i...
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Mid-20th Century Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Tin
Early 20th Century Globe by Weber Costello Co. Ornate Cast Iron Base
By Costello
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful Large size world globe on ornate copper flashed cast iron base... Showing signs of wear,,minor loses,(see photos).. Approx 3" dent to bottom (un...
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1920s American Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Vintage Olympia De Luxe Portable Typewriter with Carrying Case
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage Olympia portable typewriter with carrying case
1960s Olympia Monica portable typewriter with hard carry case made in West Germany. Typewrit...
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1960s German Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Antique English Blue John or Derbyshire Spar Egg Shaped Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique paperweight.
Comprised of Blue John (also known as Derbyshire Spar), a rare form of fluorite from England with distinct purple & yell...
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Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Desk Accessories
Materials
Precious Stone
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
Early 19th-Early 20th C. Copper Adding Machine C.1887-1920 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
An antique Comptometer copper and tin adding machine with yellow and green Bakelite buttons and original metal name tag, manufactures tag and side decorations. The lever somew...
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Early 20th Century Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Bronze inkwell George Josef Burgstaller (German/Austrian)
By George Josef Burgstaller
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bronze inkwell Georg Josef BURGSTALLER
(German/Austrian)
Neo classical woman signed Burgstaller
ruge marble.
Category
1890s Austrian Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Remington Rand Model 5 Typewriter with Portable Carrying Case
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage Remington Rand model 5 typewriter with portable carrying case.
This Remington Rand 5 streamlined portable typewriter was built in the 1940s and features a hard carrying ca...
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1940s North American Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Cut Steel
19th Century French Neo-Classical Style Gilt Bronze Desk Inkwell
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a 19th century French gilt bronze inkwell. Perfect coffee table art or desk statement piece. It is in very good condition and unmarked.
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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique Stenograph with Original Case/Manual, circa 1930 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
About:
This is an original Stenotype stenograph with Bakelite keys and original case and manual. All the keys work properly but doesn't seem to imprint on the paper.
Creator: Steno...
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Scacchiera in Plexiglas Vintage Design 1970, Art
Located in Foggia, FG
Scacchiera in Plexiglas Vintage Design 1970 - Art -
Anno: 1970 circa
Materiali: Plexiglas
Condizioni: Buone leggera filatura alla base
Mis...
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1970s Italian American Classical Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plexiglass
Set of Four Large Sunshine Yellow Powder-Coated Industrial Wrenches
By Trimo
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of four large sunshine yellow powder-coated industrial wrenches.
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Historical American Civil War Era Wire Frame Magnifying Eye Glass Spectacles
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A delicate pair of handmade magnifying wire rim eye glasses from the American Civil War era, circa 1860.
A great looking historical conversation p...
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Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Chessboard Brass, Stainless Steel, Bakelite, Original from 1970-Design
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Foggia, FG
Chessboard brass, stainless steel, Bakelite, original from 1970 -Design-
Year: 1970s
Materials: Brass, stainless steel, bakelite
Condition: Excellent
Measurements: Chessb...
Category
Early 20th Century European American Classical Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
Game of Chess and Checkers Designed by the Architect Antonella Fonda
By Alfons Bach
Located in Foggia, FG
Game of chess and checkers designed by the architect Antonella Fonda.
Chess and checkers have been finely crafted by specialists in the processing of hi...
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1980s Italian American Classical Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Collection of Table Ornaments 19th and 20th Century, Cut Crystal, Gilt Bronze
Located in Buchanan, MI
A collection of table ornaments, cut crystal gilt bronze
19th and 20th century, priced per item.
Height of tallest 20 1/4 inches.
Category
19th Century English American Classical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Early 20th C. Copper and Bakelite Adding Machine c.1904-1922 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
An antique Comptometer copper and tin adding machine with yellow and green Bakelite buttons. The lever pulls forward and back working the inner mechanisms. The piece has retai...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper, Tin
Vintage Metal & Plastic Table Fan, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage industrial table fan made of metal and plastic from former Czechoslovakia.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Small Rail Paper Weight Fragment in Bright Sunshine Yellow
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A small cut off, a fragment, of a smaller size rail link, newly powder-coated in bright sunshine yellow.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
1920s Bostonian Tailors Paperweight Curiosity Desk Object Architect Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful desk relic from a Bostonian Tailor.
Category
1930s American Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Pink Bakelite Electric Table Fan by Tana VEB Germany, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
1950s electric Bakelite table fan in the color pink.
This cute little fan made of Bakelite has the color pink with marbled pattern.
It's a vintage German electric fan from the 1950s ...
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Mid-20th Century German Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Industrial Iron Desk Decoration Letter Sign, 2000s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made from sheet metal and plastic
in good original condition
nice patina.
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Industrial Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron, Sheet Metal
19th-C. French Neo-Classical Style Gilt Bronze Ram Form Inkwell
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a mid-19th century French gilt bronze neo-classical style ram form inkwell. It has dual rams to possibly hold the writing instrument.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
French Tole Split Wire Early 20th Century Trash Can with Liner
Located in Hudson, NY
This very rare survivor or the early years of the 20th century was purchased in France at the Paris Flea market and remains in very good condition for being approximate 100 years old...
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Early 20th Century French Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Silver Desk Writing Set, Platerías Martínez, Madrid, Spain, 1845
Located in Madrid, ES
Scribe with three inkwells. Silver. Real Martínez silver factory, Madrid, 1845.
With contrast marks.
Notary of silver in its color composed of a rectangular tray with raised and op...
Category
1840s Spanish Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Vintage Auböck String Bottle Holder
Located in Vienna, AT
Heavy and solid sculptural looping wire bottle holder by Carl Aubock II. In excellent shape, surface shows fine patina, according to age. The rattan grip wrapping still fully intact....
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Horse Equine Sterling Silver Plate Letter Opener
Located in New York, NY
A substantial sterling silver plate letter opener with horse head handle made by Reed & Barton, circa mid-20th century, USA. A great desk, office, library, etc., accessory. With make...
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Mid-20th Century American American Classical Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Neoclassical Antique Sterling Silver Ink Stand, London 1798 Henry Greenway
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1798 by Henry Greenway, this handsome, George III, antique, sterling silver ink stand, is plain in style, and feature...
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1790s English Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Industrial Steel Clad Hardwood Elliptical Wastepaper Basket/ Trash Can
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Industrial Steel Clad Hardwood Elliptical Wastepaper Basket/ Trash Can
Intricately crafted with elongated silver-leaf clad rim, standing 15.5 -Inches high, with a lower point of 9" ...
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Late 20th Century Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel, Silver Leaf
Vintage Tool Vice, Powder Coated Bright Yellow Desk Accessory
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage vice powder-coated in bright yellow.
Just look at this antique vice which has been painted in "bright sunshine yellow". The tool vice is made in ...
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Felice Antonio Botta Designer Chessboard in Lucite from 1970s
Located in Foggia, FG
Lucite chessboard by Felice Antonio Botta, original and authentic from the 1970s
Intact and in a good state of conservation, ideal as a prestigious gift to embellish a room by creat...
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1970s European American Classical Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Silver Scribe or Desk Writing Set, Platerías Martínez, Madrid, Spain, 1819
Located in Madrid, ES
Scribe with four inkwells and bell. Silver. Madrid, Silversmiths Martínez, 1819.
With contrast marks.
Notary of silver in its color composed of a rectangular tray (raised on four...
Category
1810s Spanish Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
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...
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Mid-20th Century English Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Antique Commercial Balance Scale by H. L. Becker in Brussels
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique commercial balance scale by H. L. Becker in Brussels is the type of precision instrument for which the company was known during the early 20th century. Note the attention to ...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
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...
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20th Century American American Classical Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Italian White Marble Column Pillar Neoclassical Style Desk or Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Italian white marble Ionic column pillar, Neoclassical style, desk or table lamp, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Marble is carved and p...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
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...
Category
19th Century Japanese Industrial Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
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
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted Escritoire Desk
Located in Brea, CA
This Louis XV style vanity gilt bronze-mounted desk has one wide drawer in front and there are 6 drawers on two lines for even more storage. Fine writing desk with curved sides and g...
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20th Century American American Classical Desk Accessories
Materials
Hardwood
Brass Desk Top Model of a Kedge Admiralty Anchor
Located in London, GB
A brass desk top model of a Kedge admiralty anchor.
Well modeled with Shank, stock, crown, flukes, shackle and keep pin.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
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
Early Leather Briefcase
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a delicate and early leather briefcase. The lock works and the leather straps are intact. There is no damage and it has just the right patina.
Category
1910s American Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Italian Grand Tour Marble Model of a Roman Labrum or Bath, circa 1810
Located in Kinderhook, NY
Rare early 19th century Italian Grand Tour model of an ancient Roman labrum (bath) or sarcophagus in exquisitely carved rosso antico marble having double ring handles and central lio...
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Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Handsome 19th Century Bronze and Marble Neoclassical Bust, Great Color & Patina.
Located in Buchanan, MI
Handsome 19th Century Bronze and Marble Neoclassical Bust, Great Color & Patina. Pristine Condition.
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Lens on Stand by Pye of Cambridge
By William Pye
Located in London, GB
An early 20th century lens on a weighted stand by Pye of Cambridge.
The rotating lens is mounted in a gilt brass dial marked with 360 degree circle, the height and angle can be ad...
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Early 20th Century English Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Optical Glass
19century English Balancing Scale
By G. None
Located in Tarrytown, NY
19century English balancing scale.
Category
19th Century European Industrial Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Silver Inkstand, with Hallmarks, Madrid, Spain, 1779
Located in Madrid, ES
With hallmarks and property marks (AL).
A tray of curved profiles is supported on four legs in the shape of plant elements. Fixed to it are four elements. These, and the bell, prese...
Category
1770s Spanish Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
1930s Chrome Diamond Plate Paperweight Curiosity Desk Object Architect Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful desk relic from a captain of industry.
Category
1930s American Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
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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