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Desk Accessories For Sale
Style: Scandinavian Modern
Style: Regency
Large Twirling Bird Polished Wood Sculpture by Jakob Hermann for Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
Unique rotating wooden birds, created in the 1950s by the Danish furniture designer and true artist, Jacob Hermann and now being manufactured by Warm Nor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
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
Danish Faience Pottery Jewelry Dish Vide-Poche Aluminia & Royal Copenhagen
Located in New York, NY
**There're two (2) available, each sold separately, as per listing.
A Danish Faience ceramic pottery jewelry vide-poche square dish, from Denmark. Each dish has an internal band in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Pottery, Ceramic
Extra Large Twirling Bird Polished Wood Sculpture by Jakob Hermann
Located in Viby J, DK
Unique rotating wooden birds, created in the 1950s by the Danish furniture designer and true artist, Jacob Hermann and now being manufactured by Warm Nordic. The Danish-manufactured Twirling Birds...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Waste Bin in Solid Teak, Made in Denmark
Located in Lejre, DK
Waste bin in solid teak. Designed and made in Denmark, great condition.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak
Rare Pierre Forssell for Skultuna Solid Brass Candlesticks, 1960s, Sweden
Located in London, GB
Stunning, modernist brass candlesticks designed by Pierre Forssell for Skultuna, Sweden. Stamped with makers mark. Five available. Price i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Hand Mirror in Pewter with Decor of Fish, Swedish Art Deco
Located in Stockholm, SE
A hand mirror in pewter designed in Sweden but not marked, it is in a beautiful Art Deco style from the 1930-1940´s. It is 15 cm in diameter and in very ...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
English 20th Century Sterling Silver and Tortoise Shell Inkwell
Located in Stamford, CT
Stunning sterling silver inkwell with an inlaid tortoise shell lid. Circa 1912. Glass liner is missing.
Category
20th Century English Regency Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
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...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Letter Knife Produced in Sweden
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Letter knife by unknown designer. Produced in Sweden.
Category
20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Regency Period Antique Sterling Silver Meat Skewer by Wallis & Hayne London 1811
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1811 by Thomas Wallis II & Jonathan Hayne, this handsome, Regency Period, antique sterling silver meat skewer, is plain in style. The meat skewer measures: 12...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Nils Fougstedt Ink-Stand Produced by Fabriksaktiebolaget Kronsilver in Sweden
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Ink-stand designed by Nils Fougstedt. Produced by Fabriksaktiebolaget Kronsilver in Sweden.
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Scandinavian Modern Glass Sculpture by Swedish Designer Mona Morales-Schildt
Located in Stockholm, SE
Scandinavian Modern glass sculpture signed by Mona Morales-Schildt for Kosta. Two green paperweights/sculptures. Both with a bubble in the middle. Th...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Temple of Apollo Pewter box from Herman Bergman, Sweden, 1939
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful pewter box from Herman Bergman, adorned with a strict pewter rectangle on top. Beautiful execution.
The images depicted are from the Bassai (sometimes spelled Bassae) Fr...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Vintage Block Eternity Calendar in Wood, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A rather clever block eternity calendar in oak and pine wood. Anonymously made in Denmark during the 1970s I a style reminiscent of Kay Bojesen. The months are in English.
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
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
Danish Modern Desk Loose Leaf with 2022 Calendar in Teak
Located in San Diego, CA
Very functional Danish modern desk loose leaf with 2022 calendar insert in teak, circa 1970s. The piece is in excellent condition and measures 9.25"W x 8"D x 2"H. Great addition to any MCM office...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak, Paper
Regency Brass Letter Card Box, England, 1820
Located in Stamford, CT
Regency brass letter card box with rope overlay from England 1820. Would make a great decorative piece for a desk. In very good condition.
Category
Early 19th Century European Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Pair of Regency Bronze Figures of Reclining Whippets on Green Marble Bases
By Thomas Weeks
Located in Stamford, CT
A very fine pair of English Regency bronze whippets or greyhounds on verdi antico marble book form bases, after Thomas Weeks. Each dog sculpture is beautifully cast with their individual personalities. Clearly after, and possibly by, Thomas Weeks.
These whippets are resonant of the early nineteenth-century work of Thomas Weeks (d. 1834) who established a 'Royal Mechanical Museum' or emporium in Tichbourne Street in about 1797. The attractions included various animated animals and insects, ingenious clocks, musical instruments, elaborate temples, toys and other such peculiarities that appealed to the London public in the late 18th and early 19th Century (C. Gilbert, 'Some Weeks cabinets reconsidered', The Connoisseur, May 1971...
Category
Early 19th Century European Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
English Regency Mahogany Travelling Sloped Lap Desk Box, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
English Regency mahogany travelling sloped lap desk box with brass corner mounts and handles, 19th century. Key included. Other features include fine tooled leather insert and a draw...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Mahogany
Ericsson Cobra Phone in Cream-Colored Plastic with Turntable at the Bottom
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Ericsson Cobra phone in cream-colored plastic with turntable at the bottom. Swedish design icon, 1960s.
Measures: 21 x 11 cm.
In very good condition.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
19th Century English Burl Wood & Rosewood Parkins & Gotto Inkwell Desk Letterbox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
19th century English burl wood and rosewood Parkins & Gotto inkwell desk letterbox. Item includes a brass ormolu, glass inkwells, bun feet, beautiful...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Rosewood
Writing Set by Ernst Svedbom for Svenskt Tenn, 1934
By Svenskt Tenn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Writing, seven parts set in pewter by Ernst Svedbom (1913-2004), Goldsmith AB for Swedish Tenn, circa 1934-1936.
Marked: SG A-B Svenskt Tenn K8.
A pair...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
1950s Lisa Larson Cat Stoneware Sculpture Paperweight Gustavsberg Danish MCM Era
Located in Hyattsville, MD
One day in the middle of the 1950s, Lisa modeled a cat with the tail straight up in the air. The cat was made of dark brown stoneware with carved stripes. This modernist figurine was...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stoneware
Gilded Age Silver Plated and Crystal Writing Desk Set
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique silver-on-copper and crystal pen and ink desk set is composed a footed tray with two indentations for feathered pens or writing instruments, two l...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
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
Scandinavian Modern Glass Sculpture by Swedish Designer Mona Morales-Schildt
Located in Stockholm, SE
Scandinavian Modern glass sculpture signed by Mona Morales-Schildt for Kosta. Two red paperweights. One with a bubble in the middle. The other ...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
1950s Danish Teak Desk Organizer by Hans J. Wegner for Johannes Hansen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A bench-made solid teak desk organizer with dovetail joinery, comprising five correspondence dividers, a slim drawer and open storage.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak
Shaped Bode Willumsen Royal Copenhagen 1965 Sung Glazed Stoneware Dish #20162
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Tactile triangular stoneware dish signed Bode Willumsen for Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1965.
A superbly glazed dish epitomising Danish style
Signed and Numbered
Measures: Width 6....
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Regency Tooled Leather Desktop Secretaire Cabinet
Located in London, by appointment only
A Regency tooled leather work desktop secretaire cabinet, the hinged lid enclosing a partitioned compartment, the moulded doors enclosing four drawers with faux book spine fronts, th...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Oval Pen Tray
Located in London, GB
An attractive early 19th century Regency period bronze and Ormolu oval Pen Tray, with thistle, fruit and flower handles, having cut-glass inkwells, quill holders, candleholder and ce...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique English Regency Inkwell Mahogany Cristal Glas Brass Mounts
Located in Munich, DE
We see an important regency inkwell crafted out of mahogany with brass decorations in England, circa 1810.
Measurements are taken without the crystal inkwells.
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Mahogany
Gilded Age Silver-Plated and Crystal Writing Desk Set
Located in Sheffield, MA
The antique silver-on-copper and crystal pen and ink desk set is composed a footed tray with two indentations for feathered pens or writing instruments, two l...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
Early 19th Century Regency Brass Recumbent Greyhound Paperweight
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century Regency brass paperweight in the form of a recumbent greyhound raised over cloth covered base.
Category
1810s Irish Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Bronze Poodle Inkwell, France, 19th Century
Located in Norwalk, CT
A detailed figure of a standard poodle stands on this antique inkwell. All bronze with wood bottom. Interior holes for inkwells. No inserts. Acanthus l...
Category
Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
English Regency Ormolu Mantel Piece Objects of American Indians
Located in London, GB
English Regency ormolu mantel piece objects of American Indians. The male sits upon a tortoise and has a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other. He has a quiver of arrows on his back and feather head dress...
Category
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Pair Antique English Regency Lapis Lazuli and Ormolu Watch or Miniature Holders
Located in London, GB
Superb near pair of Russian or English early 19th century watch or portrait holders. In the finest quality ormolu set on square socles. The bases o...
Category
1820s British Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Ormolu
English Regency Desk Set in Form of British Sailors Defending a Fort with Mortar
Located in London, GB
An extremely rare and very unusual bronze desk set in the form of British sailors ( or Jack Tars) defending or more likely attacking a fort with mortars. Set on bun feet with what ap...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
19th Century English Silver and Tortoise Inkwell Signed Mappin and Webb
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century English Mappin and Webb silver and tortoise inkwell with
original glass liner for the ink.
Category
19th Century European Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Danish Design Set of Six Parts Rosewood with Silver Inlay, Box, Notepad and More
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Danish design, set of six parts rosewood with silver inlay.
Box, notepad and more.
Denmark, circa 1960s.
In very good condition.
Marked.
The box measures 14.5 cm. x 10...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Pensive Bird Desk Accessory
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A pensive bird pen and note holder crafted from birch.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Birch
Regency period bronze and ormolu gothic encrier
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century Regency period bronze and ormolu encrier, having inkwells and star pierced sander, contained in Gothic fret body, supported on leaf decorated plinth base.
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze
Carved Teak Pipe Rest
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A carved and sculptural pipe rest crafted from a single piece of warm teak.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak
An English Alabaster Urn and Cover Inlaid with Blue John, circa 19th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
An alabaster urn and cover inlaid with blue John on square slate base. English, circa early 19th century.
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
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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