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Desk Accessories For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1850s
Four Small Pencile or Candle Holder Vienna Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Four small pencile or candle holder vienna around 1950s
Hammered brass
Original condition
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Hand Carved Marble Stone Pyramid Aztec Mayan
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of vintage green and white marble Aztec Mayan stone bookends.
Vintage handcrafted large heavy natural marble bookends with Aztec Mayan green head on a pyramidal form.
These are very substantial, heavy and well handmade bookends.
They are hand carved white with white natural color of the marble and the green marble carved Mayan head...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Walter Bosse Pencil Holder 'Marked' Around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse pencil holder( marked ) around 1950s
The pencil is not icluded ( it is only for the photoshooting )
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage German Made Globe, Globe Terrestre Wooden Base
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Nice vintage globe, issued in the 1960s by Professor Doctor Arthur Krause. The globe has a wooden base, oak. The sphere itself is made of cardboard cover...
Category
1960s German Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Paperweights Wooden clothespin Faux leather Handstitched, France 1960's
Located in Den Haag, NL
Paperweight Wooden clothespin Faux leather Handstitched, France 1960's. In Black and Red.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Faux Leather
Val Saint Lambert France Engraved Glass Disc Pisces Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
Dreamy engraved round glass disc Pisces paperweight by Val Saint Lambert, France, circa 1970s. Signed with engraved signature on disc edge,
as pictured.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Set of Five File Folders in Wicker and Brass, Italy, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Five big file folders in wicker and brass details made in Italy in the 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
Large Stainless Steel Industrial Fork Mold Sculpture for Silverware
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large vintage industrial factory mold in stainless steel in the shape of a large dinner fork.
These highly decorative sculptures are sold separately or a...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Walnut and Enamel Bookends by Ernest John
Located in Redding, CT
Pair of Mid-Century Modern walnut and enamel bookends. Signed by Ernest John.
The perfect accessory to a mid century office. Colorful and vibrant. These can parcel ship for $29 domes...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Nutcracker Vienna Around 1950s 'Wood'
Located in Wien, AT
Nutcracker vienna around 1950s ( wood )
Original condition.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Large Painted Plexiglas Terrestrial Globe, France circa 1950
Located in Paris, FR
Important relief earth globe representing the oceans and the continents.
The globe is made of painted plexiglas, fixed to the marble base by a brass axis. France around 1950.
Category
1950s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass
Pairpoint Blown Glass Paperweight, Figural Swan Motif, Vintage, circa 1950s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
From America's oldest crystal manufacturer still in business, this is a beautifully blown piece of art. It features an elegant swan and Pairpoint's signature controlled bubble. In ve...
Category
1950s American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Art Deco Snake Lamp, by Aldo Tura, Ashtray Service Cigarettes Hand-Carved Walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Mid-Century table lamp, Art Deco lamp, by Aldo Tura, ashtray service cigarettes or centre table, in hand-carved blond walnut. Restored and working.
Measures cm: H 28 x W 35 x D 21.
...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Small Table Fan, 1960s Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage industrial table fan.
Made of metal and plastic.
Repolished, fully functional.
Category
1960s Czech Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Walter Bosse Pencil Holder, 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Walter Bosse pencil holder, 1950s.
Original condition.
(Pencils not included, it is only for the photoshooting).
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Stow & Davis Teak Paper Bin, circa 1960s
By Stow Davis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-Century Modern Stow & Davis teak paper bin, circa 1960s
Vintage waste basket bin by Stow and Davis. The bin is made from teak. Good vintage...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Typewriter Olympia-Plana, Germany, 1940
Located in Praha, CZ
Typewriter by Olympia-Plana, manufactured in the 1940's, in Germany
Made of metal and plastic.
Repolished, cleaned, in original condition.
Fully functional, package contains a suitcase.
Category
1940s German Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Ashtray or Bowl, Solid Brass for Desk or Table, 1960s, Italy
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful solid brass ashtray, very heavy 1.8 kg.
Measure: 16 x 16 x 2.5 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Austrian Letter Opener and tray Vienna 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
This beautiful desk set comprises a letter opener and a small desk tray. The letter opener is made from nickel plates brass and has a leather wrapping....
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Inkwell attributed to Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
Located in Lugo, IT
Glass inkwell attributed to a design by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte
Thank you
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Rare Vintage Franz Hagenauer Jockey Ice Cub or Sugar Tongs
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare early Art Deco sugar tongs, depicting a Dandy, or boy with jokey hat.
Also useable for ice cubes.
Made about 1930/40 in Vienna Austria. Designed by Fran...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Art Deco Desktop Calendar & Chrome Weather Station With Barometer
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Art Deco Unigraph Desktop Weather Station.
Featuring a Barometer, Thermometer & Calendar In A Chrome Frame With Black Painted Base Reg. No 843105
Art Deco 'Unigraph' desk weather station...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Small Murano Red and White Heart Shaped Paper Weight, Italy circa 1960's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian 1960's Murano Red and White Heart Shaped Paper Weight
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
20th Century Fontana Arte Soliflore Vase Mod 2393 in Crystal, Nickeled Brass 50s
By Fontana Arte
Located in Turin, Turin
FontanaArte is an Italian company founded in Milan (as Fontana Arte) in 1932 by Luigi Fontana and Giò Ponti and specializing in glass processing and the production of furnishing accessories. It is known for working with curved crystal and producing lighting fixtures, becoming a prominent name in Italian design over the years.
Here we have a vertical "Soliflore" vase model 2393 in thick crystal and nickel-plated brass by Fontana Arte designed in 50s. This decorative object is a perfect idea for a gift (wedding, graduation, new born...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Signed Stig Lindberg Gustavsberg Ceramic Tray or Dish Desk Accessory
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage chic Swedish Mid-Century Modern hallmarked Stig Lindberg glazed ceramic tray, dish or desk accessory is hallmarked in 2 places with numbers; Gustavsberg Sweden with a sy...
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Fontana Arte Soliflore Vase Model 2392 in Crystal & Nickeled Brass
By Fontana Arte
Located in Turin, Turin
FontanaArte is an Italian company founded in Milan (as Fontana Arte) in 1932 by Luigi Fontana and Giò Ponti and specializing in glass processing and the production of furnishing acce...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
1925 Chrome Female Bookends, "The Soul of The Book" by Arturo Levi
Located in San Diego, CA
Timeworn chrome female bookends; spine reads "The Soul of the Book." by Arturo Levi, 1925. These ladies photographed well and we could not resist taking mo...
Category
1960s North American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Signed Bronze and Silver Plate Hinged Box Desk Accessory
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely, handsome vintage and well-made heavy box from Silver Crest Co. is hallmarked on the bottom genuine silver crest bronze SMA 518-36, 59....
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze
Oak and Polychrome "Öresund" Desk Organizer by Børge Mogensen, Karl Andersson
Located in Hägersten, SE
Desk organizer model A4/3 from the Öresund series designed by Børge Mogensen. Produced in Sweden by Karl Andersson & Söner during the 1960s. Made from solid oak with three drawers in...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak, Lacquer
Printing Blocks
Located in South Salem, NY
A set of thirteen printing block fragments from the mid 20th century. One larger block and a collection of a dozen complementary smaller blocks. Small b...
Category
1960s Indian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Large MCM Advertising Desk Pad on Wood Truck "Mitchell"
Located in San Diego, CA
A super cool and hard to find large MCM advertising desk pad on wood truck "Mitchell", circa 1970s. This piece is in good vintage condition and measures 8.75"W x 3"D x 4.75"H. These...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Paper
Murano Mosaic Color Spots Gold Leaf Italian Art Glass High Heel Shoe Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful Murano handblown multi-color murrine mosaic design Italian art glass kitten heel shoe sculpture. It has gold leaf on the heel and on the trim over the top. Made with a rain...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Leaf
Sculpture of a Toucan Designed by Livio Seguso ca. 1960s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A heavy sculpture of a toucan in orange and clear glass. Designed by glass sculptor Livio Seguso ca. 1960. On the base with incised signature of the artist (LS) and made in Murano st...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Late 20th Century American Mid Century Modern A - Z Bookends by, Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Englewood, NJ
A Pair of Mid Century Modern cast iron "A-Z" Iron Bookends finished in original gilt finish. They are each signed "@ C Jere 1970" They are In great vintage condition with some loss o...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Cellier Stitched Leather Pen Holder in the Style of Jacques Adnet
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This nice pen holder is made of cellier stitched leather and glass. This is a French work in the Style of Jacques Adnet. Circa 1950
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Glass
Art Glass Paperweight, Glasswork Novy Bor, 1950s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Art Glass
The paperweight has a small chip on the bottom which is ground so that it does not have sharp edges
Re-polished
Original Condition.
Category
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Art Glass Obelisk Attributed to Charles Lyn Tissot for Venini
By Venini
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Art glass Obelisk attributed to Charles Lyn Tissot for Venini.
A heavy obelisk made of clear glass internally decorated with a twisted zanfirico ca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Industrial Art Deco Triple Beveled Mirrors by Apex
By APEX
Located in Buffalo, NY
Art Deco triple mirror adjustable forward and backward motion featuring three bevel mirrors, wonderful scale and proportion, metal, Industrial yet sleek, elegant design, mint origina...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
French Harlequin Ceramic Ink and Pen Stand by Aladin
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A lovely French Harlequin ceramic ink and pen holder by Aladin. The white ceramic piece features purple and gold accents throughout.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Modern Advertising Letter Opener Hill Desk Accessory
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Mid-Century Modern Advertising Letter Opener by Hill.
The letter opener has the original cover in faux leather with hammered texture. The metal had...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Primavera Gilt Sunburst Letter Opener
Located in New York, NY
“Primavera” Gilt Sunburst Letter Opener. Vintage chic desk accessory gilt metal letter opener with articulated radiating sunburst face on slender sh...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Vintage Baccarat John F. Kennedy Ruby Red Sulphide French Crystal Paperweight
By Baccarat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Baccarat John F. Kennedy Ruby Red Sulphide French Crystal Paperweight. Item features the original box and paperweight, very nice vintage item, quality French craftsmanship. C...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Carl Auböck pen brass paperweight in original wooden box, Austria 1950s
Located in Berlin, DE
Paperweight by Carl Auböck in wooden box. The measurements given apply to the paperweight, the box measures: 18.5 / 3 / 3 cm.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Clamp Made of Rosewood and Stainless Steal
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant well shaped clamp for holding papers, documents or letters.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Marble desk set
Located in Nivelles, BE
Marble desk set including two inkwells, 2 pen holders, a letter tray and a blotting pad.
Beautifully veined black marble.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Set of Three Decorative Cut Crystal Obelisks
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Set of three cut crystal obelisk forms in assorted sizes from the 1960s. The smallest measures 10 inches tall, the medium is 12.5 inches and the tallest is 14 and the bases are all...
Category
1960s Unknown Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Vintage Desktop Hole Punch
Located in London, GB
A vintage heavy duty metal, fully functioning hole punch mounted on oak base found in the Lake District in the North of England.
Category
1950s English Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Barovier Toso Murano Green Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Grapes Fruit Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown green stripes and gold flecks Italian art glass wrap bunch fruit sculpture / figure. Documented to the Barovier e Toso Company...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Leaf
Art Deco Chrome & Onyx Novelty Letter Rack, England, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this charming 1930's Art Deco letter rack, the perfect desk piece for your home office or even perhaps telephone table i...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Chrome
Vintage 1965 Consul 232 Portable Typewriter in two-tone slate/sky grey in Case
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage 1965 Consul 232 Portable Typewriter in two-tone slate/sky grey in Case. Circa 1960s. Measurements: 4" H x 14.5" W x 14.5" D.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Small Memphis Style Postmodern Mirror
Located in San Diego, CA
Very cool Memphis style small wall mirror signed Hill Brin, circa 1990s. There is a lot of intricate pottery detail and image overlap on the frame of the handmade mirror.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Pottery
Art Deco Era Brunswick Balke Pool Hall Billiard Ball Wall Rack as Found Original
By Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company 1
Located in Ferndale, MI
Maple with chrome art deco era pool or billiard ball wall mount rack. Right off the wall of old time Detroit pool parlor.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
A Set of Two Scottish Banded Agate Table Seals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jewels for your desk or table.......A Pair of antique semi-precious Scottish banded agate wax seals for sealing letters. They are hand carved in natural s...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate
Antonio da Ros Handmade Glass Sculptural Bookends, circa 1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antonio da Ros handmade glass sculptural bookends, circa 1960
Absolutely beautiful vintage 1960s bookends by noted Italian glass master Antonio da Ros.
This matching pair measu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Royal Doulton Porcelain Figurine, "The Mendicant"
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Royal Doulton The Mendicant, Moroccan figurine of a man wearing a turban and playing a tamburine.
High glazed, finely modeled bone china with exquisi...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Folk Art Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
V. Nasson & Co. Bucalante Murano Glass Paperweight, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
V. Nasson & Co. Bucalante Murano Glass Paperweight, Signed
Offered for sale is a cobalt blue hand-blown bucalante Murano Glass paperweight by V. Nasson & Co.. This is s lovely spa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass, Blown Glass
Mid-Century Pinched Murano Glass Bowl, Silver Flake, Seguso, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
A Mid-century beautiful organic designed mouth blown purple glass bowl with silver fleck inclusions. The base retains a partial Made in Murano S...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Portuguese Telephone Exchange PBX from the 50s/60s
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Telephone exchange, PBX from the 50s/60s. Manual telephone system used to interconnect several lines in a company or organisation. With a wooden ca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Modern 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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