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Desk Accessories For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: Early 1900s
Spanish Mudejar-Style Wooden and Leather-Covered Chest, circa 1500
Located in Marbella, ES
Mudejar-style chest. Spain, circa 1500.
Wood and leather.
A chest with a wooden core and leather lining. The leather has been embossed with stylised vegetal motifs on both sides, i...
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Wood
Edwardian Silver Mounted Hukin & Heath Cut Glass Jockey Cap Inkwell c1908
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Edwardian cut glass jockey cap inkwell by Hukin & Heath, mounted on a hallmarked English silver collar.
Hinged collar with hallmark and engraved monogram cover
Hallmarked Birmingham ...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
WMF German Jugendstil Brass Roller Desk Blotter
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish German Jugendstil brass roller desk blotter by renowned makers WMF (Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik) and dating from around 1910. The des...
Category
Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Steel
18th C. Venetian Italian Wood Box w/its Original Finish, 26.5" Wide
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Venetian Italian box with its original finish, from the 18th century. This antique wood box from Italy is rectangular in shape with a raised foliate...
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Wine Bottles, Set of Three
Located in Hook, Hampshire
18th Century French wine bottles – set of three
18th Century French wine bottles – set of three. Three very early 18th Century French mouth blown...
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18th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Marcel Bing, Art Nouveau Butterfly Inkwell in Enameled Bronze, France, 1905
By Marcel Bing
Located in New York, NY
Marcel Bing was the fourth child of Sigfried/Samuel Bing (1838-1905), the great collector of Japanese art and founder of the gallery L'Art Nouveau Bing located at 22 rue de Provence in Paris. Marcel trained as a jeweler, creating jewelry and vase mounts for the gallery and took over its management upon his father's death in 1905.
Bibliography:
- L’art appliqué revue internationale, le style moderne...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Boxed Gilt Bronze Letter Opener and Seal by G A Chenus
By G. A. Chenus
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This boxed set of a letter opener and seal is made of gilt bronze and both pieces are signed by G A Chenus, a French sculptor of the Art Nouveau period. Both pieces are decorated wit...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Georgian Captains Military Writing Box by Hewlins, St Martins Lane
Located in Northampton, GB
Antique military captain's writing box with brass strapping, secret compartment and special large steel key to secure the box for stability on the shores or military manoeuvres!
T...
Category
Late 18th Century British Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Restored Typewriter/ Consul, Model 2226, Czechoslovakia, 1965s
Located in Praha, CZ
The entire machine is expertly disassembled, cleaned, lubricated, all repaired and fully functional
The packaging of the machine has surface defects that are associated with the age...
Category
1660s Czech Mid-Century Modern Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Coordinated Dessert Green Decorated Porcelain '900 -Antiques'
Located in Foggia, FG
Coordinato Dessert Porcellana Decorata Verde 900 -Antiques-
Anno: 1900 circa
Materiale: Porcellana
Condizioni: Perfette con scatola con coperchio
Misure: Piatto grande cm 26 diametro, Piattino cm 17 diametro
Coordinated dessert green decorated porcelain '900 -antiques-
Year: around 1900s
Material: Porcelain
Condition: Perfect with box with pink box...
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Early 1900s Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
White Rock Quartz Crystal Geode Natural Specimen Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
White Rock Crystal Geode Natural Specimen Sculpture its divided into two parts.
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15th Century and Earlier European Prehistoric Antique Desk Accessories
Seal Initialled WJ Wivern IS Lion Profile George III Silver
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Chased with a wivern rampant above the initials ‘WJ’. Stamped 'IS' makers mark, the duty mark of 1795 with the King's profile and a lion passant (guardant) mark of London and other E...
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18th Century British George III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
18th Century Italian Bronze Pestle for a Mortar, 9 Inches Long
Located in Stamford, CT
If you've got the mortar, I have the pestle! There are so many mortars out there, and so few pestles. It's nice to have both. Here is your opportunity to marry this large scale pestl...
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Large Late 17th Century Baroque Iron Door Lock
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large French baroque wrought iron door lock on acrylic stand.
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Late 17th Century French Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wrought Iron
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
Vintage Petrified Wood Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage petrified wood paper weight, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown and tan colors and measur...
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15th Century and Earlier Congolese Mid-Century Modern Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Petrified Wood
Turn of the Century French Patinated Ecritoire with Display Glass Top
Located in High Point, NC
A patinated ecritoire produced during the turn of the century in France, this desk organizer is as functional as remarkable. Featuring a slant-top case crowned by a unique glass disp...
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Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Wood
Antique Sterling Silver Inkstand, London 1901, Gallery Border
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1901 by Ernest Damant, this striking, Victorian, antique sterling silver ink stand, features shaped and pierced gallery borders, and two glass ink wells...
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Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large 18th Century French Lock and Key
Located in Houston, TX
Large 18th century French iron lock and key. This handsome french iron lock comes with the original key and makes an interesting coffee table accessory or...
Category
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Bronze Mortar with Pestle, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Mortar with hand. Bronze. XVII century.
Mortar with a circular base, cylindrical body and slightly outwardly flared mouth, decorated with a series of smooth horizontal moldings arranged both in the lower and upper areas and with simple vertical elements (which still maintain slight balustraded shapes) derived from of the ribs that these specimens used to have in the medieval Spanish...
Category
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Other
Blue and White Dutch Delft Tile with Hare, Mid 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands
Hoorn
Circa 1625 - 1650
A beautiful Wanli style tile with a painting of a blue hare on a green hill.
A genuine collectible of approximately 400 years old.
Category
Mid-17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Blue and White Dutch Delft Tile with the Good Shepherd, Early 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands
Rotterdam
Circa 1720 - 1740
An unusually fine painted religious 'open air' tile with deep shades of blue and a shining glaze, decorated with the story of the lost sheep...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
16th Century, Spanish Wrought Iron Handle
Located in Marbella, ES
16th Century Spanish wrought iron handle.
Category
16th Century Spanish Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wrought Iron
Ancient Islamic Persian Khurasan Silver Inlaid Bronze Caligraphy Inkwell 1200
Located in Portland, OR
An important Islamic Khurasan bronze and silver-inlaid inkwell & cover, Eastern Persia, Circa 1200.
The inkwell of cylindrical form and having a shallow dome top cover with a tall knopped finial and inlaid with a twin band of scrolled silver. The base of the dome and the rim of the cover having bands on interlaced silver inlay, the inkwell having three loop handles.
The body of the inkwell having two bands of silver inlaid Naskh script, between the bands are twin panels...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Persian Islamic Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Purple Amethyst Decorative Object or Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful purple amethyst cluster decorative object, paperweight, or luxury display piece. A great piece for a bookshelf, cocktail table, on a desk as paperweight, etc. Dimensions:...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Organic Modern Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Amethyst, Quartz
18th Century Lignum Vitae Sphere
Located in London, GB
A late eighteenth century lignum vitae sphere of large scale.
Lignum vitae was favoured by Dame Barbara Hepworth, and a Hepworth sphere sculpture in th...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Edwardian Sterling Silver and Gray Agate Letter Opener / Paper Knife
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian, sterling silver and gray agate letter opener/paper knife, Sheffield, England, year-hallmarked for 1901, Mappin and Webb - makers. The agate has d...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate, Sterling Silver
Italian Shelf Depicting the Roman Emperor from the Early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Title: Decorated wood shelf
Date/Period: 20th century
Dimension: 50cm x 45cm 35cm
Materials: Wood
Additional information: Italian shelf depicting the Roman emperor from the early...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Rococo Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
John Charles Grinsell Antique Edwardian Cut Glass and Sterling Silver Inkwell
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian cut glass and English sterling silver mounted desk inkwell; part of our antique silver and glassware collection
This exceptio...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Brass Double Inkwell, Scotland, 1900
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique brass double inkwell, Scotland 1900, H545
Scotland 1900
Brass and glass
Inkwell comes with stamp holder and lid
Two glass inkwell...
Category
Early 1900s Scottish Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Spelter Sculpture, Two Men Pulling a Boat from the Water Signed G Carli
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Deco
G . Carli is synonymous with the sculptor Gustave Van Vaerenbergh, who lived from 1873 to 1927.
His studio was located in Schaerbeek (Belgium), where he worked as a sculpt...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Deco Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Spelter
18th Century Spanish Decorative Finial Carved in Wood in the Shape of a Plant
Located in Marbella, ES
18th Century Spanish Decorative Finial Carved in Wood in the Shape of a Plant
Category
18th Century Spanish Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Walker & Hall Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver and Glass Desk Standish
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver and glass desk standish; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection
This magnificent antique silver desk...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Brass Double Inkstand with Pen Holders, Scotland 1900, H548
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique brass double inkstand with pen holders, Scotland 1900, H548
Scotland 1900
Brass & glass
Brass pen holder to the back
Pair of cut glass inkwel...
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Early 1900s Scottish Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Large Sterling Silver-Mounted Controlled Bubbles Crystal Inkwell by Durgin
Located in New York, NY
Large, Edwardian-Period, sterling silver mounted controlled bubbles design crystal inkwell with hinged lid, William B. Durgin Co., Concord, New Hampshire, Ca. 1900. Measures 4 1/2 in...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Ceramic Inkwell, Talavera De La Reina, Spain, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Talavera Inkwell, 18th century. Glazed pottery
Talavera ceramic inkwell, decorated with cobalt blue enamel on a white tin slip
with restorations"
Size: 16 x 16 x 7 cms.
Category
18th Century Spanish Rococo Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Edwardian Inlaid Mahogany Ladies Stationery Box
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This very pretty Edwardian inlaid mahogany ladies stationery box would grace any ladies desk. The sloping lid is inlaid with a cushion shaped cartouche ...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Cut Geode Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage cut geode paper weight, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown, tan, grey and blue colors and measures 4...
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15th Century and Earlier American Mid-Century Modern Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Petrified Wood
Antique Double Inkstand, Linage Blue and Gilt, France, 1900, H565
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique double inkstand, linage blue and gilt, France 1900, H565
France 1900
Porcelain
Floral decoration to the back
Pair of porcelain inkwells with lids
Pen rest
Stamp holder to th...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Amalric Walter and Alfred Finot Pate De Verre Woman with Schawl Paperweight
Located in Bochum, NRW
Amalric Walter and Alfred Finot, a seated female figure with a shawl and a necklace, Nancy, c. 1910
Gorgeous pâte-de-verre figurine in shades of jade, dark green and violet-blue colours; inscribed A. Finot A. Walter Nancy...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
17th Century English Leather Covered Knife Box Converted To a Letter Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
17th century leather knife box converted to a letter box with original brass hardware, sitting on brass ball feet.
Fitted interior lined with 18th century silk fabric.
In very good...
Category
17th Century European Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Large Antique English Oak Perpetual Desk Calendar c.1910
Located in Bath, GB
A good large Edwardian perpetual calendar made from solid English Oak. The keys either side are used to forward and return the rollers inside, changing the day, date and month.
Da...
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Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
Pair of stirrups. Carved wood, iron. Chile, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of stirrups. Carved wood, iron. Chile, 18th century.
Pair of stirrups made up of a carved wooden block, in the shape of a crescent on the front, and decorated on the outside wi...
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18th Century Chilean Rococo Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Art Nouveau Bronze Inkwell by D. Alonzo
Located in Fairfax, VA
An amazing work, double inkwells in red coopery color bronze with flower and leaf accents and marble base.
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Doré Dog Inkwell
Located in Dallas, TX
A round bronze doré dog inkwell with a hinged top and brown glass eyes. Circa 1900, England.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique Librarian's Book Tray, English, Tool Slide, Storage, Georgian, C.1800
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique librarian's book tray. An English, mahogany tool slide, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800.
Collect books from the library stack...
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Late 18th Century British Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Antique French Faience Quimper Inkwell Pen Tray, circa 1900
Located in Pearland, TX
A charming antique French faience Quimper double inkwell and pen tray desk set, circa 1900. This gorgeous inkwell is hand painted with a traditional Breton man surrounded by bagpipes...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Faience
Safe key. Wrought iron. 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Key of strong box in wrought iron, dated in century XVII, with complex design in the head, hollow body and finishes in the form of flattened arch."
· Size...
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17th Century European Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wrought Iron
Edwardian Pair of Colored Glass and Sterling Silver Match Strikers
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive pair of antique Edwardian English sterling silver and colored glass match strikers; an addition to our ornamental collection.
These fine antique Edwardian sterling silver match strikers have a circular rounded form.
The surface of each colored glass body is embellished with a serrated texture which composes a match striker.
The upper portion of these antique match strikers...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Anient Traditional Fan, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Traditional Italian fan is an original decorative object realized in Italy in the half of the 18th century.
The fan is realized completely in gilded silk, decorated gilded wood an...
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18th Century Italian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silk, Wood
WMF German Jugendstil Silver Plated Large Hound by Fritz Diller
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce German Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik WMF Jugendstil silver plated model of a large standing hound by Fritz Diller and dating from circa 1906...
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Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
17th Century Iron Lock & Key
Located in New York, NY
17th century lock & key. Probably form a large cabinet or a door.
Category
17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
1900, High Quality Art Nouveau Silver Plated and Enamels German Inkwell
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Particular inkwell made in Germany in 1900, green and blue enameled parts, decorated with floreal motifs.
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Edwardian Sterling Silver 'Anvil' Inkwell by George Unite & Sons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare and unusual antique Edwardian English sterling silver anvil inkwell; part of antique silver and glassware collection.
This exceptional an...
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Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Extremely Rare Rotterdammer Tile with Two Men in a Boat, Early 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
An extremely rare, so-called, Rotterdammer tile, with the decoration of a sailboat.
Country: The Netherlands
Place: Rotterdam
Date: circa 1615 - 1620
Workshop: Claes Wijtmans
This tile comes from one of the most rare and sought after tile series...
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Early 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Ottoman Empire Parcel-Gilt Silver Qalamdan
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An Ottoman Empire parcel-gilt silver qalamdan, the slender rectangular pen holder with faceted rounded ends and a hinged lid attached to a squat, square section, bombé inkwell with a...
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Early 18th Century Turkish Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
George III Period Rococo Sterling Silver Wax Jack, Desk Accessory, 1767
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1767 by John Langford II & John Sebille, this elegant, Antique Sterling Silver Wax Jack, is in the Rococo taste, standing on three fee...
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1760s English Rococo Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian Glass and Sterling Silver Match Striker / Paperweight
By Herbert Bushell & Co Ltd
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English glass and sterling silver match striker.
This exceptional antique sterling silver and glass match striker has a globular form.
The surface of the medium sized glass body of this Edwardian match striker...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
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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