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Desk Accessories For Sale
Desk Set in Elegant Art Deco from 1930s
Located in Knivsta, SE
A very elegant desk set in art deco probably from 1930s or earlier. The desk set is made of patinated brass and consists of two parts. An ink stand with pen stand and a rocker blotter...
Category
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th Century Rosewood & Inlay Stationary Writing Slope With Leather Interior
Located in Reading, Berkshire
19th Century Victorian Rosewood Decorative Inlaid Writing Slope With An Engraved Shield. Stationary Compartments and Storage Space.
The item has black ebonised decorative accents & is fitted with a tooled black leather interior
Supplied with two glass inkwells
A new leather writing pad
A vintage ink pen...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Rosewood
Pair of Bronze Paperweights, circa 1970, France.
Located in Brussels, BE
Pair of paperweights in the shape of pebbles, circa 1970, France.
Gilded bronze.
Dimensions: pebble one: 9 x 8 x 3 cm, pebble two: 8 x 7 x 3 cm.
All purchases are covered by our Buye...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Roycroft Arts & Crafts Hammered Copper Inkwell
By Roycroft
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period hand hammered copper inkwell.
By Roycroft (signed with impressed orb and cross mark)
USA, Early 20th Century
Each measures: 4"W x 4"D x 2.5"H.
Goo...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
Porcelain Dog on Pillow with Tassels Decorative Object, circa Mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful porcelain regal dog sitting on fancy pillow, circa mid-20th century. A great decorative object. Piece is matte unglazed porcelain ceramic of a brown and white dog, a red and gold collar, sitting on fluffy blue pillow with yellow...
Category
Mid-20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century English Silvered Metal 'Worried Knight' Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century English Silvered Metal 'Worried Knight' Inkwell
Add a touch of classical whimsy to your home or office with our tole figural knight inkwell. Made in later 19th century ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Renaissance Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Italian 1970s Metal Parrot Head Scotch Tape Dispenser
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1970s Parrot Head Scotch Tape Dispenser
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Hollywood Regency Crystal Pineapple Paperweight by Oleg Cassini
By Oleg Cassini
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice Hollywood Regency crystal pineapple paperweight by Oleg Cassini, circa 1980s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with no chi...
Category
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Leather Basket by Lancel Paris, Signed and Made in Italy
By Lancel Paris
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This basket, or trash can, is signed Lancel Paris underneath, and has been made in Italy in the 1970's.
The leather as a beautiful old patina.
It is in good condition.
Category
1970s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Office Set in Glossy Black Lacquered Wood, Leather and Corno Italiano
Located in Recanati, Macerata
Create a stylish working spot with our office set, exuding a sense of minimalism and sophistication. Comprised of a desk blotter, a catch-all tray, a pen holder, an A4 letter tray and two picture frames...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Wood
Carl Auböck Handcrafted Midcentury Brass Anchor Figurine Key Ring Chain Holder
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist Anchor keyring / keyholder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria. Fully stamped and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Walter Bosse Sculptural Brass Hand Bowl or Ashtray, Herta Baller, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful mid-century sculptural brass bowl designed in the shape of a hand. Originally conceived as an ashtray, this elegant brass piece is versatile to be used as a jewelry bowl,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Grey Power Flower Fan by Heckhausen - Zetsche for Elmar Flàtotto
Located in Den Haag, NL
Great looking ,Grey Power Flower Fan by Heckhausen - Zetsche for Elmar Flàtotto in the 2000s. 3-speed engine and automatic blade-stopping safety system - i...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Space Age Desk Accessories
Materials
Foam
17th Century Iron Lock & Key
Located in Huntington, NY
17th century lock & key. Probably form a large cabinet or a door.
Category
17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Cartier 18 Carat Gold Plated Trinity Vendome Ballpoint Pen With Cartier Box
By Cartier
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Elegant Cartier 18 Carat Gold Plated Trinity Vendome Ballpoint Pen With Red Leather Cartier Box
Case is different from one in main image will be the ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate
ICA Volta 125 Camera Folding Bed Camera For 9x12cm Plates With Ica Periskop
Located in Reading, Berkshire
ICA Volta 125 Camera Folding Bed Camera For 9x12cm Plates With Ica Periskop "Alpha" F11 Fixed Lens
Manufactured by Internationale Camera Actiengesellschaf...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Montblanc Fountain Pen Star Walker Soulmakers for 100 years Special Edition
By Montblanc
Located in Plainview, NY
The Montblanc StarWalker "Soulmakers for 100 Years" Special Edition Fountain Pen is an exquisite symbol of craftsmanship and heritage. Encased in an elegantly understated black pres...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate, Platinum
Carl Auböck Midcentury Tuning Fork Handmade Key Ring Chain Holder
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist tuning fork keyring / key holder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria.
Length inc...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
MCM Brass Peace Sign Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool MCM brass peace sign paperweight, circa 1970's. The piece is. in very good vintage condition with a nice patina and measures 3.75"D x .5"H. #4296
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Travelling Marble Solitaire Board Game with 35 mixed stone Marbles, Circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good and complete board game of Marble Solitaire, with a hand turned hardwood board and 35 agate stone and clay marbles, which we date to t...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Agate
Dark Green Marble Obelisks, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A substantial pair of dark green marble Obelisk sculptures in the modern style, circa late-20th century. Pair/set are dark green marble with black veining, some minor traces of white...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Vintage Montblanc Meisterstück 'Gold-Coated' 149 Fountain Pen
By Montblanc
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine German fountain pen.
By Montblanc.
In the Meisterstuck 149 pattern.
The so-called 'gold-coated' model (ie gold plated) with a 14 karat yellow gold nib.
Marked to the nib ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate
Salta Medium Square Cream Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
Vintage Silver Plate Hand Held Magnifying Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A substantial, silver plated hand-held magnifying glass, circa 1980s.
Perfect for the desk top or a library, this heavy magnifying has a ribbed metal handle terminating in a solid b...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown International Style Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Gilt Art Nouveau Portrait Casket Double Inkwell WMF (Attrib.)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Gilt Art Nouveau Portrait Casket Double Inkwell WMF (Attrib.)
Germany, Circa 1900s
Attributed to WMF” Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
A gilt Art Nouveau portrait casket double i...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Beautiful and Rare Mahogany Tennis Racket Tensioner from Early 20th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful and rare English Tennis Racket Tensioner from early 20th century or maybe late 19th Century. Made in mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni) with brass details.
Wear consistent wi...
Category
Early 20th Century English Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Chinese Calligraphy Brush Bone Handle
Located in Somis, CA
Beautiful Chinese calligraphy brush with handmade bone handle. A beautiful brush that is perfect for making art or as an design element. Bone ferrule and h...
Category
2010s Chinese Desk Accessories
Materials
Bone
Carl Auböck Handcrafted Midcentury Brass Shell Figurine Key Ring Chain Holder
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist shell keyring / key holder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria. Fully stamped and ...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Rare Foitzik Trier Unca 120 Roll Film Bellow Camera Made in Germany 1952
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Rare Foitzik Trier Unca 120 Roll Film Bellow Camera Made in Germany 1952
Model Unca (6x6)
The Foitzik-Kamerawerke were founded in 1945 in Lübeck, northern Germany, by machine cons...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Pair of modernist paperweights
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of modernist paperweights functioning as bookends, made of nickel-plated metal with a black marble base and adorned with a translucent glass sphere.
Dimensions : H : 14 cm; W: 9 cm
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Paire de presse papiers formant serre livres...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
Purple Amethyst Decorative Object 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
Jacques Adnet Modernist Desk Office Waste Paper Basket, circa 1930
Located in Atlanta, GA
French designer Jacques Adnet (1900-1984) designed this beautiful Art Deco modernist chrome desk accessory or office waste basket. The minimalist geometric round shape boasts a typic...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Carl Auböck Midcentury Brass Seahorse Handmade Key Ring Chain Holder
Located in Vienna, AT
A charming modernist seahorse keyring / key holder / keychain, designed by Carl Auböck in the 1950s. Handmade of solid polished brass by Werkstätte Auböck in Austria. Fully stamped a...
Category
20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Tiffany Studios New York Grapevine Pattern Bronze and Slag Glass Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period bronze and slag glass "Grapevine" pattern dresser box, desk box, jewelry box, or decorative box
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Smoke Semi Sphere Sculpture in Polished Resin by Paola Valle
By Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
This Geometric sculpture is handmade in polished resin in a variety of colors. It is a modern and colorful piece that will liven up any space.
Our Se...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Dice Metal Statue Paper Weight Mid-Century Modern, German, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Super cool Art Deco design sculptural "High Roller" dice paperweight. Nice dice atop a nickel base. The best addition to your desk or every room.
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Cartier 18ct Gold Plate Nib Vendome Trinity Brushed Ballpoint Pen, Leather Case
By Cartier
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Cartier Vendome Trinity Brushed Ballpoint Pen With Bordeaux Leather Slip Case
Brushed Silver-tone with Trinity rings to the cap, and a retractable mechanical clip, together with the...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Tiffany Studios New York Bookmark Bronze Large Paper Clip
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique bronze paper clip in the Bookmark design
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, 1918
Measures: 2.75"W x 3.25"D x 1"H.
Good original vintag...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
New Modern Cigarettes and Cigar Ashtray in Black Marble, creator Chiossi Stock
Located in Milan, IT
Tuscan sculptor Michele Chiossi, has found in marble a medium to describe modernity with its myths and symbols, creating the Contemporary collection. An emoji can be a tray; an emoji heart, not necessarily pierced by an arrow, can be a place of creativity in the kitchen, a chopping board or a working surface; a dash; a zigzag; granting the marble a moment of levity, becoming vertical in a vase; reflecting an ideal image of ourselves. Unique objects to be experienced as a couple, to gift to friends, jewels of our daily lives.
Time and smoke pass, ashtrays remain. As everlasting as marble, as elegant as a concentric circle of smoke spreading through the air. Chiossi revisits the most Classic of living room...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Geometric Sculpture in Polished Lime Green Resin by Paola Valle
By Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Geometric sculpture made in polished resin in variety of colors. It is a modern and colorful piece that will liven up any space.
This sculpture is very versatile and fun! You can ...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Bulgari Letter Holder
By Bulgari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bulgari desk letter holder with curved chrome metal arches and black marble base / made in Italy
Original mark on the underside / comes in original box
Width: 4 inches, depth: 2.5...
Category
20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Metal
Cartier Iconic Panther Design Card and Envelope Set Luxury Desk Stationery
By Cartier
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Cartier Card and Envelope Set with the Iconic Panther Jewelry Design.
Authentic Luxury Cartier Stationery Card Letter and Envelope Black Panther, limited edition Desk Accessory.
Embo...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Bronze Knight Sculpture Electrified Table or Desk Lamp
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
A solid bronze parcel brass knight sculpture candelabra later converted to electrified table lamp with large frosted glass torch flame shade.
It takes on Edison E27 light bulb.
Tot...
Category
Early 20th Century Portuguese Baroque Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Fratelli Toso Murano Blue Purple Flowers Glass Italian Art Glass Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown royal blue and white mini spots, with purple and white millefiori flower murrines Italian art glass paperweight. Documented to the Fratelli Toso c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
New Brush Stand Solid Wenge Wood Small Holds 12
Located in Somis, CA
Our calligraphy brush stands are made of solid wenge wood, a prized, sustainable, exotic wood with beautiful grains. Top of the stands are deco...
Category
2010s Chinese Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Wenge
Letter Opener in Silver, decorated with a stag’s head from early 20th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful Letter Opener in Silver and beech, decorated with a stag’s head. Art Nouveau, from the early 20th Century.
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Fornasetti paper weight with NATO phonetic alphabet with pen rest
Located in London, GB
Rare Fornasetti porcelain paperweight with pen holder.
With the phonetic alphabet
o as in Oscar
P as in Papa
Q as in Quebeck etc..
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Robin Day Desk Accessories for Hille and Acorn Products
By Robin Day
Located in London, GB
In 1959 Hille entered into partnership with a firm called Acorn Products, which
manufactured a range of coordinated desk and office accessories on their behalf.
Specifically designed by Robin Day, these aluminium desk accessories complemented his office furniture, items included filing trays...
Category
1960s British Futurist Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Late 19th Century Large Walnut Carved Desk Letter/Stationery Rack
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A large antique letter rack, made of carved wood. The wickerwork is also made of carved wood. With three compartments. Made in France around 1890-1...
Category
1890s French Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Antique Perpetual Wall Calendar, England, circa 1910
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Antique Perpetual Wall Calendar, England, circa 1910. Linen date spools display day, date and month. Wood turned adjusters. Typically u...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desk Accessories
Materials
Linen, Wood
Antique Black Forest Inkwell, Wood, 1920-1930
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful handmade Black Forest inkwell.
Around 1920 / 1930.
Depiction of a chamois.
Wood with glass eyes.
Category
1920s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Wood, Nutwood, Walnut
Tiffany & Co Sterling Silver Bookmark In The Shape Of An Open-Book In Box
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Original Tiffany & Co Sterling Silver Bookmark In The Shape Of An Open-Book
Stamped Tiffanys and 925 on Reverse
& In Original Iconic Blue Presentation Velvet Dust Sheet & Box ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Monumental Calligraphy Brush 37" Marble Rings
Located in Somis, CA
An extraordinary, oversize Chinese calligraphy brush with a collection of 14 jumbo marble rings divided by white satin ribbons. This massive brush weighs a whopping 4.5 lb with a gia...
Category
20th Century Chinese Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Set of 3 Calligraphy Brushes Blue and White
Located in Somis, CA
A set of 3 beautiful porcelain handle Chinese calligraphy brushes. The handles with hand painted round and oval porcelain balls of longevity motifs and basketweave, in classic, timeless blue and white...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Desk Pen Holder Paper Divider Murano Crystal Glass Brass Saint Gobain Set of 2
Located in Palermo, IT
Elegant Set of paper divider and desk pen holder in crystal glass in shades of antique pink with brass accessories, produced in the 70s by the French company Saint Gobain and attribu...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Post-Modern Polished Chrome Double Letter Tray
Located in San Diego, CA
Post-modern polished chrome double letter tray, circa 1980s. The tray is in good vintage condition and measures 10"W x 14"D x 6.75"H. The tray is finished with matte black lining and...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Wooden Box, Casket, Gründerzeit / Wilhelminian, circa 1890, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Very nice early wooden box, made in Austria, Central Europe. The box was made in the Gründerzeit period, how we call it in Europe, in this case around 1890.
There are some interest...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut, Cherry
BeoCom 2400 Desktop Telephone in Navy Blue by Martin Iseli for Bang & Olufsen
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare BeoCom 2400 corded phone by Martin Iseli for Bang & Olufsen, circa 1990s . At the time of its introduction, BeoCom 2400 was a completely new concept from B&G and was known as ...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Montblanc Princesse Grace de Monaco Collection Purple Ballpoint Pen Original Box
By Montblanc
Located in Dayton, OH
Montblanc Princesse Grace de Monaco Collection special edition ballpoint pen. Style Number: 106633 - Barrel: Royal purple precious resin - Cap, Trim, & Clip: Champagne-tone gold-plat...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Revolver Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This handsome lighter is cast in the shape of a revolver. Perfect for any collector of smoking paraphernalia or firearm enthusiast. Meticulous attention to detail throughout makes fo...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Antique 20th Century English Solid Silver & Enamel Desk Accessory Set c.1912
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century English gilt solid silver and enamel desk set, comprising a pencil, letter opener, and small knife. Each piece is decorated with inlaid white enamel, with the pe...
Category
20th Century British Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Scandinavian Modern Pen Pencil Desk Holder Dice Sweden
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish wood pen/pencil holder dice/die, Midcentury Modern Scandinavian Modern period, circa mid-20th century, Sweden. A well-designed pen/pencil holder in dice/die form. Marked 'S...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Ventaglio Art Decò con piume di Struzzo Bianco Avorio e manico in rodoide, 1930
Located in Florence, IT
Ventaglio Art Decò con piume di struzzo bianco avorio e manico in rodoide.
Disponibile uno anche con piume marroni.
Entrambi i ventagli vengono venduti corredati della loro scatola ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Rhodoid, Feathers
Classic Cartier 18ct Gold Plated Ribbed Trinity Rollerball Pen & Cartier Box
By Cartier
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Cartier Ref 2025 D1
Classic Cartier 18ct Gold Plated Vendome Trinity Rollerball Pen & Cartier Box
Made in Paris, France
Item Is Sold WithA Red & Gold Leather Cartier Box
Cartier ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate
Ettore Sottsass for Olivetti Valentine Typewriter, Italy 1960s
Located in Naples, IT
Famous and Iconic Portable Typewriter Mod. Valentine designed by Ettore Sottsass and Peter King, for the company Olivetti in 1960, the typewriter is in very good condition with case ...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Mid Century 8 Slot Desktop / File / Paper Organizer, Refinished in Green
Located in Alhambra, CA
1970s retro office file / paper / magazine holder stripped and freshly powder coated. Features 8 paper slots sure to keep your mid-century modern desk in tip-top shape.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Fabergè Paper Knife/ Letter Opener with Jade Blade
By Fabergé
Located in Highland, IN
This lovely letter opener by Fabergè has all the hallmarks of their signature style. An ornate handle topped with a swan is attached to an absolutely stunning blade of carved and pol...
Category
20th Century Russian Baroque Revival Desk Accessories
Materials
Jade, Silver
Studio Åhus Sommerso Art Glass Green Apple Hanne Dreutler Arthur Zirnsack Sweden
By Studio Ahus
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare vintage art glass apple sculpture or paperweight by Studio Åhus was handmade in Sweden in 1988 in sommerso technique that originated in Murano, Italy. The core of smoky light g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
20th Century Marble French Art Deco Inkwell, 1930
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French marble inkstand from the Art Deco era. Inkwell for antique dealers and collectors of excellent quality and difficult to find. Object built with different marble elements appli...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Mountain Hut Lodge Haus Wachenfeld Metal Money Box Piggy Bank, Vintage 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous vintage metal money bank. A beautiful decorative item in metal. Made in Germany, circa 1920s to 1930s as a souvenir building bank. Nice addition to any collection, desktop, ...
Category
1910s German Folk Art Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Gucci Geometric G Desk Mat
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gucci Geometric G red white and blue canvas desk mat / Made in Italy
Original mark stamped underside, comes in original box
Length: 23 inches / Width: 14 inches
1 available in stock ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Tronador Square Cream Onyx Stone Box
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The shape of the inactive Tronador volcano reminded us of the pyramid shaped idea of our boxes that make up this collection. With a rectangular or square base, the box is a reflectio...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Onyx
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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