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Desk Accessories For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: 1950s
20th century Italian Teak and Silver Desk set, 1980s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very beautiful Italian desk set from the 70s consisting of a mail holder, a notepad and a pen holder. Made of teak and a silver face decorated with horse heads. Signed Ottaviani and ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

Murano Gambaro Poggi Green Red Blue Italian Art Glass Turtle Figure Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand green, red, and blue Italian art glass sea turtle figurine / sculpture. The piece is documented to the Gambaro & Poggi company, with an original "Vetrer...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Murano Gambaro Poggi Orange Purple Italian Art Glass Snail Figurine Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown bright orange, yellow and lavender Italian art glass snail figurine / sculpture. The piece is documented to the Gambaro & Poggi company, with an o...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass, Opaline Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass

Honda Gold Wing Motorcycle Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a Honda Gold Wing motorcycle. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Beautiful burnished silver color with intricate details. Cool to...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Gucci Italy Brown Leather Desk Set Pen Holder with Gold Plated Equestrian Decor
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gucci Italy designed this luxury modernist desktop accessory during the 1970s. The pen cup holder is made of cocoa brown fine calf leather and is ornated on both sides with a 24K gol...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal, Gold Plate

Murano Gambaro Poggi Red Blue Purple Italian Art Glass Bird Figurine Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown bright red, dark cobalt blue and lavender Italian art glass bird paperweight / figurine. The piece is documented to the Gambaro & Poggi company, w...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Art Glass, Opaline Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Glass

BACCARAT Clear Crystal Cube Paperweight 1980s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
BACCARAT Clear Crystal Cube Paperweight. Vintage Baccarat Crystal Glass Sculptural Paperweight or Desk Accessory. From the French luxury crystal Maison Baccarat, a beautiful clear transparent cube paperweight or decorative object. Acid stamped marked "Baccarat France", cube shaped crystal paperweight with rounded edges. This fabulous heavy crystal art glass vintage signed Baccarat paperweight is sculptural and makes a great desk accessory. It is from the 1980s. Tres chic! Sorry the photos do not do justice to the beauty of this Baccarat crystal paperweight...
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Late 20th Century French Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

Harley Davidson Motorcycle Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a Harley Davidson Motorcycle. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Great dark patina on the silver metal with great details. Cool tobacco accessory and conversation piece. Made in Japan in the 1980s. Working lighter. Other motorcycle lighters...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Vintage PM Craftsman Brass Figural Clown Bookends - A Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage PM Craftsman Brass Figural Clown Bookends - A Pair. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: 5.25" H x 5" W x 3.5" D
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Late 20th Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

1970s Gunnar Cyrén for Dansk Silver Plate Elephant Figurine Paperweight
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Dansk Mid-Century Silver Plate Animal Elephant Figurine Paperweight. Vintage Dansk silver plate elephant figurine paper weight. Marked Dansk Designs Japan. Dimensions: 1.75ʺW × 2.25ʺ...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver Plate

1970s Black Desk Tray Tiered Office Letter File
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Midcentury Black Tiered Letter Desk Tray Office File Wood with faux leather Scuffs present around edges. No label. 15 D x 9.88 w x 7 H Preowned original vintage condition. See...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Faux Leather, Wood

1970s Dior Home Style Mid-Century Modern Fake Tortoise Lucite Smoking Set
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A fake tortoise lucite italian smoking set composed by an ashtray, a cigarette box and a lighter not tested. Box side dimension is 12 cm, ashtray side ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

1950s German Newspaper Advertising Tin Clips Midcentury Graphic Design Set
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Small collection of light duty metal clips, from German newspapers. Silkscreen on thin metal. All working. Kölnische Zeitung (Cologne Gazette) Frankfurter Rundschau Rheinische P...
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Tin

Mid-Century Gilded Glazed "I Soli" Ceramic Pencil Holder by Piero Fornasetti
Located in Koper, SI
Beautiful pencil holder or small vase by Piero Fornasetti, in gilded glazed ceramic. This piece belogs to the designers' 1950s production. Iconic "I soli" ("suns" in Italian) decor w...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Ceramic

Murano Gambaro Poggi Green Red Blue Italian Art Glass Rabbit Figurine Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand green, red, and blue Italian art glass bunny rabbit figurine / sculpture. The piece is documented to the Gambaro & Poggi company, with an original "Vetr...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Vintage Blown Art Glass Paperweight Blue and White Flower
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage beautiful and colorful vintage Murano hand blown blue and white Italian art glass paperweight. Gorgeous vintage studio hand blown crystal art glass paperweight with a cobalt blue base and a white cascading flower or frost. The inside of the paperweight has a large flower and is filled a large controlled bubble in the centre with multiple small controlled bubbles. Vintage Crystal Ball...
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Murano Gambaro Poggi Yellow Blue Italian Art Glass Fish Figurine Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown bright yellow, cobalt blue and orange Italian art glass puffer fish paperweight / figurine. The piece is documented to the Gambaro & Poggi company...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass, Opaline Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass

Murano Aqua Banana by Alfredo Barbini 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Stunning, unique Murano hand blown banana by Alfredo Barbini. Unique aqua glass is encased in gold, and clear glass. The glass glitters when the light hits this piece at different an...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Blown Glass

Midcentury Typewriter / Zeta, 1950s.
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia Made of metal, steel, plastic The packaging of the machine has surface defects that are associated with the age of use,cannot be locked,there is no key. Re-...
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1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal, Steel

Post War 1953 Very Unusual Trencher Art Bookends In Bronze And Aluminum
Located in Miami, FL
Bookends with 1953 US Navy AER-53 Dummy Artillery Rounds Elusive and historical pair of bookends, created during the post WWII period and the Korean war, back in the 1953-1955. They...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze, Aluminum

Late 20th Century English Solid Brass Fox Letter Opener
Located in Middleburg, VA
Late 20th Century English Solid Brass Fox Letter Opener Measures: 2" H, 11.5" L, 1" D
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Late 20th Century English Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Rush Dougherty The Ice Palace Sevres Cristal France Signed Crystal Paperweight
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Cristal De Sevres French Crystal Sculpture "The Ice Palace" signed by Rush Dougherty Sevres France. Beautiful paperweight sculpture by Rush Dough...
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Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

Gray Cobra Table Phone, Ericofon by LM Ericsson
Located in Vienna, AT
Vintage rotary dial gray ericofone. This is the model Cobra. It is made of blue thermoplastic ABS Designed in the 1950s in Sweden by Hugo Blomberg,...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Steel

Orange Fractal Resin Globe
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Decorative globe made of orange fractal resin in the taste of François Godebski
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Resin

Set of Polished Brass and Chrome Tennis Racket Bookends QUICK SHIP
Located in New York, NY
Set of brass and chrome tennis racket bookends. Has thin foam on bottom to prevent scratching furniture. 5.5" high. Great on a book shelf or desk. Nice condition, ready to use. QUICK...
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Late 20th Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Postmodern “LEGO” Telephone Phone by Tyco
By Memphis Group, Lego, Tycos
Located in Rome, IT
1990s telephone made of LEGO by Tyco.
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1990s Japanese Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Plastic

Vintage Patinated Pipe Extractor Bit Paperweight
Located in Amityville, NY
1970s pipe extractor bit with amazing patina used as a paperweight. Conical in shape with sculptural threading, this piece is great as a masculine desk object or accessory. From th...
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1970s Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Daum France Blown Crystal Art Glass Paperweight Signed Egg Shape Red Blue White
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Daum France Blown Art Glass Paperweight Signed Egg Shape in Red and Blue Flower Swirl. Signed Decorative Egg Shaped Crystal Art Daum France, 1970's. Vintage Signed Etched Daum...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

Desk Set, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Desk set realized around 1950s.  Total 5 aluminum pieces.  Dimensions pen holder n.1 l 34,5 x h16 x d 6 cm.   Holder n.2 l 21 x h 16 x d 8.5 cm. Holder n.3 l 20 x h 6 x d 10 cm. ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Aluminum

iconic 1. edition chopard happy diamonds for men
Located in Munich, DE
this design was the biggest success in the history of chopard. designer ronald kurowski was inspired by water droplets sparkling in the sunshine at a waterfall and decided to design ...
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1970s Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Gold

Vintage Kerry Art Glass Paperweight Hand Blown in Olive Green and Yellow Colors
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Kerry art glass paperweight hand blown in dark olive green, yellow and white colors with small bubbles. Hand crafted in Ireland, circa 1980s. No Hallmark. Measures: diameter ...
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Late 20th Century Irish Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Italian modern office bins in black metal and plastic by Neolt, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern office bins in black metal and plastic by Neolt, 1980s Pair of square-based office bins. The main structure is made of a perforated sheet met...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Vintage 1950s Persian Khatam Pen and Letter Desk Set
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Three piece desk set The mosaic design work is gorgeous, using various color woods and other natural materials. This wooden desk set pen h...
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1950s Iraqi Islamic Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

MCM Office Desk Paper Organizer Tray
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this Mid-Century Modern desk office tray, clean design in two levels made by IRGSA, circa 1970.
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1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Murano Oggetti Clear Orange Swirl Seashell Italian Art Glass Snail Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, vintage Murano clear glass and orange swirl seashell Italian art glass snail sculpture / paperweight. Created in the manner of the Salviati company, and documented to the ...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass, Sommerso, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass

Konica C35 Automatic 35mm Film Compact Rangefinder Camera with 38mm Hexanon F2.8
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Konica C35 Automatic 35mm Film Compact Rangefinder Camera with 38mm Hexanon F2.8 Fixed Lens 1970's Japan Produced 1971-3? Konishiroku Co., Japan Film type 135 (35mm) Picture size 24...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Steel

Peter Lindbergh, Portraits 'Cards and Envelopes', 1997
Located in Praha, CZ
20 cards with 4 famous models and envelopes Tatjana Patiz, Linda Evangelista, Helenea Christensen, Kate Moss good original condition jr.
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Paper

Vintage Paper Holder Stand With Hand Shaped Clips
Located in Seattle, WA
Possibly Brass, Beautiful Patina Consistent with Age. Intricate Base. Hinge on Bottom is Loose. Dimensions. 4 Diameter ; 14 H
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Antique Baccarat Concentric Millefiori Signed Glass Paperweight
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A magnificent c.1950s Baccarat Five Row Concentric Close-Packed Millefiori Paperweight. The base features the acid etched post-war Baccarat mark. Large and showy with great bright co...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Honey Spiral Twist Stemmed, English Glass Perfume Bottle By Andrew Sanders c1980
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Honey spiral twist stemmed glass perfume bottle by Andrew Sanders, England Beautifully created, this is an exquisite piece Circa 1980's Height 5.5 inc...
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Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

François Godebski Fractal Resin Globe
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Signed and dated fractal resin by François Godebski. FRANÇOIS GODEBSKI (1940-1997) François Godebski was a Franch designer and sculptor who came from a family of artists, his father...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Resin

Horse Shoe Leg Vienna Bronze Letter Opener, Antique Austria 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1950s Austrian letter opener. It has a nice patina. I did not clean it, so the next owner can decide what he wants to do with it. This highly collectible vintage piece ...
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1950s Austrian Folk Art Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Set of 5 vintage heavy decorative glass fruits
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Set of 5 vintage heavy decorative glass fruits. Swedish glass art. Elevate your space with this set of five meticulously crafted glass treasures, each measuring between 7 and 12 cm....
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Late 20th Century Swedish Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Daum France Crystal Desktop Accessory Paperweight Sculpture
By Daum
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning crystal abstract freeform desktop paperweight is by Daum, France. The sculpture features a French design of the 1950s with a mouth-blown clear crystal in an abstract fi...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

Vintage Esco Statue Will Rogers, 1972
By Esco
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage Esco statue of cowboy Will Rogers - Esco Prod. Inc. 1972. This big - headed chalkware statue was made by Esco, the Entertainment Statue Company, w...
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Late 20th Century North American Country Desk Accessories

Materials

Other

Aged Brass and Acrylic Waste Basket and Tissue Holder by Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1970’s Glamorous antique brass and lucite basket and tissue holder by American renowned designer Charles Hollis Jones. In original vintage condition shows minor wear consistent wit...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

David Wallace, Pearlescent Hand Crafted English Glass Perfume Bottle c1980s
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Sublime pearlescent, David Wallace of England, hand crafted glass perfume bottle Perfectly understated and alluring Circa 1980's Height 6.5 inch, Diamet...
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Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

Elegant Bronze Iridescent English Glass Perfume Bottle By Andrew Sanders c1980s
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
A beautiful and simplistic iridescent bronze glass perfume bottle by Andrew Sanders, England White dappled stopper sits within a subtle white and bronze collar A particularly elegant...
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Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

Gucci Vintage Golf Ball Money Clip, 1970
Located in Munich, DE
Money Grab or envelope holder in gold and silver plated, signed Gucci Italy on the bottom.   
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Gold Plate, Silver Plate, Steel

Murano Pen Holder, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Murano Pen holder is a decorative object realized in the 1970s. A decorative blue colored Murano glass pen holder. An elegant object to be collect.
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1970s European Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Murano Glass

Vintage Spiral Zig Zag Glass Paperweight Purple And Red
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage 1980's glass spiral zig zag paperweight or glass object makes a great desk accessory. The red floating glass zig zag is set of against the purple. Great color combo. It ...
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1980s Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Blown Glass

Vintage Wooden Letter Opener With Folk Style Art on Handles.
Located in Seattle, WA
Makers Mark Reading “Spindlermuhle” on the Back. Translate From German to a Town in the Czech Republic. Vintage Condition Consistent with Age as Pictured. Dimensions. 8 W ; 1 1/2 D
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1970s Folk Art Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Christofle , silver plate paperweight " Lucky Dice ".cube .
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great paperweight design in this Christofle ornament .
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Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver Plate

Postmodern Bakelite "Liberte" Letter Holder by Philippe Starck for Alessi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Liberte letter holder/desk organizer/envelope box was designed by French Industrial Designer/Architect, Philippe Starck for Alessi (Portugal, 1992). The green plastic top, suppor...
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1990s Portuguese Post-Modern Desk Accessories

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Plastic, Bakelite

Iridescent Art Glass Paperweight by Steven Correia
Located in San Diego, CA
Spectacular iridescent art glass paperweight by Steven Correia, circa 1990s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 3.25"D x 2.5"H; it is signed on the underside. ...
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Late 20th Century American Desk Accessories

Materials

Art Glass

Abstract Ceramic Sculpture of Head, Mounted on Base
Located in New York, NY
A sculpture of an abstracted head in ceramic, mounted on a black acrylic base, by an unknown artist. The human head and features have been intentionally warped into an organic stone ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Acrylic, Ceramic

Glass Ashtray, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Glass ashtray is an object realized in 1970s. Art glass, D 15 x 4 cm. Very good conditions!
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1970s European Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Art Glass

Gucci Rosewood Tray, Italy 1970s
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Stunning and fantastic rare vintage Italian hallmarked Gucci tray is sleek made of rosewood. It is fantastic for serving for barware or for dining. I have never seen another one like...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Rosewood

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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