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Desk Accessories For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1960s
20th century Vintage Marble and Brass Phone from Italy, 1960s
Located in LEGNY, FR
20th century marble phone made in Italy in the 60s.
Green marble and brass. Still working. Very good state. Retro style.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass
Jugenstile Bronze Fledermaus Inkwell
Located in Sharon, CT
Jugenstile cast bronze inkwell in the form of a bat (Fledermaus).
Category
Early 20th Century German Jugendstil Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco centerpiece alpaca with original glass around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco centerpiece alpaca with original glass around 1920s
Alpaca polished
Original glass
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Burl Stamp Box
Located in New York, NY
A burl wood stamp box with brass hinge, circa early to mid-20th century. Very good condition as shown in images and video. Dimensions: 2.63" Depth x 3.38" Width.
Category
Early 20th Century European Desk Accessories
Materials
Burl
Peacock or Pheasant Bird Desk Letter Mail Holder
Located in New York, NY
A desk letter or mail holder with a peacock or pheasant bird design, in the Art Nouveau design style, circa early to mid-20th century. A desk letter mail holder with beautiful bird d...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Restored Typewriter/ Daro Erika, Model 32, Germany, 1965
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
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Wonderful Signed Bronze Sculpture Juan Clara Ayats Onyx Girls Playing with Chair
By Juan Clara
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful signed patina bronze sculpture by Juan Clara Ayats on an onyx base of two girls playing with a chair, Spanish artist (1875-1958).
Category
Early 1900s Spanish Renaissance Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Antique Royal Model 10 Art Deco Typewriter with Beveled Glass Sides
By Royal Typewriter Company 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Royal Model 10 Art Deco Typewriter with Beveled Glass Sides. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 10" H x 15" W 15x " D.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Roycroft Arts & Crafts Hammered Brass Over Copper Letter Rack
By Roycroft
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period brass finished hand hammered copper letter rack
By Roycroft (signed with impressed orb and cross mark)
USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 5.75"W x 2...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper, Brass
Rene Lalique Glass Archer Car Mascot
By René Lalique
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique Clear Glass 'Archer' Mascot. This model features a crouching archer with bow and arrow. Wheel cut makers mark, 'R. LALIQUE FRANCE'. Book reference: 'R. LALIQUE Catalogue...
Category
1920s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Early Leather Briefcase
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a delicate and early leather briefcase. The lock works and the leather straps are intact. There is no damage and it has just the right patina.
Category
1910s American Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Set of Bronze Artillery Cannons with Italian Royal Insignia
Located in New York, NY
Set of bronze artillery cannons with Italian royal insignia. Set of three vintage patinated bronze artillery models including a larger cannon on hand ca...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Porcelain Glass Collection of Eye Prostheses
Located in London, GB
A rare set of 24 glass eyes,
early 20th century.
Glass and porcelain.
Different sizes, colors and shapes.
Highly collectable and a great talking curio.
Dimensions: The...
Category
Early 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
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
Pirate Monkey Car Mascot / Hood Ornament Signed Ch. Soudant. France 1920´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Very Rare art deco french silver plated bronze sculpture figure of a Pirate Monkey, Car Mascot / Hood Ornament / Desk Paperweight.
Inscribed Ch. Soudant and Susse Fes Edts.
A fascin...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
1960's New Old Stock Vintage Bracelet Set Of Four - Size Medium
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's New Old Stock Vintage Bracelet Set Of Four - Size Medium.
We recently came across a large hoard of new old stock hardware and general merchandise items, laying untouched sin...
Category
1960s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Exquisite Geometric Czech Art Deco Black Enamel Crystal Perfume Bottle 1930's
By Karl Palda
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Recognisably first class, beautiful Czech crystal Art Deco perfume bottle
Clean geometric pattern on black enamel.
Vintage Bohemian, Czech cr...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Antique English bubble glass paper weight, with a Jack Russel dog, England 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Antique English bubble glass paper weight or paper press, with intaglio of the head of a Jack Russel dog, carved and painted reverse, Essex c...
Category
Early 20th Century British Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Italian Vintage Marble Eggs, Circa 1960
Located in CH
Italian vintage marble eggs, Circa 1960
Set of 10 Eggs of different colors and marble type.
The glass bowls are not included in the price.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Midcentury Caliari Venini Inciso Art Glass Cube Eyeball Sculpture Paperweights
By Venini
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful pair of Italia glass artworks. Heavy etched glass pieces, one is signed.
Measures: LG 2.38 x 2.38 x 2.5 in.
SM 1.75 x 1.75 x 1.75 in.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Argentor Sugar bowl made of brass and glass. Design by Jutta Sika around 1910
Located in Wien, AT
Sugar bowl made of brass and glass. Design by Jutta Sika. Around 1910. Stamped Argentor; Jutta Sika was a member of the Wiener Werkstätte and a founding member of the Austrian Werkb...
Category
1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Tiffany Studios Zodiac Gilt Bronze Inkwell No. 1072
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Tiffany Studios gilt bronze inkwell.
In the Zodiac pattern.
Model no. 1072.
Simply iconic Tiffany design!
Date:
Early 20th Century
Overall Condition:
It is in overall goo...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Portable typwriter valentine by Ettore Sottsass / Perry King for Olivetti
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
The Olivetti Valentine is a portable, mechanical, travel typewriter that was manufactured by the Italian company Olivetti from 1969 to 2000. It is known for its unconventional design...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Edwardian Sterling Silver and Blue Guilloche Enamel-Mounted Magnifying Glass
By George Hope
Located in New York, NY
Large, Edwardian, sterling silver and blue guilloche enamel-mounted magnifying glass, Birmingham, England, 1906, Geo. Hope - maker. Measures almost 9 inches long x 3 3/4 inches diame...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Chromed Air Plane Desk Model, Original Art Deco, France, 1930s
Located in Ulm, DE
Chromed air plane desk model,
Original Patina
Original Art Deco,
France, 1930s
Propellers missing.
Dimensions:
Width 25 cm
Height 21 cm
Dep...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Modern Desk Organizer by Børge Mogensen, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Lovely desk organizer by Børge Mogensen, made from oak with red, grey and white lacquered drawers. The drawers fit A4 size magazines and documents.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Howard Miller Domed Barometer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant mechanical decorative object.
Category
1960s North American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
EDWARDIAN 1900 Mechanical Perpetual Desk Calendar With Painted Hunting Scene
Located in Miami, FL
An Edwardian perpetual desk calendar.
This is a very unusual and beautiful mechanical desk perpetual calendar. This desk calendar was made in London England during the Edwardian per...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate, Steel
Antique French Brass Double Inkwell with Foliage Decoration
Located in Sofia, BG
Double inkwell made in brass with detailed and very beautiful foliage decoration.
France, circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Hubbly Setter Dod Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of iron hand painted 1930s Hubbley setter bookends. Wonderful patina and color to the pair. Each bookend has honest wear consistent of age and use. Sold as as pair.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Vintage Florence Knoll Molded Plywood Architectural Letter Tray
Located in Esperance, NY
This is a very unique premium paper or letter tray that is now available for sale. It comes with its original Knoll tag and is an early version of the product. With its stunning desi...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bentwood
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Inkstand 272
Located in Hellerup, DK
A rare early and large Georg Jensen sterling silver Inkstand, design #272 by Johan Rohde in 1918.
This exceptional piece features a rectangular raised base with a hand-chased scroll edge border of Nordic design. The set includes a pair of matching ink wells along with a third column well, designed to hold desk utensils. All three wells are fitted with hinged lids for both elegance and practicality.
The inkstand also includes two opposing small square trays with removable lids, each adorned with a single floral bud motif. Completing the set is the original Georg Jensen sterling silver ink well pen...
Category
1910s Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Edwardian Brass Fox Letter Holder
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century English Edwardian letter holder combines utility with charm, showcasing a beautifully cast brass fox mid-leap, its form brimming with energy and detail. Frame...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Typewriter/ Remington 10S USA, 1920s
Located in Praha, CZ
The packaging of the machine has surface defects that are associated with the age of use.
Made in USA
Serial number Z192196
Fully functional
Made of metal, steel, chrome, fabric.
Go...
Category
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Rare Andre Villien Paris Art Nouveau quality Bronze & Marble Desk Inkwell Stand
By André Villien
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning desk piece.
This good size Art Nouveau ink-stand is signed by Andre Villien (see image 7). Villien was a French sculptor and decorator who work...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Dore Bronze Mounted Blue Opalescent and Dore Bronze Finial Covered Box
Located in New York, NY
A French dore bronze mounted blue opalescent and dore bronze finial covered box. This round form box is very unusual with a blue opalescent color and dore bronze mount. The top is fi...
Category
1920s French Louis XVI Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
33 Pieces Furniture Handle, circa 1960
Located in Wien, AT
Furniture handle
33 pieces
Original condition
Sold and price per piece.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Period Onyx Marble Catchall Female Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A brass female dancer sculpture and green onyx marble base vide-poche catchall, Art Deco period, circa early-20th century. Sculpture's head is resin and body with a gold overlay on b...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Gilded Austrian Bronze Inkwell / Pen Rest, Signed Bergmann
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent and grand late Victorian Austrian desk set, made from cast bronze, beautifully finished in gold.
The cast Owl is a figural inkwell ...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Silvered Desk Set, Vienna, Around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Shovel and broom
The shovel is: H: 1cm W: 20cm D: 21cm
The Broom is: H: 4cm W: 5cm D: 28
Original condition.
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
LEONID KOCHERGIN 1900 Russian Empire Enameled Letter Opener In 14Kt Gold Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Russian letter opener designed by Leonid Kochergin.
This is a very handsome luxurious desk letter-opener, created during the imperial Russian period in the city Saint Petersburg, be...
Category
Early 1900s Russian Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Jade, Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Swedish early 20th century solid burr birch mallet
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century solid burr birch mallet circa 1900.
Turned from a solid piece of burr birch this sculptors mallet has little signs of use. 1 piece, handle with feint turned deta...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Biedermeier Desk Accessories
Materials
Birch
Portuguese Silver Filigree and Enamel Box with Gold Wash
Located in Stamford, CT
A silver trinket box with exquisite filigree work throughout, including the bottom and the feet. With white and red enamel decoration on the top and deep blue on the side. The delica...
Category
Early 20th Century Portuguese Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
A Vintage Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marble Ruler, 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The 7 1/4" ruler with 8 different specimens inset with in a black marble frame.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Grand Tour Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Top Quality Workmanship Antique Signed Alabaster Puppy Sculpture by Ernst Beck
By Ernst Beck
Located in Lisse, NL
Marvelous and signed, sitting puppy dog sculpture with glass eyes.
This stunning alabaster puppy sculpture is another one of our recent great finds. If you have an eye for top quali...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Alabaster
Enamel Miniatures Living Room and Piano Set
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Enamel miniatures living room and piano set
Origin Vienna, Austria Circa 1900
Enamel and bronze materials
The piano is a music box (it works)
The general condition is very good. ...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Rococo Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Enamel
Jugendstil J.P. Kayser Inkstand / Inkwell with Great Hamlet & Skull Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning and important Kayserzinn pewter inkwell, designed by Hugo Leven.
Who, in this day and age, would ask a top quality sculptor to design and execute a stunning sculpture with ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Jugendstil Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Pink Black Rhodonite Quartz and Bronze Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful and rare pink and black rhodonite quartz jewelry box with bronze frame and a midnight blue velvet interior, circa early-20th centur...
Category
Early 20th Century European Desk Accessories
Materials
Quartz, Brass, Bronze
Ericofon Midcentury Plastic Cobra Telephone, L.M Ericsson, Sweden 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- rare in red
- marked
- very good original condition
- space age style
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Tiffany Studios New York Pine Needle Bronze Doré and Slag Glass Inkwell
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze and slag glass "Pine Needle" pattern inkwell
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful Highly Decorative Letter Scale Antique, German, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful highly decorative letter scale. All written in German. With porcelain Enamel Face. Nice item for your writing desk or just as a display item at your cupboard.
Category
Early 1900s German Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Victorian Period Sterling Silver Footed Cherub-Motif Inkstand By William Comyns
Located in New York, NY
Outstanding, Victorian Period, sterling silver, footed inkstand with matching sterling silver-mounted crystal inkwell, London, year-hallmarked for 1901...
Category
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Antique Glass and English Sterling Silver Match Striker / Paperweight
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver and glass match striker; an addition to our ornamental coll...
Category
1910s English Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bohemian Moser Art Deco Oroplastic Purple Glass Vase, 1920
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Stunning Art Deco signed Moser purple Oroplastic vase in the shape of a wine glass (- a rare shape -the glass is too thick to be a drinking vessel). The o...
Category
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Art Nouveau Letter Opener, Fish
Located in Greven, DE
Antique Letter Opener with Fish.
So beautiful, very nice condition!
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
W.M.F inkwell art nouveau racing car
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
W.M.F inkwell art nouveau racing car
Origin Germany Circa 1915
Excellent condition. It has all its original parts
Electroplated metal
Sealed on the back
The car is a Mercedes Benz of...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Hand-Carved Wooden Inkwell or Pen Stand with Owl Figure, 1920s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Beautiful Art Deco style hand-carved wooden inkwell or pen stand with a majestic owl figure with glass eyes. The stand features a tray for pens and accessories at the front. The head...
Category
1920s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Tiffany Studios New York Pine Needle Pattern Bronze Doré and Slag Glass Scale
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze and slag glass "Pine needle" pattern postage scale
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
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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