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Desk Accessories For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: Early 1900s
Set of Three Sculptural "Jax"
By Bill Curry
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Set of three sculptural "jax" bookends, door stops, or paperweights, etc.
In the style of Bill Curry for Design Line.
circa 1970s.
Measures: 1 - black larger : 7 1/2" x 7 1/2".
...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
VINTAGE 1970's GLOBE LAMP FULLY REWIRED AND READY TO GO RETRO COOL!
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage globe lamp which has been fully rewired
A very good ...
Category
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Sergio Asti Black & White Veined Marble Bowl for Up & Up
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This black and white veined marble bowl was made by Atelier International for Up & Up and designer Sergio Asti. It is heavy and solid and makes for a great spot to store common housh...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Belgian Black Marble
One Mid-Century Modern Faceted Glass Diamond Shaped Figurine Paperweight Desk
Located in Miami, FL
One Mid-Century Modern faceted glass diamond shaped magnifying paperweight, Figurine, Sculpture or Desk accessory. In good condition no chips, light scratches to the faceted glass.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Lode Van Boeckel Inkwell Holder with Wrought Iron Rosette
By Lodewijk Van Boeckel
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Inkwell holder with wrought iron rose bush, rose branch. Lode van Boeckel (Lodewijk, Louis) ± 1900
Ink jars possible from later date, they do not fit exactly in the holder.
35 ...
Category
Early 1900s Belgian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pierre Disderot Paris 1980 Pair of Aerodynamic Desk Lamps in Nickel Chrome
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of desk lamps designed by Pierre Disderot.
Beautiful aerodynamic modern pair of desk lamps, created in Paris France by the company of Pierre Disderot, back in the 1980. These...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Nickel, Stainless Steel, Chrome
1970s Oak and Chrome Peter Pepper Letter Tray and Mail Holder
Located in San Diego, CA
A fantastic solid oak paper tray and letter holder. High quality construction with chrome elements. Peter Pepper Products produced many icons of California Designs. USA, 1970s.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
English Sterling Silver Capstan Inkwell With Pocket Watch - Edwardian
Located in London, GB
Very highly sought-after, this is a lovely example of an inkwell with the pocket watch lid. Made from sterling silver, the inkwell is hallmarked forBirmingham 1906, Edwardian in era.
The watch is the original and has been overhauled and cleaned by our clock repairer...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Trio of Midcentury Decorative Marble Desk or Shelf Objects
Located in London, GB
A set of three marble specimens.
Belgium, circa 1970s.
Formed in spheres.
Two green specimens - 8.5 diameter, a slightly larger sphere at 10 diameter in cm.
Price is for the ...
Category
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Olivetti Divisumma 28 Mario Bellini Design Years '70
Located in Biella, IT
Olivetti divisumma 28 Mario Bellini design years '70, perfect working and very good condition.
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic, Acrylic
Dice Aluminum Metal Sculpture or Paper Weight Mid-Century Modern, German, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A german vintage aluminum paperweight or sculpture featuring a dice balanced on one corner. Art Deco style, inspired by the 1930s designs of Edgar Brandt. A minimalist dice sculpture...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper
Set of Two Kosta Boda Crystal Paperweights Mushroom & Owl by Lindstrand, Warff
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Set of two hand blown clear crystal paperweights by Kosta Boda, Sweden. This set includes one mushroom paperweight designed by Goran Warff, and one owl paperweight designed by Vicke Lindstrand. Both are signed and numbered and the mushroom...
Category
1970s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Antique French Rococo Style Gilt Pewter and Porcelain Inkwell Signed Chatelain
Located in Barntrup, DE
Antique French Rococo style gilt pewter and porcelain inkwell from circa 1900, marked "Chatelain".
This beautifully shaped gilt pewter inkwell is adorned with flowers in the center ...
Category
Early 1900s French Rococo Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Swiss Modern Desk Organizers, Pencil Holders by Pentex, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A red and a black pencil-holder in cast acrylic. 1970s Modern architectural styling. Designed and manufactured by Pentex in Switzerland. Each with 6 cylindrical compartments for uten...
Category
1970s Swiss Space Age Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Art Deco Inspired Horse Bust Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and unique addition to your desk. This beautiful horse bust rests on a marble base making it an understated elegant part of your décor. The base i...
Category
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Gucci Maple Wood Tidy Tray, Italy, 1970s
By Gucci
Located in Naples, IT
Gucci maple wood desk accessory or tidy tray, original, 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Fish Aquarium Made of Murano Glass
Located in Houston, TX
Murano glass aquarium with sticker still attached. In excellent condition.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Set of Pozzi Ceramics by Pierre Cardin, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage set of Pozzi Ceramics is an original set of decorative objects realized by Pozzi Ceramiche in the 1970s.
Set of black ceramics designed by Pierre Cardin for Pozzi Ceramiche (as reported on the label).
The set consist of two black colored little ornaments...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Typewriter/Consul, Type 222.2, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Metal, Steel, Plastic, Fabric
The packaging of the machine has surface defects that are associated with the age of use
Re-polished
The packaging o...
Category
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Steel
Presse papier coquillage nautile en inclusion époxy
Located in PONT-AUDEMER, FR
Coquillage Nautile en inclusion epoxy.
Dans le style des créations de Pierre Giraudon.
Bel état d'usage. Quelques marques minimes et particulier sur le dessous.
Category
1970s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Shell, Epoxy Resin
1970s Tarnished Brass Post-Modern Desktop Tape Dispenser Disco Nightclub Era
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Good working order, warm tarnish brass, a natural time-worn patina. Loaded up with a roll of clear tape.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Frank Stella Abstract Artist Metropolitan Museum of Art Book, 1970, New York
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
A hard-cover book with dust-jacket on abstract American artist Frank Stella, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970, New York, NY. This book presents a decade of Sella's work from 1959 - 1...
Category
1970s American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
English Victorian Novelty Sterling Silver Ruler Letter Opener
Located in New York, NY
Victorian sterling silver letter opener. Made by George Neal & George Neal in London in 1900. In form and with dimensions of a 12-inch ruler. Tapering point for getting underneath th...
Category
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian Modern Alabaster Marble Sphere or Paperweight in Green and Black
Located in New York, NY
A small green, black and white alabaster marble decorative object sphere or paperweight, '70 Modern, circa 1970s, Italy. A great decorative object or paperweight for an office, desk,...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Set of Two Millefiori Flowers Murano Italian Art Glass Paperweight 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set of two beautiful Murano hand blown Italian art glass paper weight. Showing some flowers. Colors are a blue, white, red and clear. A beautiful nice addition to your desktop or a...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Edwardian 1905 Handle Desk Magnifier Glass in Sterling Silver and Bamboo Wood
Located in Miami, FL
Desk magnifier glass from the Edwardian Period.
Very beautiful and decorative piece, created during the Edwardian period, back in the 1905. This m...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Inkwell, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Silverplated
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful silver inkwell with purple ornaments.
Nice authentic condition.
Art Nouveau.
Category
Early 1900s Unknown Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metallic Thread
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Orange Pen Holder by Royal Haeger
By Royal Haeger
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Mid-Century Modern ceramic orange pen holder / desk accessory by Royal Haeger.
Measures: Height: 2 7/8 in.
Width: 9 in.
Special Characteristics...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Victorian Sterling Silver-Mounted Dark Gray Agate Letter Opener-Mappin and Webb
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Period, sterling silver-mounted dark gray agate letter opener/paper knife, Sheffield, England, year-hallmarked for 1900, Mappin and Webb - makers....
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate, Sterling Silver
Antique Bronze Tray, Desk Tray, Hazelnut, Signed "Louchet Ciseleur", circa 1900
Located in Greven, DE
Wonderful naturalistic utensil desk tray in the design of two hazelnut leaves and hazelnuts on top.
Signed at the bottom "Louchet Ciseleur".
At the bottom of the hazelnuts is a sta...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Gerald DiGiusto, Triangolo Roma, 1976
Located in Hudson, NY
A beautiful and rarely seen bronze sculpture by American artist Gerald DiGiusto. Signed dated and titled on the underside.
Gerald Digiusto was born June 30, 1929 in New York City, the son of immigrant Italian and Jewish parents. He grew up in Boston, and as a young man served a stone carving apprenticeship in Quincy, Massachusetts. From 1950 to 1954, while stationed in Tokyo with the Air Force, he worked in the studio of the Japanese sculptor...
Category
1970s American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Olivetti Synthesis Portalettere Design Sottsass - Design - Olivetti
Located in Milano, MI
OLIVETTI SYNTHESIS portalettere Design Sottsass - design - olivetti
OLIVETTI SYNTHESIS
SISTEMA 45 - Portalettere
Design Ettore SOTTSASS ( 1917 ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Gucci Vintage Cross Hoofnail Envelope Opener, 1970s
By Gucci
Located in Munich, DE
Gucci Vintage letter opener in chrome and the typical Gucci colors green and red patterns signed with Gucci and in good vintage condition.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Double Side Fish Aquarium Sculpture Paperweight, Murano, Italy, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown aquarium Italian art glass paper weight or sculpture. Showing a fish. Colors are a different shades of blue, red, yellow and clear. A beautiful nice addit...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
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...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Decorative Glass Desk Accessory Bowl Plus Flowers Container, 1970s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Decorative glass desk accessory bowl plus flowers container 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
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...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Antique French Animalier Bronze Marble Greyhound Sculpture Desk Paperweight 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A very handsome antique French Animalier bronze greyhound sculpture, paperweight, circa 1900.
The bronze in the style of Emmanuel Fremiet, mad...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Brass Gazelle Antelope Sculpture Decorative Object, Tall
Located in New York, NY
A brass animal Gazelle antelope bust sculpture decorative object with tall antlers, circa late-20th century, 1970s. Dimensions: 21.5" Height.
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Beautiful Multicolored Swirl, Murano Glass Paperweight, Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown Italian art glass paper weight. A beautiful nice addition to your desktop.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Antique Chinese Qing Enamel Mille Fleur Cloisonné Desk Writing Set Inkwell, 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A good quality antique six piece Chinese cloisonne desk set, circa 1900.
The desk set made of cloisonne (enamel on copper) and having a Miller Fleur (Thousand Flowers) design, the set comprises a hinged lidded flared inkwell, a rocking blotter...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Mid-Century Ball Sculpture Paperweight in Steel and Travertine, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury sculpture / paperweight in steel and travertine in the shape of a ball in the style of Italian designer Enzo Mari.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine, Metal, Steel
Midcentury Bottle-Shaped Sculpture in Travertine, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Beautiful bottle shaped sculpture made entirely of travertine marble.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine, Marble
Vintage Bronze Modernist Sculpture Brancusi Style on Round Brass Base
Located in North Miami, FL
Offering for you is a vintage cast bronze modernist sculpture that is Brancusi style meets Jean Arp. It is signed but not legible.This is from the 70's. It was polished to the best i...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Midcentury Square Lucite and Brass Pocket Emptier, Dior Style, France, 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning midcentury lucite and brass squared valet tray. This wonderful item was produced in France in the style of Christian Dior in 1970s.
This vide-poche features a gorgeous pi...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Glass Ashtray, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage glass ashtray is an elegant glass decorative object, realized during the 1970s.
A very elegant glass ashtray.
Good conditions exc...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Italian Desk Box in Leather and Cut Glass, 1970s
By Hermès
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Beautiful desk box or casket made of leather and cut glass.
Made in Italy of the 1970s.
The box is trimmed with smooth leather, a fine black leather edge and finely finished stitc...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Glass, Cut Glass, Wood
20th Century Italian Silvered Bronze Mounted Clear-over-red Domed Crystal Box
Located in New York, NY
An Unusual 20th Century Italian Silvered Bronze Mounted Clear-Over-red crystal box The box is composed of two sections of Italian clear-over-red crysta...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Lalique Crystal Female Figurative Sculpture, from Paris, France, circa 1970s
By Lalique
Located in New York, NY
A French Lalique crystal female figurative sculpture piece, circa 1970's, France. A nude crystal female figure sculpture on black glass ba...
Category
1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Chrome Bull and Pen Holder Statue Decorative Desk Accessory, Italy 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic 20th century Bull statue on a marble base with a pen holder. Desktop accessory, made of metal, chrome and marble. Nice addition to your wri...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Metal, Chrome
Italian Handmade Bear Wood Sculpture by Bern
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian hand carved wood bear sculpture by Bern.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
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
Set of Five Crystal Querandi Glasses and Two Bottles, Argentina, circa 1970
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Set of five crystal Querandi glasses and two bottles. Argentina, circa 1970.
Bottles dimensions: 35,5 cm height, 10 cm width, 10 cm depth.
Glasses d...
Category
1970s Argentine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Signed Decorative Leaf Shaped Daum Crystal Vide-Poches, France, 1970's
By Daum
Located in New York, NY
Elegant leaf shaped etched vide-poches or paperweight by Daum Nanct France.
In pristine condition.
This piece wlll ship from France and can be returned to either France or to a LIC...
Category
1970s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Curtis Jere Enameled Butterfly, Wire and Marble Sculpture Blue, Green Vintage
By Curtis Jeré
Located in North Miami, FL
This unusual and rarely found vintage signed Curtis Jere sculpture has enameled butterflies coming from 3 wire points that sit in the original marble base. The colors of shades of se...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Enamel, Wire
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...
Category
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Wood
Gucci Vintage Leather Solid Silver Rider Crop, 1970s
By Gucci
Located in Munich, DE
Gucci vintage rider crop in embossed brown leather and a 800 silver jockey cap. Leather and jockey cap signed with Gucci and a silver hallmark. Excellent...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
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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