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Desk Accessories For Sale
Vintage Onyx Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian spherical onyx desk paperweight, in natural neutral hues / Made in Italy circa 1970s
Measures: diameter 4 inches
Order reference #: FABIOLTD G178
This piece makes for...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx
$240 Sale Price
40% Off
Three Blue and White Miniature Vases, C 1725, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Era
Located in seoul, KR
During Yongzheng era, such miniatures were appreciated for their craftsmanship and aesthetic value. They were also often used in scholars' studios as part of the 'wenfang', or study ...
Category
1720s Vietnamese Qing Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Tooled and Paint Embellished Versace Style Italian Leather Desk Organizer
Located in Ferndale, MI
Desk organizer highly decorated and colorful tooled leather. Cloth interior. Marked Made in Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Aesthetic Movement Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Brass and Horn Letter Opener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
a stunning and large letter opener in brass with a horn handle. The piece is impressive and shines bright. A compliment to many settings - a funcktional piece of art on any desk or...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage French Art Deco Style Sculpture of Brass Ibex Antelope
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage French Art Deco Style Sculpture of Brass Ibex Antelope.
Solid cast brass Ram decorative object or bookend, circa mid 20th century.
B...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
MCM Lucite Napkin Holder by Denels Originals of Palm Springs
Located in San Diego, CA
A cool MCM lucite napkin holder by Denels Originals of Palm Springs,circa 1970s. The piece is in good vintage condition measures 9"W x 6.D x 4"H. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
1900s Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Inkwell
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Inkwell With glass insert. Clearly marked on the bottom Tiffany Studios, New York, 842. 4“ x 4“ x 2“ tall. Wonderful original condition with on...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique Cast Brass Bouilotte Style Table or Desk Lamp Base with Green Onyx
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique bouilette style desk or table lamp is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1920 and done in the French Empire revival style. The lamp is composed of cast brass with a fleur de lis stylized finial and a three light candelabra with an adjustable central post. The base has a cast brass surround with an inset piece of polished green onyx. The height is adjustable, and the shade can be raised as high as twenty five inches and as low as twenty one and a half inches. Please note that the worn cardboard shade...
Category
Early 20th Century English Empire Revival Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Adnet Style Leather Alarm Clock by Bayard
By Bayard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome French saddle leather desk clock by Bayard in the style of Jacques Adnet. Excellent vintage condition. Keeps time and has an alarm. Great patin...
Category
1950s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Fontana Arte Mid-Century Modern 1950s Glass Pen Holder Stand & Ashtray Desk Set
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte (attributed) Midcentury Modern desk set featuring a pen holder or stand with a tray and an ashtray. Made in Ita...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Oak desk organizer by Borge Mogensen for ILLUMS BOLIGHUS
Located in Greensboro, NC
Oak desk organizer by Borge Mogensen, circa 1960s. retains its original ILLUMS BOLIGHUS label.
Shows minor wear commensurate with age and use. Original paint, mild wear to drawers ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
Vintage Abstract Brass and Black Granite Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
This tall fabulous vintage polished brass abstract sculpture has been put on a new black granite base. It is vintage from the 70s and has 2 interconnected abstract bodies. The brass ...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Granite, Brass
$3,675 Sale Price
25% Off
Hermès Equestrian Paper Weight, 1960s France
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant silver plates Hermès paper weight/ reading guide with a detailed horse head handle in solid metal. Hermès Paris stamped on the base as well...
Category
1960s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
1950's New Old Stock Vintage Pocket Plane Whistles - Bundle Of Ten
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950's New Old Stock Vintage Pocket Plane Whistles - Bundle Of Ten. We recently came across a large hoard of new old stock hardware and general merchandise items, laying untouched si...
Category
1950s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
19th Century Lectern Louis-Philippe Period
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
This Louis-Philippe period table lectern in cherrywood resting on four turned legs, has three positions for three different reading angles.
France,
circa 1840.
Category
1840s French Louis Philippe Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Cherry
Antique English Equestrian Themed Silver Plate Inkwell.
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique English Equestrian Themed Silver Plate Inkwell. Horseshoe oak base and crystal inkwell with a jockey’s cap.
Category
1920s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Bracelet in Gold, Emerald and Brilliant
Located in Madrid, ES
Bracelet in gold, emerald and brilliant.
It has 5 emeralds and 4 brilliants. 18k gold.
Measures 20 cm length and weight 20g
Very good condition. Measure: 20cm.
Category
20th Century Spanish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold
Great Sculpture of a Bear Designed by Livio Seguso, ca. 1970ties
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A powerful stylized sculpture of a bear in solid smoke grey glass. It is hand made in the Gral glass manufactory, Germany. The typical design of Livio Seguso in the 1970s. The base w...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Italian Murano Art Glass Paperweight Lily Flower with Curled Stem Sculpture 1980
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Italian Murano Art Glass Lily Flower with Curled Stem Paperweight.
VIntage Murano Italian Art Glass Flower Sculpture Decorative Object, 1980s.
Beautiful blown art glass Murano lily...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Wooden Christmas Tree Set JUNIPER – Cedar
Located in İzmir, İzmir
The JUNIPER decorative solid handmade Christmas tree set adds warmth to your holiday theme with its minimalist and natural design. Inspired by the aesthetic form of the juniper tree,...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Abercrombie & Fitch Hand-Stitched Leather Pumpkin by Omersa & Company
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Abercrombie & Fitch hand-stitched leather pumpkin by Omersa & Company. The wide selection of leather items designed by Dimitri Omersa were used for display and foo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Brazilian Modern Patinated Brass Astray or Catchall
Located in Miami, FL
Patinated brass sculpted insect ashtray or catchall. Brazil, 1950s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
Mahjong Game Board in Black Polished Ebony Passione Di Gioco
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Ebony polished mahjong with ruthenium brass parts.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ebony
Yellow Rabbit Door Stopper / Bookends, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Yellow rabbit as a door stopper / bookends.
Made in Italy:
Made in Italy furniture means design, quality, style and sophistication.
The typical elega...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
1950s Hermès Ebony Brush
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Hermès clothing brush. Made from rare Ebony Macassar wood, boar bristles and brass. This brush is meant to preserve the life and appearance o...
Category
1960s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$1,800
Spratling Sterling and Wood Letter Opener
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1940. We offer this rare William Spratling Sterling and Ebony Wood Letter Opener. fantastic Patina and includes original Spratling Brand.
Category
1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Italian Modern Photo Frame in Silver , Equilibrium Silver
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Equilibrium silver is an Italian photo frame in silver 925 by Laura G “Art with Heart.” It is a very simple and modern photo frame and can be suitable to hold two photos, one front and one back. The piece has been designed same shape front and back, as my message is: our life images are to be saved in jewel photo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Late 19th C Effigy of Mephistopheles on a Bronze Dresser Tray
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th C Effigy of Mephistopheles on a bronze dresser tray. Leaning into the tray with a contemplative pose and conniving expression. Best known for his role in Faust. Caught in h...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Carl Aubock „E“ Horn Clothes Coat Brush, Midcentury, Austria, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
Cloth brush, designed by Carl Auböck III (1924-1993) around 1960. Model number 5000. Manufacturer Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Vienna.
Horn base with horse bristles.
Typical for the desi...
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Horn
Leather Waste Basket by Merit Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful leather waste bin in the style of Jacques Adnet produced by Merit Los Angeles. Made entirely of a thick cowhide leather in a distressed sad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
$1,200 / item
Indian Antique Wooden Hand Noodle Maker with Carved Elephant and Vice Press
Located in Yonkers, NY
An Indian antique carved wooden hand noodle press from the 19th century, with elephant motif. Created in India during the 19th century, this wooden piece was originally used to hand make noodles. Showcasing a vice press, the body is adorned with a carved elephant whose head and behind expand from a central square. This container is where the dough was placed and the vice part would press it into noodles. The elephant head is carved with subtle motifs, such as a jewel on the forehead. The trunk is tucked in. The sides are adorned with medallions adorned with foliage or a rosette. Boasting a nicely weathered appearance revealing its nice age and use, this antique Indian carved wooden...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
1960 Lino Sabattini Christofle Design Silver Metal Paperweight
Located in Brescia, IT
Paperweight
Lino Sabattini for Christofle
France
1960
Silver Metal
Mark manufacture impressed
Very good condiction
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Carl Auböck Paperknife with Leather Handle
Located in Berlin, DE
Paperknife with brown leather handle by Carl Auböck.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$750 / item
Kosta Boda Yellow Crystal Candle Holder by Anna Ehrner, 1990's
By Anna Ehrner
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Kosta Boda crystal yellow "Atoll" votive Tealight candle holder designed by Anna Ehrner, 1990s. With characteristic craftsmanship and good design, and an ongoing commitment to avant-...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Small Twirling Bird Polished Wood Sculpture by Jakob Hermann for Warm Nordic
Located in Viby J, DK
Unique rotating wooden birds, created in the 1950s by the Danish furniture designer and true artist, Jacob Hermann and now being manufactured by Warm Nordic. The Danish-manufactured Twirling Birds...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Carl Aubock, Letter Opener, Leather and Brass, Austria, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Letter opener by Carl Auböck. Made in brass with leather handle, Austria, 1950s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Carl Auböck Model #4828 Cane and Steel Knife
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4828 cane and steel knife. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural knife is executed in polished steel and handwoven cane.
Price is per item...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Art Nouveau Gold-Plated and Enameled Copper Matchstick Box Holder
Located in Barcelona, ES
Seashell shaped Art Nouveau matchstick box holder. Gold-plated copper, seashell and box holder enameled on top/front.
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
Bucherer Mechanical Pencil Watch
By Bucherer
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A rare 1930's Bucherer pencil watch. It was made by Bucherer for a few different firms including Rolex. This version is in a gold filed case I assume as it is not hallmarked. The watch works and has been keeping pretty good time. Dial is marked C. Bucherer Lucerne...
Category
1930s Swiss Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate
$1,200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Easter Porcelain Bowl Hand-Painted with Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Completely handmade porcelain bowl with a hands-free naturalistic painted Easter rabbit in grey and white colors in country style. The Easter rabbit is sitting in the middle of the b...
Category
2010s German Country Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Brass Trinket Dishes with Silver Greek Coins by Illias Lalaounis
By Lalaounis
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Pair of vintage brass and sterling silver trinket dishes by Ilias Lalaounis, Greece. A sterling silver Greek coin (replica) is set in the middle of each...
Category
1970s Greek Greek Revival Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Brass
Art Deco Wrought Iron Mistletoe Paperweight by Edgar Brandt 1921
By Edgar Brandt
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco wrought iron Mistletoe paperweight by Edgar Brandt.
In French this model is called Boule de Gui.
Wrought iron with chromed finish. France 1921.
We have a pair available, s...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Russian Antique Desk Set in Guilloche Enamel with Diamonds
Located in London, GB
This exquisite Russian desk set features glittering rose diamonds and silver gilt. The set comprises a stamp, two inkwells, a letter holder and a picture frame, which all sit on a St...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Enamel, Silver
Blackened Bottle Bracket by Henry Wilson
By Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Blackened Bottle Bracket by Henry Wilson
Dimensions: W 4 x D 7 x H 8 cm
Materials: Aluminium, Brass, Black Bronze
Bottle Bracket is a solid, hand poured form available in dual or si...
Category
2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum, Brass, Bronze
$214 / item
Vintage Set of Five Christmas Candle Holders Erzgebirge Germany
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Set of five handmade and hand-painted christmas candle holders in wood. Five different figures like an angel, santa and a skiier girl. The han...
Category
1950s German Country Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Blotter Corners With Leather Desk Blotter
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous set of four Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period bronze blotter corners featuring symbols of the Zodiac, with a custom blue leather desk blotter.
By Tiffany Studios (blotter ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with intricate white, light blue, and dark blue ribbons / Made in Italy, circa 1960s
Origina...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
$240 Sale Price
40% Off
Iridescent Art Nouveau Art Glass Inkwell
Located in San Diego, CA
Stunning early Art Nouveau iridescent art glass inkwell, circa 1900s. The piece features a gorgeous array of rainbow iridescence from greens to blues to...
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-century Functional Tesla Design Phone, Czechoslovakia, 1983.
By Tesla
Located in Praha, CZ
Telephone by TESLA, in the 1980's
Made of Plastic and Metal
Beautiful decoration
Fully Functional
Original condition
Category
1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
1940's New Old Stock Vintage Button Cards - Pack Of Ten
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940's New Old Stock Vintage Button Cards- Pack Of Ten. We recently came across a large hoard of new old stock hardware and general merchandise items, laying untouched since the 1940...
Category
1940s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic, Paper
Silver Plate Letter Opener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Silver plate letter opener - a large and well designed letter opener in silver plate - ergonomically designed and weighted on one end for easy handling and an artful design - handsom...
Category
20th Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
1920s Dental Paperweight Sculpture Glass Slab Temperature Gauge Thermometer
By S.T. Dupont, Honeywell
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare item from the L.D. Caulk Co. of Milford Delaware. New old stock, New in box. A true Relic from yesteryears building technics. A beautiful desktop sculptural object. Temp rises w...
Category
1920s American Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
White Bakelite PTT Telephone by Ericsson
By Ericsson
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage white Swedish Bakelite rotary table phone by Ericsson, circa 1950.
Measures 6" H x 9" W x 7.5 " D.
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
$793 Sale Price
30% Off
French “Bleu de Nevers” Faience Smoking Service Tray, by Montagnon
Located in Dallas, TX
This lovely French “service fumeur en faïence”, or earthenware smoking service, has five pieces: a tray, and four pots of various sizes. Although every smoking set is unique, we presume theses pots are a tobacco pot to store the dried leaves, an ash receptacle, a pot for holding papers to hand roll cigarettes and/or cigars and a pot for keeping matches.
Our set was produced in Nevers, France in the 19th century by Montagnon, the oldest earthenware factory in France. Originally called manufacture du Bout du monde (“End of the World factory”), the factory was founded in 1648. By 1875, the factory had fallen on hard times and was bought by Antoine Montagnon. Within the five years, it was the only faïencerie left in Nevers. Montagnon was successful for over a century but eventually ceased operations in 2015. The production date of our smoking service set is from the late 1800s.
Glazed earthenware was introduced from Italy to Nevers in the mid-16th century. The town already had existing porcelain factories and the area was flush with clay deposits that could be used in pottery. This allowed the influx of Italian potters in Nevers to begin producing Faience pieces. For the next 300 years, Nevers was the center for French Faience manufacturing.
This smoking set has been decorated with painted birds, rinceaux of flowers and ornamental motifs. The blue background color is called Persian blue, and was extensively used as a ground color on Nevers Faience...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Faience
Serge Mansau for Fratelli Guzzini Italy MCM Designed Lucite Tape Dispenser - NOS
Located in St. Louis, MO
Serge Mansau (1930-2019) for Fratelli Guzzini Italy mid-century modern designed clear lucite tape dispenser, new old stock. Great desk accessory....
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Italy Late 19th Century Sterling Silver Box Baroque Little Love Cart
Located in Brescia, IT
Antique baroque sterling silver little love cart late 19th Century, Italy.
This a very nice and lovable piece of art fine art jewellery. Totally han...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
$772 Sale Price
35% Off
Black Polished Box for 20 Pens with Suede and Leather Detail
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Black polished wooden pen box with anti-tarnish suede and leather handles for your collection of writing instruments.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Suede, Wood
Italian Ormolu-Mounted Obelisk in Various Marbles, italy, 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Ormolu-Mounted Obelisk in Various Marbles including porphyr and rosso levanto, with gilded bronze decorations.
Italy, late 19th Century.
Very good condition.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century English Gold Washed Sheffield Silverplate Equestrian Themed Inkwell
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Unique Victorian English silverplate inkwell in the form of a horseshoe with hooves and lids with riding caps. Apparently unsigned. I unique collectible in ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
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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