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Desk Accessories For Sale
Mid-Century Sculpture of Cat/ Royal Dux, 1960s
By Royal Dux
Located in Praha, CZ
- made in Czechoslovakia
- made of ceramic
- good, original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
$183 Sale Price
30% Off
Italian 1960s Silver Owl Paperweight
Located in London, GB
This delightful little owl silvered metal paperweight has gorgeous orange and black glass eyes.
She or he is surprisingly heavy and is therefore perfect for what s/he was designed ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Just Andersen, early Art Deco inkwell in bronze. Rare model.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Just Andersen, early Art Deco inkwell in bronze. Rare model.
Including an original glass insert with a lid.
Model 1895.
Approximately from 1930.
Condition: In good condition, with si...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Walnut Slat Magazine Holder
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful Mid-Century Modern walnut slat magazine holder, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 16.5" W x 7.75" D x 12.5" H. #1527.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Gucci Red Leather Desk Set, 1980s Italy
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome red leather desk set by Gucci. Made in Italy, circa 1980s. Set consists of a note pad with paper, a pen holder and a letter opener. Rich colo...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Etched Crystal Baby Seal Sculpture by Mats Jonasson Sweden
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Baby seal etched crystal sculpture by Mats Jonasson Sweden.
This crystal art glass sculpture is a work of art with its hand made, hand etched exquisite det...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
"Venetian" model desk set by TIFFANY & CO
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Desk set made of gilded bronze (Ormolu) composed of 14 “Venetian” model pieces, made by TIFFANY & Co, (1837 - present). Signed TIFFANY STUDIOS, NEW YORK, 1647.
United States, CIRCA ...
Category
1910s American Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
$21,000 / set
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
Crystal Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
An elegant European clear cut crystal desk or table lamp, circa 20th century. A beautiful lamp with modern cuts up and down entire lamp. Lamp is made from one piece of crystal. Lamp ...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
$1,200
Scandinavian Modern Glass Sculpture by Swedish Designer Mona Morales-Schildt
Located in Stockholm, SE
Scandinavian Modern glass sculpture signed by Mona Morales-Schildt for Kosta. Two green paperweights/sculptures. Both with a bubble in the middle. Th...
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Macassar Wood Letter Rack by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann
Located in Montreal, QC
Maccassar Letter rack by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann
graduated semi-circle slats on l base,
Iron stamped: "Ruhlmann
Category
1930s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Macassar
American Brass Miniature Carriage Clock with Beveled Glass, New York. C. 1850
By James Mix
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass miniature carriage clock with beveled glass, carrying handle , and signed enamel over copper face with dial. Clock consists of time, strike,...
Category
1850s American American Classical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Copper, Enamel
Amazing Paperweight in Black Marble by Angelo Mangiarotti, Italy 1967
Located in Catania, IT
This black marble paperweight consists of two sections, the cylindrical-shaped base and the second pyramid-shaped. The item is in perfect cond...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Limited Edition Louis Vuitton "Doudou" Teddy Bear, c.2020
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
First seen on the Runway in 2004, the “DouDou” Teddy Bear is the only teddy bear created by Louis Vuitton in its 150 year history. The teddy was originally designed by Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Fabric
Ghidini 1961 Nowhere Bullet Vase in Brass by Studio Job
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Based on a tale of two wild girls traveling across the US, the Nowhere bullet vase feature iconic Studio Job engravings and a typical oversized form giving...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Hand Carved Stone Possible malachite Paperweight office Desk Sculpture object
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand Carved Stone Possible malachite Paperweight office Desk Sculpture object . A nicely hand carved Hardstone paperweight sculpture frog object decorative...
Category
19th Century European Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
$5,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Charles Thomae 1925 Art Deco Box with Red and Black Lacquer in Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco lacquer box designed by Thomas.
An impressive, beautiful and colorful box, created in Attleboro Massachuchet by the Charles Thomae Company, ...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$1,687 Sale Price
25% Off
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
19th Century Wood Stationery Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century wood stationery box.
Category
19th Century British Antique Desk Accessories
Italian modern dark green rings for perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date, 2020
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern dark green rings for the perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date, 2020s
Set of 3 round rings for the perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Da...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Mid-Century German Red Space Age Desk Utensilo from Quandt Hamburg, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century German Red Space Age Desk Utensilo from Quandt Hamburg, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Typewriter Olivetti "M44", East Germany, 1947
Located in Praha, CZ
Oldschool typewriter "M44" made by Olivetti, in East Germany, in the year 1947.
Made of metal and chrome.
Repolished, cleaned, shows signs of use and age.
Fully functional.
Category
1940s German Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Art Nouveau, Liberty & Co. London. Hammered Antique Pewter Dish c1910
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Art Nouveau antique pewter footed dish for Liberty & Co., Regent Street, London
Superb dark pewter patina and hand hammered with stylised edging decoration
Circa 1910
Signed English ...
Category
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Vintage 14K Gold Nib Model #4810 Meisterstuck Fountain Pen with Ink by Montblanc
By Montblanc
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage 14K gold nib model #4810 meisterstuck fountain pen with black ink by Montblanc, circa 1980s. This is truly a classic writing instrument made of black resin with gold fitting...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold
19th-Century French Empire Bronze Napoleon Commemorative Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Empire (19th Century) bronze inkwell in the form of Napoleon's casket covered by a shroud with a crown finial top and resting on a tiered base with...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Bernhard Hoetger German Art Nouveau Bronze Figural Vide-Poche
Located in New York, NY
A German Art Nouveau patinated bronze figural vide poche by Bernhard Hoetger featuring a windblown nude with vines, circa 1910. Pictured in: Dynamic Beauty: Sculpture of Art Nouveau ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian Tatum's Dual Postal Ink Stand with Two Crystal Inkwells
Located in Stamford, CT
Hard to find antique Victorian Tatum's dual postal inkwell stand with two crystal inkwells in a decorative iron stand with hinged lids and three pen quail rests. The inkwell is signed Tatum's Postal Ink Stand and is in very good condition, a nice desk...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Iron
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Just Andersen, Early Ink Well and Ink Blotter in Alloy Bronze, 1930s-1940s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Just Andersen. Early ink well and ink blotter in alloy bronze, 1930s-1940s.
In very good condition.
Ink well measures: 27.5 x 17.5 cm.
Ink blotter measures: 15 x 9.5 cm.
Stamped....
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Sterling Silver Postal Scales - Desk Ideas - Hallmarked in 1913
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1913 by George Betjemann & Sons, this handsome set of Antique Sterling Silver Postal Scales, are plain in design, and have the original silver plated weights....
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Anna Ehrner for Kosta Boda White Crystal, 1990s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Anna Ehrner for Kosta Boda white crystal paperweight or votive candle holder.
Kosta Boda white crystal candle holder by Anna Ehrner, 1990s
A Kosta Boda votive...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Silver and Malachite Desk Inkwell by Guillemin Frères, Louis XVI Style.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Silver and malachite desk inkwell by Guillemin Frères, 19th century, Louis XVI style.
Silver and malachite desk inkwell by Guillemin Frères, Louis XV...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite, Silver
Walker & Hall Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver and Glass Desk Standish
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver and glass desk standish; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection
This magnificent antique silver desk...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Solid Brass Polished Screw Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A heavy and over sized Polished brass Screw. The piece is quite attractive and ready for any desk or work station in need of a paperweight.. whimsical and classic design.
The piece...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
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
Early 20th Century Edwardian Double Inkwell with Horseshoe Pen Holder
Located in Middleburg, VA
Early 20th century Edwardian double inkwell with horseshoe pen holder
This double inkwell desk set has two glass inkwells that sit upon a wooden base with an attached horseshoe that...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Wood
Large Tiffany Japonesque Applied Sterling Silver Inkwell with Beetle
Located in New York, NY
Japonesque sterling silver inkwell. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1882. Drum form with curved shoulder, short neck, and hinged and cork-lined bayonet cover. Leaves and tendri...
Category
Late 19th Century American Japonisme Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Migeon & Migeon - “Andy” Soap dish or change tray
By Migeon et Migeon
Located in PARIS, FR
This blue resin soap dish, or change tray, called Blob and Andy by its creators, Migeon & Migeon, was created c. 1990.
Signed “Migeon & Migeon” under the base.
For a similar model...
Category
Late 20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Vintage Genie 1970s Retro Brown Leather Push Butoon Telephone
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful vintage brown leather covered telephone with intricate stitching and brass plate around the push buttons. Made by Genie and designed in the late-1970s in the USA. This mode...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Plastic
Contemporary Large Chevron Amethyst Obelisk / Crystal Point
Located in Toronto, ON
A contemporary large chevron amethyst crystal point / obelisk. Gorgeous in a collection, or as a stand alone statement piece. Obelisks are symbols of ...
Category
2010s American Desk Accessories
Materials
Amethyst
Stylized Sterling Modernism Trinket Bowl by Juvento Lopez Reyes, Mexico
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stylized sterling modernism trinket Bowl by Juvento Lopez Reyes, Mexico.. In keeping with the modernist style, it has a clean and sleek design. No etching or work, just an edgy and m...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
19th Century English Set of Weights with Royal Crown Marks, Numerals and Letter
Located in Marbella, ES
19th Century English Set of Weights with Royal Crown Marks, Numerals and Lettering
The measurement is of the largest.
Weights of: 7 Lb, 4 Lb, 2 Lb, 1 Lb, and 708
Category
Late 20th Century European Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Victorian Large Silver-Mounted Glass Match Striker, c.1876
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century Victorian rare & unusual jumbo sized silver mounted and textured glass match striker. Of round shape, mounted with a plane silver collar. Hallmarked English silv...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Daum France Crystal Dog Basset Paperweight or Decorative Sculpture
By Daum
Located in Atlanta, GA
Daum, France, created this adorable crystal basset hound figurine paperweight or ornamental sculpture by hand in the early 1970s. The sculpture features a lovely dog with dimensional...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
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
Antique Victorian Dinner Bell
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
That's an antique dinner bell with abalone , mother -of-pearl bell on a white marble base. I found this object in France during a vacation, and the...
Category
Early 20th Century French Other Desk Accessories
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl
Antique Glass and 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 collection.
This exceptional antique glass and silver match striker...
Category
1910s British Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Contemporary Faceted Multicolour Acrylic Cube Block
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning contemporary multicoloured acrylic block. A perfect riser for a small sculpture or a statement on its own on the table or desk, this beautiful block will reveal different ...
Category
2010s American Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
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
18th Century Ebonized and Inlaid Desk Cabinet
Located in New Orleans, LA
An lovely ebonized and inlaid desk organizer, 18th century, French. On bun feet, it has a center door and eight drawers.
Category
Early 18th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Boxwood, Burl, Elm, Satinwood, Walnut, Zebra Wood
Rörstrand Gunnar Nylund Chamotte Container / Inkwell
Located in København, Copenhagen
Rörstrand Gunnar Nylund Chamotte container / inkwell.
Measures 15.5 cm. x 12 cm. x 5 cm.
Beautiful turquoise glaze.
Marked.
In perfect condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Exceptional Italian Alligator Desk Set Pristine Condition
Located in Buchanan, MI
An Italian alligator desk set comprising a blotter, a letter rack, a letter tray, a desk pad, a pen stand, a desk clock with Roman numeral hours, a ...
Category
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Jacques Adnet Stitched Leather and Silver Pique-Sellier Desk Accessories
Located in San Francisco, CA
Two Jaques Adnet leather and silvered metal "pique-sellier" desk accessories. Each cast with riding spur form frames, one with leather wallet form holder the second a tray beneath a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome
1970's magnifying glass by Hermès
By Hermès
Located in New York, NY
Rare leather and brass desk lens by Maison Hermès
France
Circa 1970's
Category
1970s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Crystal and Gilt Bronze Seal, Empire Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Crystal and gilt bronze seal, Empire Period"
Cachet of Empire period in crystal and gilt bronze, XIXth century, with the initials CC, very ...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Complete Purdon's Gilt Leather Bound Library Book Collection Set
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Complete collection set of gilt leather bound library book set of one hundred twenty nine volumes. PURDON'S Pennsylvania Statutes & Consolidated Statutes Annotated. Copyright 2003 by...
Category
Early 2000s Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper, Leather
Velvet Dark Gold Rabbit Door Stopper / Bookends
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Velvet dark gold rabbit as a door stopper / bookends.
Made in Italy:
Made in Italy furniture means design, quality, style and sophistication.
The typical...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Velvet
Pierre Giraudon Inclusion of Pearl Oyster Shell - 20th
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Jean Claude Dresse / Pierre Giraudon Inclusion of Pearl Oyster Shell
Vide Poche - 1970s - Belgium - decoration
Measures : 13.5cmx13.5cm H:5cm
Materials : Epoxy - Pearl Oyster Shell
...
Category
20th Century French Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Samuel Jacob Edwardian Sterling Silver Frog Inkwell
By Samuel Jacob
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, unusual, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver inkwell in the form of a frog; part of our antique diverse ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Edwardian English sterling silver inkwell has been modelled in the form of a perched frog.
The surface of this impressive novelty silver...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Art Deco Bronze Claw & Quill Letter Opener, Rare Bronze Letter Opener
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco Bronze Claw & Quill Letter Opener – France, circa 1920s–30s
An exceptional and imaginative French Art Deco bronze letter opener, cast in the form of a bird's talon grasping...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
$980 Sale Price
30% Off
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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