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Desk Accessories For Sale
Decorative French Vintage Ceramic Thermometer and Casing by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in London, GB
Decorative, French vintage ceramic thermometer and casing by Mithé Espect (circa 1960s). A delightful piece with stylised bird and flower blossoms....
Category
1960s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Brazilian Mid-Century Resin Encased Travertine Desk Organizer, 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
Discarded travertine pieces encased in a hardened resin shell desk organizer with patinated brass holders, Brazil 1970s.
Category
Late 20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Rare Meissen Cobalt Blue Hand Painted "Shoe" Slipper of Castle Moritzburg C 1890
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Museum quality piece of rare art from the re known firm of Meissen, Germany. This popular cabinet item was made in the last half of the 19th century w...
Category
1890s German Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Art Deco Dancer Werkstatte Hagenauer Vienna Brass Polished Wood, Designed 1930s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Dancer Werkstatte Hagenauer Vienna Brass Polished Wood, Designed 1930s
In the beginning the Werkstatte Hagenauer produced everyday life items ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
1960s Table Fan by OMNIA type VS20, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage industrial table fan
Made of metal and plastic
Fully functional.
Category
1960s Czech Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Enzo Mari, Rare Resin Cube, Sculpture, Paperweight, with Polyhedral Inside
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a very rare Mari resin cube from the 1950s, it measures in cm 7 x 7 x 7, has a couple of flee bites in 2 corners. Similar sample with black inside i...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Rare jugendstil writing set by Erhard & Sohne Germany
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Rare jugendstil writing set by Erhard & Sohne Germany including letter holder 10x13x6cm, letter dryer 15x8x6cm and knife 18cm long.
Category
Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Mary Preminger Abstract Modernist Chrome and Black Marble Sculpture
By Mary Gardner Preminger
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous vintage double U-shaped abstract sculpture by the noted artist Mary Preminger is so modernist. It is polished chrome on a black marble original base. It was executed in...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Chrome
Golf Gold Paperweight
Located in Paris, FR
Paperweight golf gold made
entirely in solid brass in gold
finish with golf ball pattern.
Also available in palladium or ruthenium.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Tiffany Studios New York "Zodiac" Bronze Rocker Blotter, Circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Art Deco period bronze rocker ink blotter featuring Zodiac designs
By Tiffany Studios
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 5.63"W x 2.75"D x 2.13"H.
Good origin...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Italian modern green rings for perpetual wall calendar by Ring A Date, 2020s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern 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 Date, in green plastic. The ring has t...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Ghidini 1961 Knotted Cherry Medium Box in Copper-Plated Brass by Nika Zupanc
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Fiasco. Guilt. Fear of love. A place to hide all the things we secretly desire yet are too scared to utter. The luscious things the perfect lover knows are never to be told. She drea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
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
Stich Leather Pencil Holder Krystal Tray 1950s France
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice black Stich leather pen holder, comes with a Krystal Glass inlay
signed '' Val Saint Lambert '' attributed to Hermes or Jacques Adnet.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Carl Auböck Model #9038 Knob in Nickel
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #9038 knob in nickel.
Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese knob is executed in softly brushed nickel by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Nickel
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver and Glass Inkstand / Desk Standish
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and glass inkstand / desk standish; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This magnificent, fine and impressive antique Victorian silver inkstand / desk standish, has a rectangular shaped form.
This Victorian inkstand is plain and embellished with an applied moulded border to the rim.
The surface of this exceptional example of antique silverware incorporates two elongated oval recesses, composing pen wells.
This antique hallmarked silver inkstand is supported by four impressive cast bracket style feet embellished with scroll and leaf decoration.
The body of the inkstand incorporates two circular ink bottle receivers protruding from either side and conjoined with a central rectangular stamp box via two impressive elevated scrolling leaf decorated brackets.
The impressive large glass ink bottles each have a compressive spherical form, ornamented with cut glass decoration.
The lower portion of each bottle is fitted with a hallmarked sterling silver mount/foot, accented with a screwfit attachment, allowing the piece to stand securely in situ; this fitment is a fine feature and indicates the high quality of the piece.
The upper portion retains the original hallmarked mount and hinged cover encircled with chased volute scrolling leaf motifs.
Each ink bottle is surmounted with an impressive cast finial modelled in the form of two opposing masks.
The central sterling silver stamp box...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Business Card Holder Hollywood Regency, 1970s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Glamoureus business card holder. Gold plated Perspex. Hollywood Regency style 1970s
Good condition.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Italian 1940s Wooden Architectural Drawings Wall Holder
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1940s wooden architectural drawings wall holder.
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
1905 Edwardian Leather, Tortoiseshell and Silver Mounted Letter Box
Located in Morristown, NJ
1905, England, Unusual and striking Edwardian letter box with leather sides. The curved top and base are mounted with scrolling sterling silver. T...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Desk Ornament World Globe with Chrome Model Aeroplane A super piece and a grea
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Desk Ornament World Globe with Chrome Model Aeroplane
A super piece and a great desk ornament for the desk that has everything else
This small globe is set on a chrome stand benea...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Mid-century Tesla Design Phone, Czechoslovakia, 1983.
By Tesla
Located in Praha, CZ
Telephone by TESLA, made in the 1980's.
Made of Plastic and Metal.
Beautiful decoration.
Original condition.
Category
1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Tiffany Studios New York Pine Needle Bronze Doré and Slag Glass Eight-Piece Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau period "Pine Needle" gilt bronze and Favrile slag glass desk set. The eight-piece set includes: inkwell, pen brush, letter rack, calen...
Category
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Polished Brass Bull and Bear Bookends Paperweights Wall Street
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage polished brass bull and bear bookends paperweights Wall Street cedor.
Great on any desk the polished brass bull and bear on stitched faux embossed leather stands bookends or paperweights.
Great decorative brass book ends. Wall Street bull and bear broker decorative desk decoration.
These stunning vintage Wall Street...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Ventaglio Art Decò con piume di Struzzo Bianco Avorio e manico in rodoide, 1930
Located in Florence, IT
Ventaglio Art Decò con piume di struzzo bianco avorio e manico in rodoide.
Disponibile uno anche con piume marroni.
Entrambi i ventagli vengono venduti corredati della loro scatola ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Rhodoid, Feathers
English Regency Mahogany Travelling Sloped Lap Desk Box, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
English Regency mahogany travelling sloped lap desk box with brass corner mounts and handles, 19th century. Key included. Other features include fine tooled leather insert and a draw...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Mahogany
Easter Porcelain Bowl Hand Painted Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Completely handmade Easter porcelain bowl with a hands-free naturalistic painted Easter rabbit in grey and white colors. The rabbit is sitting in the middle of the bowl for decoratin...
Category
2010s German Country Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
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
Antique Black Forest Carved Wooden Pug Inkwell, 19th Century Dog Carving
Located in Bristol, GB
Antique Carving in the Form of a Dog
Raised up on his hind legs, the head with original glass eyes tilts back to reveal the original glass inkwell ins...
Category
19th Century German Black Forest Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
'Lover's Knot' Double Picture Frame, Polished Brass in The Style of J.H. France
Located in Verviers, BE
Original Victorian period double photograph frame (or miniature frame) with classical Victorian 'Lover's Knot' design. Typical frame for wedding photographs. Made of solid cast brass...
Category
Early 1900s French Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
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
Mid-Century Modern Georg Petersens Danish Mobelfabrik Desk Organizer
Located in Toledo, OH
Mid-century teak Georg Petersens Mobelfabrik desk organizer. Circa 1960's. Danish teak desktop organizer with multiple dividers and storage cubbies. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak
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
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
Pop Art Love Coin Bank, After Robert Indiana, Red, Blue, Green.
Located in New York, NY
Love Coin Bank, After Robert Indiana, red, blue and green. Medium scale bank with LOVE printed on both sides of the metal. Signed: "Produced and Distributed ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
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.
Category
1970s European Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Watch Box for Five Watches in Smoke Grey Oak, Red Ultrasuede Detail
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Box in polished wood for five watches lined in protective ultrasuede. Hinge in Ruthenium. Box only: watches are not included.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Postmodern Lucite Tissue Box in the Style of Charles Hollis Jones
Located in San Diego, CA
l Beautiful solid lucite tissue box in the style of Charles Hollis Jones, circa the 1980s. The piece is in excellent condition no chips or scratches ...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Vintage Brass Ram Paperweight Bookend 1950s Art Deco Style
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid-Century Modern Polished Brass Rams Head Paperweight or Single Bookend circa 1950s.
This Figurative Hollywood Regency cast brass ram bust sculpture will make an elegant addition t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Period 19th Century Wood or Horn Letter Opener
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period letter opener from the 19th century, made of wood or horn. Experience the charm of the Victorian era with this exquisite English Victorian period letter o...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Horn, Wood
Charles & Richard Comyns 1920 London Neo Classic Carriage Table Clock in Sterlin
Located in Miami, FL
Travel carriage clock designed by Charles & Richard Comyns.
Beautiful small travel-desk clock, created by the top notch and prestigious silversmith company of Charles & Richard Co...
Category
1920s English Neoclassical Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage Abstract Bronze Intertwined Figurative Sculpture on White Marble Base
Located in North Miami, FL
This beautiful intertwined abstract figure bronze sculpture on a white marble base is very sensual and has an amazing and different presence from every angle. The bodies are intertwi...
Category
1960s American Organic Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Carl Auböck Model #4317 Brass Bowl
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck Model #4317 brass bowl. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural Viennese bowl is executed in polished and darkly patinated brass. Originally conceived as a fountain pen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Collectible Vintage Baccarat Crystal Noel 1983 Ornament with Box
By Baccarat
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Baccarat Crystal 1983 Annual Christmas Ornament.
This is the first year that Baccarat released an annual ornament and is extremely rare.
Highly collectible from year 1983, Made in France.
Hand made in France. Comes with traditional red Baccarat...
Category
Late 20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Doré Blotter Ends
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous pair of Art Deco or Arts & Crafts period bronze blotter ends featuring symbols of the Zodiac
By Tiffany Studios
New York, USA, Early 20th century
Each measures: 1...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Vintage White Marble Jeweled Elephant Sculpture Paper Weight
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage jeweled elephant sculpture paper weight wearing traditional ceremonial costume.
Finely hand painted animal sculpture of an elephant...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Reed & Barton Equestrian Letter Opener, 1940s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great Reed & Barton letter opener with a detailed horse head handle in solid silver plated metal. Reed & Barton 274 stamped on the base of the hand...
Category
1940s American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with red, green, and yellow swirl pattern / made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: Diameter 2.5 inches, height 2.5 inches
Please not...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
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
Mid Century Italian Marble Brass Italian Cheetah Marble Paperweight
Located in Toronto, CA
Elevate your desk or decor with this exquisite Mid-Century Italian Marble and Brass Cheetah Paperweight. A striking fusion of luxury and craftsmanship, t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique Tiffany Studios Bronze Doré Pen Tray Neoclassical Taste
Located in Norwich, GB
Antique Tiffany Studios New York gilt bronze pen tray/desk tidy. Neoclassical Taste. Maker's Stamp. Circa 1900.
The tray has a lovely patina, commensurate with age and use. Showing ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Tiffany Studios New York Art Deco Greek Key Bronze Doré Pen Tray Desk Accessory
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Art Deco bronze doré pen tray featuring a Greek key design
By Tiffany Studios
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 9.63"W x 3.25"D x 0.38"H
Very good original vintage condition, with beautiful patina from age.
Matching desk...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Vintage Brass and Wood Stag Bookends
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of vintage brass and wood stag bookends.
Great tall pair of Hollywood Regency brass and wood stag or deer bookends. These handsome mid-century booke...
Category
1960s Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Just Andersen Denmark, 1930s Danish Fano Girl Bronze Bust, Carl Emil Ruge #2111
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Just Andersen of Denmark bronze bust of a Fano Danish Girl designed by Carl Emil Ruge
A lovely innocent face makes this piece absolutely charming
Superb dark...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Roycroft Arts & Crafts Hammered Copper Five-Piece Desk Set, Circa 1920s
By Roycroft
Located in South Bend, IN
An outstanding Art & Crafts period hand hammered copper desk set. The five-piece set includes: calendar frame, inkwell, pen tray, letter opener, and set of four blotter corners with ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
Cartier Trinity 18ct Gold Plated Ribbed Ballpoint Pen With A Red Cartier Box
By Cartier
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Cartier Trinity 18ct Gold Plated Ribbed Ballpoint Pen With A Red Cartier Box
Stunning Example of a Must De Cartier ballpoint pen, featuring the classic trinity rings and an enamel i...
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate
MCM Two Piece Brass and Faux Crocodile Desk Set
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice two piece brass and faux crocodile desk set, circa 1970s. The set is in good vintage condition and includes a long base with a letter holder, a pen holder and a business ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Mid century vintage handblown Murano glass paperweight
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid century vintage handblown glass Murano paperweight. This paperweight has a unique design in that the interior of the glass looks like tortoiseshell with beautiful tones of dark brown, Amber and gold. This vintage paperweight...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
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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