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Desk Accessories For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: Early 1900s
Avatar UR Demo Blue Fountain Pen
Located in Milan, IT
This remarkable fountain pen features a stunning demi-transparent design with an ink level gauge printed on the side of the converter to keep it monitored. It is crafted of break-res...
Category

2010s Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Resin

Jadeite, Ceramic Sculpture by William Edwards
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Glazed ceramic sculpture by William Edwards 2016 Hand built earthenware sculpture, fired multiple times to achieve a textured surface of random abstraction, in hues of green with am...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic

Oltrarno Grey Pencil Holder
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden handmade pencil holder dressed in soft genuine leather with decorative stitching and soft microfiber. Available in 14 different colors. Please, ask the Concierge for further d...
Category

2010s Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

Avatar UR Blue Ballpoint Pen
Located in Milan, IT
Available in multiple colors, this exclusive blue ballpoint pen captures engineering and aesthetic excellence. Its silhouette is made of perfectly interlocking parts with the use of ...
Category

2010s Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Resin

Atis Paper Tray by Michele De Lucchi with Alberto Nason
Located in Milan, IT
Conceived for an elegant and modern desk, this paper tray was designed by Michele De Lucchi with Alberto Nason in 2004 and is part of the Atis collection. It will make a perfect duo ...
Category

2010s Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal

Avatar UR Abalone Green Fountain Pen
Located in Milan, IT
Thanks to 3D engineering and high precision manufacturing, the pen is assembled without using a single drop of glue. Transparency allows one not only to see the pen's mechanism but a...
Category

2010s Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Resin

Avatar UR Black Fountain Pen
Located in Milan, IT
This ultra-elegant fountain pen is distinguished by a black body in UltraResin, a special material developed by Pineider mixing nacre and resin for enhanced weather-resistance and du...
Category

2010s Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Resin

Set coordinato LENTE DI INGRANDIMENTO E TAGLIACARTE - Collezione esclusiva
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
Elegante e funzionale set coordinato con lente di ingrandimento e tagliacarte della nostra collezione esclusiva ESSENZE. Realizzato con maestria artigianale, questo set di accesso...
Category

Early 2000s Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Avatar UR Demo Angel Skin Fountain Pen
Located in Milan, IT
Thanks to 3D engineering and high precision manufacturing, the pen is assembled without using a single drop of glue. Transparency allows one not only to see the pen's mechanism but a...
Category

2010s Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Resin

Crocus Chocolate Paper Tray A4
Located in Milan, IT
Handmade paper tray A4 dressed in fine and soft genuine grain leather and soft microfiber. Available in two colors.
Category

2010s Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

Cuyo Large Alpaca Silver & Blue Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beautiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, mostly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library. Our pieces are made by hand. One of...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

Porcelain Bowl Hand Painted Easter Rabbit Figure Sofina Boutique Kitzbuehel
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Completely handmade porcelain bowl with a hands-free naturalistic painted Easter rabbit in black and white colors. The rabbit is sitting at the side of t...
Category

2010s German Country Desk Accessories

Materials

Porcelain

Beige Card Holder Game Box
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden handmade card holder box game dressed in fine and soft genuine grain leather. Available in different colors. Please, ask the Concierge for further details.
Category

2010s Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

Oltrarno Grey Tray 35
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden handmade writing pad dressed in soft genuine leather with decorative stitching and soft microfiber. Available in 14 different colors. Please, ask the Concierge for further det...
Category

2010s Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

Geometric Decoration Set Ceramic, White Porcelain, Sculptural Object 'Cubism'
Located in Carballo, ES
Geometry set of 3 pieces made of ceramic, with high quality stoneware in the Galician town of Buño, known throughout the world for its quality in the pottery technique. The shapes in...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Terracotta

Writing Pad Oltrarno
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden handmade writing pad dressed in soft genuine leather with decorative stitching and soft microfiber. Available in 14 different colors. Please, ask the Concierge for further det...
Category

2010s Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

SET LENTE DI INGRANDIMENTO E TAGLIACARTE design moderno edizione esclusiva
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
Raffinato set lente di ingrandimento e tagliacarte della nostra collezione esclusiva ESSENZE. Nato dall'idea creativa del designer Nino Basso, questo coordinato lente e tagliacarte...
Category

Early 2000s Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Italian antique marble sampler paperweight
Located in Milan, IT
Italian antique marble sampler paperweight
Category

Early 1900s Italian Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble

Edgar Gilstrap Simpson ARTS & CRAFTS INKWELL, RUSKIN POTTERY LINER C.1900
Located in Stourbridge, GB
A fantastic quality beaten copper with turquoise finial arts and crafts inkwell signed by Edgar Simpson. A superb jewellery designer whose workmanship is of the very highest quality ...
Category

Early 1900s British Arts and Crafts Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Copper

PORTAPENNE con base in radica di erica e canotto in metallo design contemporaneo
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
PORTAPENNE della nostra collezione esclusiva "Essenze" con base quadrata in Radica di Erica, la radica utilizzata abitualmente per costruire accessori da fumo, abbinata al contenit...
Category

Early 2000s Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Contemporary Set of Two Handmade Transparent Crystal Photo Frames by GhiróStudio
Located in Pieve Emanuele, Milano
Set of two photo frames, one horizontal and one vertical, of excellent workmanship and artistic quality. The rounded edges give harmony and elegance. The high transparency crystal ha...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Italian Barovier Toso Brass & Turquoise Crystal Murano Glass Modern Photo Frame
Located in New York, NY
21st century modern sophisticated and elegant contemporary picture frame in thick blown Murano glass: the crystal clear glass frame worked with “torchon” technique, handcrafted twist...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Montblanc Meisterstuck Le Petit Prince & Aviator Ballpoint Pen Special Edition
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Special Edition Montblanc Meisterstück Le Petit Prince & Aviator. The barrel and cap of the ballpoint are made of brown precious resin. The clip is t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Art Deco Desk Accessories

Materials

Platinum

Board game tic-tac-toe
Located in Нұр-Сұлтан, KZ
The board game tic-tac-toe is made by hand, the board is made using white oak veneer, the toes are entirely made of oak, the crosses are made of mango wood, and the board and game el...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Desk Accessories

Materials

Oak

Strawberry Pink Semi Sphere Sculpture in Polished Resin by Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
This Geometric sculpture is handmade in polished resin in a variety of colors. It is a modern and colorful piece that will liven up any space. Our Semi Sphere is a very cool and f...
Category

2010s Mexican Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Resin

AUSTRIAN COLD PAINTED BRONZED CARPET SELLER INK STAND AFTER FRANZ BERGMAn
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely made in Austria stamped Ink well depicting an Arabic carpet seller which is after and original design by Franz Bergman This is a very ...
Category

Early 1900s Austrian Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Spelter

Shagreen Photo Frame by Fabio Ltd
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Multi-color shagreen leather and 24 karat gold-plated picture frame by Fabio Ltd Measures: Height 13.5 inches, width 11.5 inches, depth 1 inch Photo size: 8 inches by 10 inches LAST ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Gold

Salta Medium Bordeaux Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Onyx, Stone, Metal

Unusual Desk Top Antique Lantern Model Brass Curio
Located in London, GB
An unusual brass desk top, mantelpiece or shelf curio. Likely England or France, c1900s. Raised over a black marble bass, this details desk top model of a street lantern has ...
Category

Early 1900s British Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble, Brass

Contemporary 'Sail' Handmade Aquamarine Crystal Big Sculpture by Ghirò Studio
Located in Pieve Emanuele, Milano
2023 Collection of decorative objects signed by Ghirò Studio (Milan). The natural crystal has high transparencies with aquamarine reflections, it has been curved and handmade to repr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Board game tic-tac-toe
Located in Нұр-Сұлтан, KZ
Board game tic-tac-toe made of oak wood, oiled, handmade
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Desk Accessories

Materials

Oak

Original Victorian Door Knob Cast Pewter Paperweight, Glasgow School of Art
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Original Glasgow School of Art, artist's proof of a pewter casting of a Victorian door knob The mold for this one-off casting was created using a V...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Scottish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Pewter

Aluminium Ribbon Hook by Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Aluminium Ribbon Hook by Henry Wilson Dimensions: W 2 x D 8 x H 12 cm Materials: Aluminium The Ribbon Hook is sand cast in solid aluminium. Ribbon hook has two protruding blocks to ...
Category

2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Aluminum

White Bookend Mould Project by Theodora Alfredsdottir
Located in Geneve, CH
White bookend Mould project by Theodora Alfredsdottir Unique Materials: Jesmonite Dimensions: 110 x 80 x 180mm Theodora Alfredsdottir is a product...
Category

2010s English Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Cement

Salta Round Cream Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Onyx, Stone, Metal

Carolina Square Tray, Cream Onyx Stone
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The onyx quarries of the Carolina village, in the province of San Luis, Argentina, bring a fresh air and contribute to the femininity and elegance of our line for bathrooms, made up ...
Category

2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone, Onyx

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

TRAFUL Desk Set, Black Onyx & Alpaca Silver
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
3.5" x 3.5" 10.6" x4.1" x 0.9" 4.7" x 4.7" 2.3" 7" x 2.9" x 3.5" The immensity feeling at the shore of Traful Lake, the source of a river, is reflected in the design of the desk set...
Category

2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Onyx, Stone, Metal

Cuyo Medium Alpaca Silver & Blue Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beautiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, mostly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library. Our pieces are made by hand. One of...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

Tronador Square Cream Onyx Stone Box
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The shape of the inactive Tronador volcano reminded us of the pyramid shaped idea of our boxes that make up this collection. With a rectangular or square base, the box is a reflectio...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone, Onyx

Rare business card tray, solid bronze around 1900, Jugendstil Art Nouveau France
Located in Wien, AT
Wonderful business card tray, made out of solid bronze, an original of the Jugendstil - Art Nouveau period, made around 1900. This nice historical object has a rectangular shape an...
Category

Early 1900s French Jugendstil Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Tronador Square Bordeaux Onyx Stone Box
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The shape of the inactive Tronador volcano reminded us of the pyramid shaped idea of our boxes that make up this collection. With a rectangular or square base, the box is a reflectio...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone, Onyx

Dunhill of London Brown Grained Leather Flat Card Wallet With Box & Dust Cover
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Dunhill of London Brown Belgrave Grained Calf Leather Flat Card Wallet With Steel Engraved Dunhill Logo. Six card slots, and one centralised pocket. Item is complete with black Du...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Desk Accessories

Materials

Steel

Aimara Large Alpaca Brass Photoframe
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The waves on a choppy lake, rough by the wind, inspire the design of alpaca boxes and picture frames of this family, whose name comes from the tribe that dwelled in the North Argenti...
Category

2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Jonathan Adler Acrylic Pop Art Pill Sculpture, 150 MG Red
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Get your daily prescription of surrealism with Jonathan Adlers’ lustrous homages to fab pharmaceuticals. Crafted from solid acrylic in poppy colors with laser-etched dosages. Use as ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American International Style Desk Accessories

Materials

Acrylic

Salta Large Square Bordeaux Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images that led us to design our largest collection. It has pure and contemporary lines, a classic vision but with modern design. The chosen materials are alpaca and onyx...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

SET Misiones Medium & Large Brass & Agate Stone Photoframes
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Dimensions : 35 x 29 cm // 13,78" x 11,42" 40 x 20 cm // 15.7” x 13.3” Misiones agate collection is inspired in our Iguazu falls were we get this beautiful stone. In our boxes and p...
Category

2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone, Agate, Brass

MISIONES Large Brass & Agate Stone Photoframe
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Misiones agate collection is inspired in our Iguazu falls were we get this beautiful stone. In our boxes and photoframes the star is a big natural piece of this beautiful, unique one...
Category

2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone, Agate, Brass

Misiones Medium Brass & Agate Stone Photoframe
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Misiones agate collection is inspired in our Iguazu falls were we get this beautiful stone. In our boxes and photoframes the star is a big natural piece of this beautiful, unique one...
Category

2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone, Agate, Brass

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

Brass Ribbon Hook by Henry Wilson
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass Ribbon Hook by Henry Wilson Dimensions: W 2 x D 8 x H 12 cm Materials: Brass The Ribbon Hook is sand cast in solid brass. Ribbon hook has two protruding blocks to allow you to...
Category

2010s Australian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Cuyo Medium Alpaca Silver & Bordeaux Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beautiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, mostly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library. Our pieces are made by hand. One of...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Onyx, Stone, Metal

Salta Round Blue Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

Cuyo Large Alpaca Silver & Bordeaux Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beautiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, mostly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library. Our pieces are made by hand. One of...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

The Flamingo birdhouse by Jason Sargenti, 2020 usa
Located in Chicago, IL
Handmade architectural birdhouse by Jason Sargenti, hand-signed dated, USA 2020. "Inspired by the Flamingo side-table by Michele de Lucchi for Memphis 1984.The influence of the Memphis and Studio Alchimia are touchstone for me. Movements misunderstood, hated, incomprehensible, to most my peers, cause of consternation, passion and debate on what is supposed to be good taste. Still so pregnant with life and vibrancy, yet aloof to humans in 2020. Less original more of a hommage." J Sargenti Made of inpainted sandpaper and somber pattern painted wood. 8” x 5” x 6” The Flamingo birdhouse is a brilliant re-interpretation of the landmark Memphis Group Flamingo side table designed by Michele de Lucchi. Memphis creations have now crossed time, generations and fashions to become pinacle events in design history and art, still breathing creative freedom and radicalism into today’s design creations. Called the Flamingo side table, Michele de Lucchi’s icon has been entirely remodeled by Jason Sargenti who made it stand in the manner of a Z-shaped Flamingo silhouette. All the original elements of the Memphis Flamingo...
Category

2010s American Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Kesito desk organizer · Blue, mustard and wood
Located in Madrid, Madrid
If you can’t look at your desk because of all the clutter, but the idea of a sterile and orderly workspace is unthinkable, then you will love this, we have designed a wooden desktop ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Minimalist Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood, Oak

Furniture Handle Hammered Brass Bronze Cabinet Hardware Drawer Pulls
Located in Warsaw, PL
Handcrafted hardware by RUDA Studio is aimed to embody a touch of natural phenomena. The hammered brass handle reminds of honeycombs or drops of water frozen in the metal. This aesth...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Set of 4 Solid Brass Sculpted Candleholders Signed by William Guillon
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 solid brass sculpted candleholders by William Guillon [Each is signed by William Guillon] Dimensions: diameter 4 x height 5 cm. Diameter 3.5 x height 6 cm. Materials: Solid...
Category

2010s French Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

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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