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Desk Accessories For Sale
Underwood Vintage Manual Typewriter
By Underwood Universal
Located in Pasadena, TX
Underwood ” Vintage manual typewriter The Underwood Typewriter Company was a manufacturer of typewriters headquartered in New Y...
Category

1940s North American Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Steel

Bronze Sculpture of a Figure with Oar Signed Arruli
Located in Marbella, ES
Bronze Sculpture of a Figure with Oar Signed Arruli.
Category

Late 20th Century Spanish Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Frank Stella Abstract Artist Metropolitan Museum of Art Book, 1970, New York
Located in New York, NY
A hard-cover book with dust-jacket on abstract American artist Frank Stella, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970, New York, NY. This book presents a decade of Sella's work from 1959 - 1...
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1970s American Vintage Desk Accessories

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Paper

Tiffany Studios New York 'Zodiac' Bronze Doré Large Inkwell
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique bronze doré large inkwell featuring Zodiac designs By Tiffany Studios New York, USA, Early 20th Century Measures: 6.5"W x 6.5"D x 3.5"H. Very good orig...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Antique Glass and Sterling Silver Match Striker / Paper Weight
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, large antique George V English sterling silver and glass match striker; an addition to our ornamenta...
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1910s British Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Sterling Silver, Silver

Unique Floor Photo Frame, Humour Plexi Fuchsia
Located in Sarezzo, IT
Humour plexi fuchsia is the first floor Photoframe to be put on the floor of your sitting room, a very nice pop picture frame in artistic plexiglass handmade in Italy. It can be ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Plexiglass

Set of 6 Hermes Silver Plated Jewelry Trays and Cup, 1950s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful set of Hermès jewelry dishes. Hermès stamped on the side or base of each piece. Silver plated hallmarks throughout. Different designs ...
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1950s French Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Bronze Fire Hydrant Wrench by Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cast bronze five hole fire hydrant wrench by Jones, USA. This piece can used for its original intention or for decorative purposes. Due to its weight it would be a perfect office pap...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Glass Millefiori Paperweight by Strathearn or Perthshire Scotland, circa 1970
By Strathearn
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful handmade Millefiori collectors Paperweight, that we attribute to a Scottish maker, Circa 1970. This paperweight is handmade with a mixed Millefiori cane design,...
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Mid-20th Century Scottish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Office Set in Glossy Black Lacquered Wood, Leather and Corno Italiano
Located in Recanati, Macerata
Create a stylish working spot with our office set, exuding a sense of minimalism and sophistication. Comprised of a desk blotter, a catch-all tray, a pen holder, an A4 letter tray and two picture frames...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather, Wood

Bymyside Desk Accessories by Rectangle Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Bymyside desk accessories by Rectangle Studio Dimensions: W 25 x D 2 x H 48 cm Materials: White marble Bymyside desk is a complementary design accessory that is manually shape...
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2010s Turkish Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble

Fratelli Toso Murano Clear Red Italian Art Glass Puppy Dog Paperweight Figure
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Cute vintage Murano hand blown red and clear Italian art glass puppy dog sculpture / paperweight. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. It still retains its original "Murano Glass...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass

Contemporary Ceramic Table Lectern Reading Desk Glazed Earthenware Black
Located in Rubi, Catalunya
Handmade stoneware table lectern manufactured at the workshop of Apparatu in Barcelona. Different clay bodys are mixed with natural fibers like corn, str...
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2010s Spanish Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware, Stoneware

Quadruple Socket Green, Studio Gert Wessels
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Quadruple socket object 23, by Studio Gert Wessels, green. Hand crafted in an organic shape and made in his studio in the Netherlands. In his daily practice he investigates the r...
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2010s Dutch Other Desk Accessories

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Polyester

Fine Tunbridge Ware Writing Box / Lap Desk, Eridge Castle, circa 1870
Located in Bath, GB
A truly fine example of a Victorian Tunbridge Ware writing box or lap desk dating to circa 1870. The central section featuring Eridge Castle, East Sussex. The box comes complete w...
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1870s British Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Marcel Bing, Art Nouveau Butterfly Inkwell in Enameled Bronze, France, 1905
By Marcel Bing
Located in New York, NY
Marcel Bing was the fourth child of Sigfried/Samuel Bing (1838-1905), the great collector of Japanese art and founder of the gallery L'Art Nouveau Bing located at 22 rue de Provence in Paris. Marcel trained as a jeweler, creating jewelry and vase mounts for the gallery and took over its management upon his father's death in 1905. Bibliography: - L’art appliqué revue internationale, le style moderne...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Venezia Laguna Pen Holder
Located in Recanati, IT
Recalling a Rubik's cube but marked by delicate pastel shades of pink, beige, and brown tones, this pen case will make an elegant and original addition to a home study or office writ...
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2010s Italian Other Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Small Modern Spinning Sculpture in Turquoise Resin by Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
This modern geometric sculptures will add a touch of color to any space, you can place them on top of books on your coffee table or even as a centerpiece. The possibilities are endle...
Category

2010s Mexican Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Resin

Antique French Gilt Bronze Inkwell on Rouge Marble Stand, 19th Century
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique French gilt bronze inkwell on rouge marble stand. It is of superb quality and features a central figure of Diana The Huntress. Provenance: From the estate of Texas Oil...
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19th Century Regency Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Red Cobra Table Phone, Ericofon by LM Ericsson
Located in Vienna, AT
Vintage Rotary dial red ericofone. This is the model Cobra. It is made of thermoplastic ABS Designed in the 1950s in Sweden by Hugo Blomberg, Ralph Lysell and Gösta Thames, LM Ericsson...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Steel

Bymyside Desk Accessories by Rectangle Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Bymyside desk accessories by Rectangle Studio Dimensions: W 25 x D 2 x H 48 cm Materials: Massive walnut and natural wood oil Bymyside Desk is a complementary design accessory ...
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2010s Turkish Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Walnut

Edward Kachurik Glass Paperweight for Pa Art
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Orb shaped paperweight by glass artist Edward Kachurik in pink and blue. Signed "PA Art 1994" with a stylized "94" etched into underside. Artist: Edward Kachurik Year: 1994 ...
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1990s American Modern Desk Accessories

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Art Glass

1938 René Lalique Paperweight Taureau Sacre Glass Sepia Patina for Royal Dutch
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Paperweight" Taureau Sacre" made in frosted glass with sepia patina by René Lalique in 1938 for the Royal Dutch Mail. Acid-stamped signature and entitling on bottle. Edition limi...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass, Art Glass

Masterpieces from the House of Fabrege by Alexander von Solodkoff
Located in valatie, NY
Masterpieces from the House of Fabrege by Alexander von Solodkoff. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Iillustrated throughout in color with items most...
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1980s American Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Paper

Set of Antique Bound Books Dating from the 19th Century, France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called "Commentaries". These beautiful books are perf...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Paper

Large Sterling Silver Antique Globe Match Striker Finnigans London 1913
Located in London, GB
Very Large Antique Globe sterling silver Match striker. Date London 1913 by makers Finnigans Ltd 18 New Bond St London SW1 This is the largest format...
Category

Early 20th Century British Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

1950s Coloured Beads Metal and Silk Handbag
Located in Marbella, ES
Bolso de abalorios de colores, metal y seda de los años 1950.
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Mid-20th Century European Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Small Round Tray with Red Carrara Marble Top and Brass Edging
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small round barware tray with red carrara marble top and brass edging. This tray was most likely an old table top, that is now being used as a tray.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Empire Desk Accessories

Materials

Carrara Marble, Brass

Stunning English Solid Sterling Silver 1936 Art Deco Style Cigarette Dispenser
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this lovely 1936 solid sterling silver art deco cigarette dispenser A very good looking and well made piece, full...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Sterling Silver

Original Midcentury Carl Auböck Comb Made from Horn
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a beautiful half-moon shaped comb. The item was hand-crafted from horn and designed by the renowned workshops of Carl Auböck in Austria. It's a remarkable example of the ...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Horn

Early English 19th Century Pewter Plate
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small round pewter plate with London and makers mark on the rear side.
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Early 19th Century English Empire Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Pewter

Large Modern Spinning Sculpture in Turquoise Resin by Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
This modern geometric sculptures will add a touch of color to any space, you can place them on top of books on your coffee table or even as a centerpiece. The possibilities are endle...
Category

2010s Mexican Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Resin

Hermes Equestrian Letter Opener, 1960s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sleek Hermès letter opener with a detailed horse head handle in solid metal. Hermès Paris stamped on the top of blade. Beautiful light patina to t...
Category

1960s French Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Venezia Sestiere Pen Holder
Located in Recanati, IT
Recalling a Rubik's cube but marked by delicate pastel shades of pink, beige, and brown tones, this pen case will make an elegant and original addition to a home study or office writ...
Category

2010s Italian Other Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Venezia Cannaregio Desk Organizer
Located in Recanati, IT
An exquisite objet d'art that will add a lively dash of color and elegant flair to a modern entryway console, this vide-poche (from the French meaning literally "empty-pocket") combi...
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2010s Italian Other Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Bronze Base with Turned Wooden Central Part for Smoking
Located in Marbella, ES
Bronze Base with Turned Wooden Central Part for Smoking.
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Mid-20th Century Asian Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Antique Victorian Webster Floral Bow Sterling Silver Calling Card Holder
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Finely made Victorian sterling silver calling card case featuring an engraved floral design with a bow centrally set on the top of the area with a ...
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Early 20th Century American Late Victorian Desk Accessories

Materials

Sterling Silver

Famille Rose Qianlong Period Enamel Inkwell by L'Escalier de Cristal C.1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A Famille Rose Painted Enamel inkwell set Qianlong Period (1736-1795) by l’Escalier de Cristal It consists of a fretworked tray with raised edges in blackened wood surrounded by a fine gilded bronze ring, on which rests two Famille Rose Qianlong Period (1736-1795) hexagonal inkwells with pierced tops, one with original glass container, decorated with polychrome stylised flower heads and foliate scrollwork. This inkwell is characteristic of the productions of the Maison de l'Escalier de Cristal, it shows a hybrid realization, using ancient Asian elements, used as a container for feathers and ink. Stamped «Escalier de Cristal Paris» Circa 1880 L’Escalier de Cristal, Parisian firm created about 1800 by Mme veuve Desarnaud, famous under the French « Restoration » for its decorative objects combining crystal and bronze. She was awarded a gold medal at the 1819 Paris Exposition des Produits de l’Industrie for an outstanding gilt-bronze mounted crystal dressing table. Located in Paris, at the Palais-Royal, Galerie de Valois, L’Escalier de Cristal was bought out around 1830 by Boin, and then by Lahoche in 1840. The company owed its rise to a position amongst the most im-portant Paris decorative wares shops to Lahoche, who expanded considerably the business and entered later in partnership with his son-in-law to set up in 1852 Lahoche et Pannier...
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1870s French Japonisme Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Ormolu, Enamel

Baku Card Holder Design by Kerem Aris for Uniqka
Located in Türkali, 34
Baku is a holder for storing business cards or small notes on the desktop. Reducing the paper clutter on the desk, Baku offers both an elegant and smart approach to hold business c...
Category

2010s Turkish Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

Plato Oval No.04 Desk Organizer Design by Defne Koz for Uniqka
Located in Türkali, 34
An award-winning series of trays and organizers, Plato Collection comes in various sizes, colors, and shapes. Plato organizes everyday objects with serenity, sophistication and bliss...
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2010s Turkish Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

1950s Leather Bag with Decorations and Golden Metal Clasp
Located in Marbella, ES
1950s Leather Bag with Decorations and Golden Metal Clasp.
Category

Mid-20th Century French Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

Mathieu Matégot Style Magazine Holder Rack Yellow and Black Metal
Located in Atlanta, GA
Handsome Mathieu Matégot-style modernist magazine holder or rack. A striking example of a French 1950s metalwork design. Folded, perforated black and yellow metal. Still with the ori...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Carl Auböck Handcrafted Wall Sculpture Napoleon #4271, Brass, Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful wall sculpture „Napoleon", model #4059, designed by Carl Aubock II back in 1953. A charming object, handcrafted by Werkstätte Auböck in V...
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2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Carl Auböck Model #5262 Polished Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck #5262 polished brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria. Produced ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Carl Auböck Model #5262 Patinated Brass Hook
Located in Glendale, CA
Carl Auböck #5262 patinated brass hook. Designed in the 1950s, this versatile and Minimalist Viennese hook is executed in darkly patinated and polished brass by Werkstätte Carl Auböc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Golf Ruthenium Paperweight
Located in Paris, FR
Paperweight golf ruthenium made entirely in solid brass in ruthenium finish with golf ball pattern. Also available in gold or palladium.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Italian Leather Jewelry Box with Scalloped Design
Located in New York, NY
An Italian leather jewelry box with a Kelly-green velvet interior, circa early to mid-20th century, Italy. Box, with scalloped edge design,...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather, Velvet

Magnifying Glass in Brass with Crystal Handle
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial crystal and brass magnifying glass, circa mid to late-20th century. Piece has a beautiful, faceted crystal handle with brass hardware. A great piece for a...
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Mid-20th Century Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Single Socket Green, Studio Gert Wessels
Located in UTRECHT, NL
Single socket object 16.5. Mint SAKER by Studio Gert Wessels, in mint. Hand crafted in an organic shape and made in his studio in the Netherlands. In his daily practice he invest...
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2010s Dutch Other Desk Accessories

Materials

Acrylic

Rene Lalique Glass 'Deux Aigles' Paperweight
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Rene Lalique clear & frosted glass 'Deux Aigles' paperweight, with details highlighted in grey staining. Features two eagle heads facing each other with a ball in their beaks. Moulde...
Category

1910s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Glass

Art Deco Working Man Bronze Sculpture, Edouard Cazaux, France, 1920's
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco working man bronze sculpture. Edouard Cazaux. France 1920's. Edouard Cazaux is one of the most important artist associated with the French Art Deco movement. He was a sculp...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Hermes Note Paper, 1980s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original and unopened Hermes note paper with gold gilded edge paper. Hermes logo on the top of the stack of sheets. Hermes logo on box. Great piece for the...
Category

1980s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Paper

National Cash Register Co. Brass Cash Register
Located in Brea, CA
Antique National Cash Register Co. Brass Cash Register, it is a very beautiful cash register, you can't find another better condition th...
Category

20th Century American American Craftsman Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Plato Oval No.05 Desk Organizer Design by Defne Koz for Uniqka
Located in Türkali, 34
An award-winning series of trays and organizers, Plato Collection comes in various sizes, colors, and shapes. Plato organizes everyday objects with serenity, sophistication and bliss...
Category

2010s Turkish Desk Accessories

Materials

Leather

Bill Curry Jacks Sculptures Bookends Paperweights for Design Line 1967
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Large Handmade Iron Jacks bookends by Bill Curry in chocolate brown enamel. Bill Curry Oversized Pop Art Jacks Bookends. Bill Curry Jacks Scul...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

Materials

Iron

Venezia Mestre Desk Organizer
Located in Recanati, IT
An exquisite objet d'art that will add a lively dash of color and elegant flair to a modern entryway console, this vide-poche (from the French meaning literally "empty-pocket") combi...
Category

2010s Italian Other Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Four Bronzes: a Piggy Bank, Calendar, Matchbox Holder and a Place Card Holder
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Danish design. Four bronzes consisting of a piggy bank, calendar, matchbox holder and a place card holder. Art Deco - In style of Just Andersen. Approximate 1930s. In good conditi...
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1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Antique English Coromandel & Ormolu Mounted Four Piece Desk Set Mid 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful and highly decorative antique Victorian ormolu mounted coromandel four piece desk set by the renowned London maker of luxury items, Betjemann & Sons, cira 1860 in...
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1860s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Ormolu

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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