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Desk Accessories For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1920s
Staffordshire Dog Inkwell
Located in Tampa, FL
An antique Staffordshire dog, Whippet porcelain inkwell. Circa 1880, England
Category
1880s English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Gilded bronze and alabaster letter carrier in the Japanese style, 19th century
Located in NICE, FR
Gilded bronze and alabaster letter carrier in the Japanese style.
The bronze tree branch decorations are very delicate. The alabaster plates on the two main sides give a very luminou...
Category
Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Hob Nail Boot Shaped Inkwell Stand This is a quirky desk top inkwell
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Hob Nail Boot Shaped Inkwell Stand
This is a quirky desk top inkwell, the boot is heavy and made in a silver coloured metal with a scruffy finish, the well opens by a lever at the ...
Category
1880s Arts and Crafts Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Inkwell from France, C. 1840
Located in Dallas, TX
This piece of nineteenth-century French elegance is sure to be the envy of any collector. The Napoleon III gilt bronze inkwell is a prized find, crafted in circa 1840 France with int...
Category
1840s French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Bronze
A Good Old Oak Stationary or Letter Box, with pen Holder
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Good Old Oak Stationary or Letter Box, with pen Holder
This is a very useful piece, the box is made in oak, it has 6 graduated letter compartments inside and a pen or ruler holder...
Category
1880s Arts and Crafts Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
Victorian Blown Glass and Sterling Silver Ink Bottle
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and blown glass ink bottle made by Horace Woodward & Co; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian glass and sterling silver ink bottle has a circular rounded, shaped form.
This Victorian ink bottle is fitted with the original hallmarked silver cylindrical mount to the upper portion, encircled with a cast and applied band of oval motifs.
The mount is fitted with a hinged hallmarked cover, featuring a subtly concave upper plateau and encompassed with an applied egg decorated to the rim.
The cover opens to reveal a circular sunken well and removable glass ink liner.
The exceptional body of the antique ink bottle...
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Victorian Novelty Knife Box Shaped Wooden Inkwell
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and stylish British Victorian inkwell in the form of a wooden knife box dating from the 19th century. The box hand crafted in mahogany is of tall shaped with a bellowed ro...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
19C British Coromandel, Brass with Large Jasperware Medallions Book Slide
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A GORGEOUS, VERY HIGH QUALITY AND RARE 19C British Coromandel, Brass with Large Jasperware Medallions Book Slide.
Probably made in England...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Landers, Frary & Clark Cast Iron Coffee Grinder/Mill
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a large and heavy Landers, Frary & Clark cast iron coffee grinder#20 1/2. It has a bell shaped nickel hopper with a flat wood lid and two...
Category
Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron, Nickel
19TH Century Petite Bookstand / Letter Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The open top supports books, the bottom drawers for letters, stationery, etc.
Rich mahogany finish with satinwood banding.
Category
19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Rare Regency Rosewood Writing Slope With Decorative Brass Trim by Wells & Lambe
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Handcrafted 19th Century Rosewood Veneer Writing Slope With A Tooled Purple Leather Writing Liner. Item Featured Brass Carry Handles & Is Finished With A Decorative Brass Inlay. Manu...
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Beautiful Highly Decorative Letter Scale Antique, German, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Vintage Post Office Scale from Columbus Bilateral 1920's. Old original post letter balance scale, Antique Postal Brass Tin Bilateral Scale. Ni...
Category
1920s German Victorian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Antique Lion Inkwell Desk Inkstand Napoleon French c1890
Located in Mimizan, FR
Antique Lion Inkwell Desk Inkstand French c1890
Handsome Lion
Bronze
Good condition with minor signs of wear for its age.
Category
1890s French Neoclassical Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Typewriter/ Remington 10S USA, 1920s
Located in Praha, CZ
The packaging of the machine has surface defects that are associated with the age of use.
Made in USA
Serial number Z192196
Fully functional
Made of metal, steel, chrome, fabric.
Go...
Category
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Antique Boston Sandwich or French Miniature Scramble Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique scramble paperweight.
With an entertaining collector's label to the base that reads 'Sandwich Junk Wt.'.
That collector thought it was a Boston Sandwich weight. We're unsure if this is American or French. So, Baccarat, Saint Louis, or New England Glass Co...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
19th Century French Wrought Iron and Gilt Painted Book Binding Press
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant paper binding press was forged in France, circa 1870. The Classic "Presse a Relier" made of solid iron is almost square in shape with scalloped edges, and features scrol...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Set of 2 Antique Glass Paperweights, Belgium
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very beautiful set of 2 glass paperweights.
This set is made in Belgium in the 19th century.
They were also used as a hat or hairpiece pedestal.
Now they are used for decoration.
T...
Category
19th Century Belgian Louis XVI Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Silver Plate and Crystal Ink Stand
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Stunning ink stand in Georgian style. Silver Plate and Crystal or cut glass ink wells. Candle holder to light the way. Stamped with makers marks.
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
Chinese style blue & gold ceramic inkwell
Located in London, GB
A Chinese style blue and gold ceramic inkwell, with a hinged brass lid, mounted on a reticulated brass base.
Category
Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Inkwell From France, Brass With Glass, 1880s
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkwell, made from glass with brass.
France, circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Charming Travel Desk Set, Leather and Brass, Latter Part of 19th C
Located in Knivsta, SE
Charming Travel Desk Set, Leather and Brass, Latter Part of 19th C, with original Roller, Brush and Boxes, including Ink Wells.
A charming travel desk set in dark and purple-like ma...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Rare Antique Mid-19th C Veuve Perrin French France Pottery Inkwell
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Rare Antique Mid-19th C Veuve Perrin French France Pottery Inkwell
Category
Mid-19th Century French Provincial Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Faience
Blue & white ceramic inkwell with circular brass stand
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century blue and white ceramic inkwell with circular pierced brass stand and brass lid.
They ceramic inkwell depicts a riverside scene of birds and rushes.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage 1920s Industrial Vulcanized Office Factory Desk Wastebasket Trash Can
Located in Hyattsville, MD
American vulcanized fiber company factory office trash can, small to medium in size. The cleanest example that we have ever found, even with paper label to the outer bottom as well. ...
Category
1920s American Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Natural Fiber
Onyx, Champlevé and Gilt Bronze Inkwell, France, circa 1890.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Onyx, Champlevé and Gilt Bronze Inkwell, France, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Antique Regency Campaign Writing Slope Brass Mounts, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
An elegant Regency brass mounted Gonçalo Alves campaign writing slope, circa 1820 in date.
The beautifully polished goncalo alves case has a ...
Category
1820s Regency Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Just Andersen, Denmark Bronze Patina Disko Metal Viking Ship Salt #1109
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Just Andersen Danish bronze patina Disko metal Viking ship salt cellar.
circa 1920s
Stamped and numbered 1109 on base
Height 2.25 inch, Width 4.25 inch, Depth 1.75 inch
In good ...
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
French gilt bronze ink stand depicting a young man harvesting circa 1860
Located in Central England, GB
This wonderfully detailed bronze inkstand is of unusably small proportions and was made to compliment a lady's writing table most likely. It is of an oval form with a moulded base which is mounted with a detailed bronze study of a rural scene of a young man harvesting corn with a sickle. The bushels of corn hide the inkpot which hinges back to reveal a white porcelain container...
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Spelter Sculpture, Signed: Prof. R. Volpi 2359 Made in Belgium
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Deco
His studio was located in Schaerbeek (Belgium), where he worked as a sculptor for a
company called "Carli et Fréres".
Modeled and cast as two Two Geese with a Child
Beautif...
Category
1920s Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Antique Silvered Deer Sculpture, France, 1880s
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique silvered bronze work on a black stone base.
Finely chiseled and natuarally depicted.
France, circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Tiffany & Co. Sterlin Silver "Padova" Magnifying Glass by Elsa Peretti
Located in New York, NY
High quality sterling silver magnifying glass by the Italian designer Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co. Designed in 1984 the "Padova" magnifying glass has 3x magnification glass and bra...
Category
1880s American Minimalist Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Lovely 19th Century Victorian Gold Gilt Bronze Recumbent Lion Laying Down
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this stunning late 19th century Italian grand tour Recumbent Lion
A very good looking and decorative piece that looks expensive and important in any set...
Category
19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
A Baccarat Mushroom Torsade Paperweight, c1850
By Baccarat
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Baccarat Mushroom Torsade Paperweight, c1850
Additional information:
Date : 1850
Origin : France
Features : A closepack of multple canes in mushroom form with an outer blue and wh...
Category
19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Late 19th c. Blick #7 Typewriter and Case c.1890-1892
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Late 19th c. Blick typewriter #7 with original wooden case and mounted on a wooden base. The number 7 model was manufactured from 1897 to 1916 by the Blickensderfer Typewriter...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Steel, Nickel
Large Qajar and Enamelled Ghalian Section with Brass Hookah Base
Located in New York, NY
Large qajar and enamelled ghalian section with brass Hookah Base
circa 1900, Persia
The gold waisted body decorated with European scenes and portrait...
Category
19th Century Persian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold, Brass
French Chess Theme of Ancient Egypt Plaster & Wood Restored, circa 1920
Located in Labrit, Landes
French chess game in the thematic of Ancient Egypt. The chess pieces are in painted and waxed plaster, the board is in wood and the is also a display shel...
Category
1920s French Egyptian Revival Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Asprey & Co. London Oak & Tooled Racing Green Leather Pop-Up Writing Desk 1920s
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Luxurious, Asprey & Co. London (Royal Warrant) Oak & Tooled Racing Green Leather Pop-Up Writing Table Made in England in the 1920s.
Item is sold complete with a Burgundy tooled red leather desk set also from Aspreys. It's a very attractive item befit with an aluminium desk calendar, letter opener and two vertical pen rests.
The rectangular and hinged two panel top encloses a green leather writing surface which reveals itself when opened from the top, item is raised on square tapering legs.
Desk comes with two original large glass inkwells...
Category
1920s English Edwardian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Mahogany, Leather, Oak
An Antique Baccarat Pansy Paperweight, c1880
By Baccarat
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
An Antique Baccarat Pansy Paperweight, c1880
Additional information:
Date : c1880
Origin : Baccarat France
Features : A lampwork pansy, leaves stem and bud on a clear ground with st...
Category
19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Antique Brass Letter or Envelope Holder Paper Clip
Located in Stamford, CT
Antique brass letter or envelope holder with two snakes wrapped around a fountain, birdbath or column. Not sure the meaning of it, but it does make you think the symbol for medicine....
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Napoleonic Ormolu & Verde Antico Marble Inkwell, c. 1870
Located in Atlanta, GA
Encrier set, the richly-veined Verde Antico Marble platform mounted with a pair of gilt-Bronze inkwells. These flanking a finely-cast bust of Napo...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique Set Of Calligraphic Ink Blocks, Japanese, 8 Pieces, Meiji, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique set of calligraphic ink blocks. A Japanese, boxed set of 8 soot ink shapes, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Ink bl...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Composition
Late 19th Century, Mahogany Travel Writing Desk
Located in Firenze, FI
Travel writing desk in solid mahogany, interior divided into inserts for letters, ink flask, small drawers for pens and surfaces covered in textured leather. Closed it becomes a tran...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
RESTORED ANTiQUE ART NOUVEAU STATIONERY WRITING CABINET WITH CALENDAR & KEy
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly collectable, Art Nouveau, fully restored stationary writing cabinet with date func...
Category
19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
A Clichy Garland Millefiori Paperweight, c1860
By Clichy
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Clichy Garland Millefiori Paperweight, c1860
Additional information:
Date : c1860
Origin : France
Features : Six elliptical garlands alternating red and white around a central can...
Category
19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Antique Signed Utensil Holder, Bellow With Mouse, "Mabotte", France, 1880s
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique bronze work, which can be used as a utensil holder or paperweight.
It is possilble to hand the bronze.
Signed at the bottom by the french artist "MABOTTE".
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Mother of Pearl Inlaid Inkwell
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A lovely Victorian mother of pearl inlaid inkwell with cut glass ink containers. It's likely rosewood or some other hard wood like macassar ebony. It is in good condition for its age...
Category
19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Glass, Wood
Pair of 19th Century Handblown Crystal Shell Paperweights
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A very unusual and eye-catching pair of 19th century crystal paperweights in the shape of conical 'shells'. Smooth to the touch, their clear crystal cones are filled with a riot of h...
Category
19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
C1920s Vintage Globe by Philips
By Frederick Philips
Located in London, GB
14 inch terrestrial Globe on a stylish onyx base
This Desktop Globe Dates C1920s to C1930s
Minor Signs of wear and Tear
Category
1920s British Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx
English Inlaid Rosewood Stationery Holder with Four Separate Compartments
Located in Santa Monica, CA
English 19th century inlaid stained rosewood stationery holder with four separate compartments and brass trim.
Category
19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique English Brass, Cobalt and Porcelain Inkwell
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lovely inkwell, typical of the period.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Marble and Gilt Bronze Inkwell From the 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Marble and gilt bronze inkwell from the 19th century, Napoleon III period.
Napoleon III period gilt bronze and marble inkwell decorated with imperial eagles, with porcelain interior...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
St Louis Paperweight, Two Cherry c1850
By Saint Louis
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A St Louis Two Cherry Paperweight, c1850
Additional information:
Date : c1850
Origin : St Louis, France
Features : Two cherries, two leaves and branch on a clear ground with strawbe...
Category
19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
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
Antique Inkwell, Seashells, Gilded and Silvered, Bronze Dorée, Mid 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkwell from gilded and silvered bronze.
France, mid 19th Century.
Exceptionally beautifully crafted shells as inkwells on a tray as a pen holder, which is depicted...
Category
1850s French Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver Plate, Bronze
Marchak Paris 1920 Art Deco Translucent Agate Desk Tray In Gilt Sterling Silver
By Marchak
Located in Miami, FL
Desk tray designed by Marchak Paris.
An unusual and very rare desk tray, created in Paris France by the luxury house of Marchak during the art deco period, back in the early 1920. T...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate, Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
Pair of Bronze and Marble Bookends, Signed H.M. White, England, circa 1920
By Mabel White
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of bronze and marble bookends, signed H.M. White. England, circa 1920.
With Chinese children studying.
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ronson England 1929 Art Deco Black and Creme Lacquer Rondelight Table Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
A stainless steel lighter designed by Ronson.
Very beautiful desk Rondelight lighter, created in London England by The Ronson Co. during the art deco period, back in the 1929. This is a very unusual lighter designed with wonderful geometric patterns and crafted in solid steel with a main spherical body similar to a billiard ball. Embellished with black and creme lacquer creating a great contrast with the polished steel. It is extremely well made and solid construction with very nice care and attention to all details. This surely is a very decorative piece and a great conversation item in gorgeous and exceptional preserved condition.
Weight: 254.6 Grams, (163.21 Dwt).
Measurements: 57 mm by 57 mm by 76 mm (2.25 x 0.25 x 3.0 Inches).
Marks: Stamped with the maker's mark and signed, "RONSON TRADEMARK MADE IN ENGLAND RONDELIGHT BRIT PAT. 621570 FILL HERE RONSON
The Ronson lighter company started as The Art Metal Works in 1897 and was incorporated on July 20, 1898, by Max Hecht, Louis V...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Initial Stamp, Art Deco, 1920s
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful and authentically preserved stamp for sealing wax.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
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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