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Desk Accessories For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1930s
Giraffe Murano, 1930, Italian
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'Vi...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Murano Glass

Horse Murano, 1930, Italian
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'V...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Murano Glass

Japanese Pipe Tabletop Lighter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique vintage table lighter in the shape of a pipe. Made of metal with a wavy pattern on sides. Label at bottom reads "Comoy's of London." Made i...
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1970s Japanese Vintage Desk Accessories

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Metal

Dice Brass Copper Metal Statue Paper Weight Mid-Century Modern, German, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Super cool Art Deco design sculptural "High Roller" dice paperweight. Nice brass dice atop a copper base. The best addition to your desk or every room.
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Metal, Brass, Copper

Bronze Plaque by Artur Loewental
By Artur Immanuel Loewental
Located in London, GB
A 1930s bronze plaque of a woman in profile by the German sculptor Artur Imanuel Loewental mounted on a mahogany board with stand. Diameter of bronze 7 inches - 17 cm. Marked: A.LOEWENTAL.F. Artur Immanuel Loewental (1879-1964) was a sculptor who created medals of eminent people in Austria, Germany and Britain. well-known for his series of World War I German commemorative medals...
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1930s German Other Vintage Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Vintage Faceted Perthshire Spaced Millefiori Art Glass Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine faceted Perthshire spaced millefiori art glass paperweight. It has pink and light blue canes centered on a 1972 'D' date cane. The base has a st...
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1970s Scottish Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Art Glass

Diminutive Just Andersen Disko Metal, Flared with Leaf Flower Vase #D55
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Pure in design, a super little flower vase made of Disko metal by Just Andersen of Denmark Delicate shape and decorated at base with stylised leaves Stamped and numbered D55 to bas...
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1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Pewter

Art Deco Belgium Black Marble Desk Set Decorated with Bronze Bird
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Deco Belgium black marble desk set This 3-piece desk consists of an inkwell (with the original brass insert) Penn holder and a rocker blotter. S...
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1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Belgian Black Marble

Old Blue Scale Gwarancja Olsztyn, Europe, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A fantastic antique weighing scale with nicely aged blue paint. Made by Gwarancja Factory in Olsztyn, Poland in the late 20th century. It presents...
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1970s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Metal, Iron

Italian Binded Book Ceramic Box by Borghese
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage plaster ceramic box made in Italy. Incredibly sculpted as a book. Beautiful shades of burgandy with gilt add glamour and heritage to this beautiful piece. This p...
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1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories

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Ceramic

Rare Mannequin Head
Located in Greenwich, CT
A wooden mannequin head, probably a toupe stand, with good color and a well-carved idiosyncratic and compelling face, having laconic eyes and with what ...
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1930s German Vintage Desk Accessories

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Beech

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

Italian Onyx Marble Desk Paperweight Decorative Object, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A chic 1970s modern Italian geometric onyx marble desk paperweight or decorative object sculpture piece, circa 1970s, Italy. Piece is multicolored in white and neutral hues. A great piece for a desk, table, credenza, etc. Dimensions: 2" x 2.13" Pen/pencil holder in image #3, search 1stdibs ID#: LU1314218067801 (SOLD.) Ashtray shown (SOLD.) Picasso book...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Onyx, Marble

Two Dolphins in Sea Murano Italian Art Glass Aquarium Paperweight
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown aquarium Italian art glass paper weight. Showing two blue dolphins in a Coral Reef, floating on controlled bubbles. Colors are...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Murano Glass

Couple of Murano, 1930, Italian
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'Vi...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Murano Glass

Walker & Hall Antique Art Deco Sterling Silver Inkwell
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver and glass inkwell made by Walker and Hall, part of our antique silver and glassware collection. This exceptional antique George V English sterling silver inkwell has a hexagonal shaped, waisted form. The shaped surface of this impressive antique inkwell is plain and unembellished, with applied iconic Art Deco style tiered designs to the either side of the base. The elevated anterior edge of the base composes a pen receiver. This Walker and Hall inkwell is fitted with an impressive flat topped hinged hallmarked sterling silver cover. The cover opens to reveal a sunken well and removable glass ink liner. The underside of the inkwell is fitted with the original wood base. Condition This antique Walker...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Silver, Sterling Silver

Dancing Couple in Murano, 1930, Italian
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'Vi...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Murano Glass

1930s E. Gubelin Art Deco Desk Clock in the Asian Chinese Style
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: E. Gubelin, Lucerne Switzerland STYLE / REFERENCE: Art Deco, Desk Clock MOVEMENT / CALIBER: 8 Day, Lever Escapement DIAL / HANDS: Original, Fired Enamel, Polished St...
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1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Precious Stone

Antique Metal Inkwell, Painted Inkstand, Germany 1930, H301
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Metal Inkwell, Painted Inkstand, Germany 1930, H301 Germany 1930 Metal German Inkwell Stand With Carving To The Front Lift Up Lid With...
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1930s German Vintage Desk Accessories

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Metal

1970's Italian Malachite and Diamond Gold Ring
Located in North Miami, FL
1970's Italian Malachite and diamonds gold ring. 14K gold,. Has wear by age and use.
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Malachite, Gold

Art Deco Bronze Letter Holder Modelled as a Stork English, circa 1930
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Art Deco letter holder with a bronze stork head over a marble base. The beak opening to act as a letter holder. Dimensions: H 5.5cm W 14c...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Marble, Bronze

Delightful Pair Just Andersen Disko Metal Flared with Leaf Decoration Vases #D55
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Pair of diminutive Just Andersen Disko metal flared flower vases with rich patina Delicate in design and particularly decorated at base with stylised leaves Stamped and numbered D5...
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1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Pewter

Marco Zanuso & Richard Sapper for Brionvega TS 505 Cube Radio, 1976
Located in Naples, IT
The TS 505A is a unique portable transistor radio, designed by designers Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper in 1962 and launched two years later by the Milan-based company Brionvega. The TS 505 - also known as the 'Cube' - is a worldwide icon of industrial design, and is exhibited in the most important museums of contemporary art. It can also be found at the MoMa in New York. A cult object composed of two cubic plastic 'valves' that make it resemble a cuboid shell. The radio bears the Florentine silver...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Metal

Murano Glass Table Lighter
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Italian 1970s clear Murano glass lighter.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Brass

Italian White Onyx Marble Round Box
Located in New York, NY
A small 1970s Italian Modern white onyx marble round box. A great piece to hold small items on a desk or vanity area for paperclips or jewelry, such as ring...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Onyx, Marble

Two Petite Murano Glass Aquarium Paperweight Mid-Century Modern, Italy, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Two beautiful Murano hand blown aquarium Italian art glass paper weights. Showing some multicolored fishes and a coral reef inside a clear glass fish....
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Murano Glass

Ceramic Box, 1960s Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Glaze ceramic box made in Italy, circa 1970s. Slime green glaze along the top with an orange ring around the edge of the lid. Base is painted a matte brown. Green glaze covers the in...
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1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories

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Ceramic

Hand-Carved Wooden Inkwell Desk Set with Owl Figures, 1930s
Located in Barntrup, DE
Beautiful Black Forest style hand-carved wooden double inkwell with a majestic owl figure sitting on two books. The owl has glass eyes, and the Stand has a tray for pen and accessori...
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1930s German Black Forest Vintage Desk Accessories

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Metal

Just Andersen 1930s Danish Pewter Elaphant Book End
Located in New York, NY
One 1930s Danish Art Deco pewter elephant bookend by sculptor, Just Andersen.
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1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Pewter

Ceramic "Canoe" pocket emptier/centerpiece, Alessio Tasca 1970s
Located in Vicenza, VI
Empty pockets/centerpiece made of ceramic by designer and ceramist Alessio Tasca (Nove 1929 - Heilbronn 2020). The model in question, called "Canoe," belongs to the collection made ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Ceramic

Christmas Ceramic Houses for Candle Light Deco in Shape of a Village Around 1970
Located in Wien, AT
Handcrafted Christmas ceramic houses for candle light deco in shape of a village around 1970s The church dimensions are: Hight: 25cm Wide: 11cm De...
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1970s German Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Ceramic

Paperweight in solid transparent acrylic, 1970s.
Located in Barcelona, ES
Paperweight in solid transparent acrylic, 1970s.
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1970s Space Age Vintage Desk Accessories

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Acrylic

Rare 1979 Donovan Leisure NYC Cia Law Firm 50th Anniversary Brass Paperweight
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Extremely rare New York City historical relic. A fiftieth anniversary brass cubic monolith commemorative desk sculpture. Issued to monogram; AWS. Approx. 45-60 members of firm a that time, only a handful were issued this paperweight in solid Brass weighing 8 lbs. 4.2 oz. Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine was an American white-shoe law firm, located in New York. It was founded in 1929 by General William "Wild Bill...
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1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Brass

Onyx Marble Box
Located in New York, NY
A small '70s modern hexagon shaped onyx box with lid, circa 1970s. Box is multicolored onyx, in a hexagon shape with lid and feet. A nice piece to hold small items on a desk, or smal...
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1970s Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Onyx

Italian Verde Dark Green Marble Bookends, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Italian dark green verde marble bookends in a classic design style, circa mid to late-20th century, 1970s, Italy. Beautifully carved details from one piece of marble. Dimen...
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1970s Italian Classical Roman Vintage Desk Accessories

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Marble

Paperweights or Bookend in Travertine by Marble Art, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Paperweights or bookend in travertine produced by Marble Art. Made in Italy in the 1970s. The original label is still attached on the bottom, as shown in the pictures.  
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Travertine, Marble

Vintage Mid-Century Wood Plank Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
Unique and simply exceptional pair of vintage bookends. Deriving on the uniqueness of the wood grain, these bookends are elegant and modernist. Simple lines contrast with organic pat...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Wood

Vistosi Italian Mid-Century Modern Cased Murano Glass Bullseye Paperweight
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Murano glass paperweight. By Vistosi. In the form of a black (or deep amethsyt) ameoba shape with a green & white bullseye pattern. Simply a great Italian glass paper...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Glass, Art Glass

Antique French Cosmetic Face Powder Compact Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Art Deco woman's cosmetic face powder box. This petite wooden box has it's original label on top reading Blue De Dorin; a well known French toiletry company. The vanity box is sweet and simply elegant sitting on display in a boudoir or bathroom. Add this little treasure...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Wood

Modernist Mid-Century Brass Clothespin Paperweight
By Halston
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredibly beautiful paperweight constructed as a clothespin in brass. Sleek with modernist essence. The luminous brass catapults this piece to sculpture. A very chic addition to you...
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1970s American Minimalist Vintage Desk Accessories

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Brass

Antique Metal Inkwell, Painted Inkstand, Germany 1930, H300
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Metal Inkwell, Painted Inkstand, Germany 1930, H300 Germany 1930 Metal German Inkwell Stand With Carved Oval Face Having A Pen Rest Li...
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1930s Scottish Vintage Desk Accessories

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Metal

Vintage Adjustable Table Fan by Rotox, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Vintage plastic adjustable table fan mad of plastic by Rotox company in former Czechoslovakia. The fan has two speeds.
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1970s Czech Vintage Desk Accessories

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Plastic

Hagenauer Bookends Pair Leaping Gazelles Wien Made in Austria
Located in Oakland, CA
Hagenauer bookends pair leaping gazelles. Original had rubbed brass patina finish—stylized Haenauer animals, four of them intertwined and perfectly proportioned. The size is just enough to support books and still look sculptural and elegant. Both items are stamped on the flat side where you rest the books. “WHW” Made in Austria...
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1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Metal, Brass

Italian Red Burgundy Marble Obelisks, Pair
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful pair of red burgundy Italian modern marble Obelisks, circa 1970s, Italy. Solid red burgundy marble with grey veining. Marked on bottom, 'Made in Italy', as shown in last image. A great set for any cocktail table, mantle, bookshelf, office, library, etc. Dimensions: 8.88" Height. For sterling silver female figurative sculpture shown, search 1stDibs ref. #: LU1314230532222 French crystal box, search ref.: LU1314230536482 Pink Rhodonite box...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Marble

Antique Art Deco Sterling Silver Dartboard Presentation Trophy
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, unusual antique George V English sterling silver Art Deco presentation trophy in the form of dartboard; part of our silverware collection. This exceptional and unusual antique sterling silver trophy has been crafted in the form of a Yorkshire or Kent doubles dartboard*. The face of the dartboard clearly depicts the appropriately numbered segments and the wirework spider. This fine George V trophy is supported by an ebonised wood mount and an Art Deco style angular ebonised wooden base. The base displays six hallmarked vacant presentation plaques; each plaque may be engraved with a personal inscription if so desired. The posterior surface of the wooden mount is plain. * This variation of dart board does not incorporate a triple ring, only the double and bullseye. "By the late 1920s a standardised dartboard was introduced and remains the most popular dartboard today across the world. However, the 'standard' dartboard (also known as the 'London' or 'Clock' board) was not an overnight success in the UK. Initially it had to compete with other different existing target boards played on in some localities. These have come to be known as 'regional dartboards' and were usually named after their region of origin, for example, the Yorkshire Doubles board, Kent Doubles, the London Fives and the Manchester Board" - Patrick Chaplin PhD (Darts Historian) Condition This unusual antique trophy...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Sterling Silver

Amazing, Art Deco Desk Set with Perpetual Calendar, Brass, Glass and Leather
Located in Catania, IT
Art Deco desk set in black leather, brass and glass. The leather with contrast saddle stitching is handcrafted and exquisitely done using brass elements that give the set a luxuriou...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Brass

Two Brutalist Solid Patinated Bronze Paperweights by Monique Gerber
Located in New York, NY
Two Brutalist solid patinated bronze paperweights by Monique Gerber, France, 1970s signed.>     
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1970s French Vintage Desk Accessories

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Bronze

French Art Deco Malachite Pen Holder
Located in Clearwater, FL
A real statement piece! An Art Deco malachite with brass three pen holder. France, circa 1930s.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Malachite

Göran Wärff for Kosta Boda, Sculpture / Paper Weight in Clear Art Glass
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Göran Wärff for Kosta Boda. Sculpture / paper weight in clear mouth-blown art glass with inlaid bubbles. Swedish design, 1970/80s. Measures: 11 x 7.5 cm. In excellent condition. ...
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1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Art Glass

Scacchiera in Plexiglas Vintage Design 1970, Art
Located in Foggia, FG
Scacchiera in Plexiglas Vintage Design 1970 - Art - Anno: 1970 circa Materiali: Plexiglas Condizioni: Buone leggera filatura alla base Mis...
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1970s Italian American Classical Vintage Desk Accessories

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Plexiglass

Frog Paperweight or Figurine, Stoneware, Limited Edition of 100, Sweden 1970s
Located in Bochum, NRW
Beautiful sculpture, stoneware paperweight "Frog" signed and numbered 70/100. Made in Sweden. In excellent condition.
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1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Stoneware

Vintage Rare Pair of Brass Flying Fish Bookends, 1930s
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of flying fish bookends in brass, 1930s. These two are beautiful sculptures on their own. Gilt and patina coexist in each of these pieces adding an element of movement...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Brass

Austrian Chrome Art Deco Table Clock
Located in Vienna, AT
Small table clock made of beautiful dark walnut wood and silver chrome-plated brass. Clock face is wood with inserted beams and dots to show the ti...
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1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Brass, Chrome

20th Century Silver Plate Pocket Emptier
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful 20th century silver plate pocket emptier. Refined finely chiseled decorations. Perfect for embellishing a desk with class.
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1930s English Vintage Desk Accessories

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Silver Plate

Batman Money Saver, USA, 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Batman money saver is an original decorative object realized in the 1970s.. This unique object is a vintage money saver in the shape of the super hero Batman realized in the USA. ...
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1970s American Vintage Desk Accessories

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Plastic

Jean Filhos for Christofle Silvered Bronze Erotic Letter Opener Nude, 1974 Franc
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Midcentury silvered erotic letter opener or bookmark with nudes by the French artist Jean Filhos, (1921-2002) This model was created as the official 1974 ...
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1970s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Silver

Set of 52 Animal Sculpture in Travertine Fratelli Mannelli, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing set of 52 animal sculptures paperweights in travertine marble attributed to Fratelli Mannelli. Comprising different types of animals in different sizes , including giraff...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Travertine, Marble

Vintage Glass Ashtray, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage glass ashtray is an original decorative object realized in the 1970s. Made in Italy. Dimensions: 3.5 x 10.5 cm. Mint condition...
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1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories

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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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