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Desk Accessories For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1980s
Game of Chess and Checkers Designed by the Architect Antonella Fonda
By Alfons Bach
Located in Foggia, FG
Game of chess and checkers designed by the architect Antonella Fonda.
Chess and checkers have been finely crafted by specialists in the processing of hi...
Category
1980s Italian American Classical Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Vintage Full Crystal Photo Frame from Lindshammar Sweden, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
An ovale picture frame made from clear partially textured full crystal. Designed at and manufactured by Lindshammar in Sweden. The removable stickers to its front reads: Full crystal...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
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.
...
Category
1970s American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Black Leather & Stainless Steel Mail Rack - France 1970's
Located in New York, NY
Elegant mail or letters container made of black "piqué sellier" stitched leather and stainless steel links.
In the style of Jacques Adnet.
Minor structural damages as can be seen on ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Italy 1980 Post-Modern Abstract Pewter Sculpture Walter Valentini
Located in Brescia, IT
Walter Valentini was born in 1928 in South Italy. A painter and engraver, he lives and works in Milan. He is Holder of the chair for engraving at the ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Chrome and Faux-Leather Waste Paper Basket, French Work, Circa 1970
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This waste paper basket is made of chrome and faux-leather. This is a French work. Circa 1970.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Glass Paperweight, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage glass paperweight is an original Contemporary Design Object realized in the 1970s.
Original art glass.
Made in Italy.
Dimensions...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Antonio Grediaga Kieff Vintage Abstract Bronze Sculpture on Black Granite Base
Located in North Miami, FL
This wonderful Antonio Gediaga Kieff abstract bronze sculpture is a limited edition. It is signed Kieff 2/6. The bronze has all been polished and sits on a black granite base all ori...
Category
1970s Canadian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Granite, Bronze
20th Century Enzo Mari Danese Paperweight Mod. Tokelau in Iron and Polyurethane
Located in Turin, Turin
Very modernist Paperweight designed by the great designer Enzo Mari for the manufacturer Danese Milano in 1983. The paperweight is called model "Tokelau" that is a Polynesian word me...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel, Iron
Vintage Omersa Leather Turtle Use as Paperweight or Decorative, Retains Label
By Dimitri Omersa, Omersa
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage Dimitri Omersa embossed brown leather Turtle with label. Can be used as a paperweight or as decoration. Fun size. In fine condition, retains label.
Category
1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Bonsai Sculpture Made of Hand Carved Hard Stones and Wooden Base
Located in Marbella, ES
Bonsai Sculpture Made of Hand Carved Hard Stones and Wooden Basel.
Category
1980s Spanish Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Vintage Muticolored Glass Ashtray, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Fidenza glass ashtray is a wonderful glass decorative object, realized during the 1960s.
Very fashionable glass ashtray realized by Fidenza Italy.
Opaque glass and geometric d...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Italian Modern Alabaster Marble Round Decorative Sphere or Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
An Italian '70s modern alabaster marble round decorative sphere or paperweight, circa 1970s, Italy. Marked "Genuine Alabaster", "Hand Carved", "Made ...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Vintage Sterling Silver Table Bell
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage English sterling silver table bell, an addition to our range of ornamental silverware
This vintage Elizabeth II cast sterling silver table bell has a plain bell shaped form.
The surface of this vintage silver table bell...
Category
1970s British Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
Sven Wejsfelt for Gustavsberg of Sweden, Glazed Stoneware Fish Figure, c1980's
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Beautifully glazed stoneware fish figure by Sven Wejsfelt for Gustavsberg, Sweden. Circa 1980's
Rich dark brown glaze
Original Gustavsberg Anchor label attached
Height 3.5 inch, L...
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stoneware
Stunning Solid Silver Swan Letter Opener by Sarah Jones
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful top quality letter opener by the well renowned modern silversmith, Sarah Jones.
This beautiful example has a handle created from an elegant Swan's head with it's long ...
Category
1980s British Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Signed Molten Bronze and Black Metal Cascading Dali, Esque Sculpture
Located in North Miami, FL
This sensual and fabulous 2 part limited edition signed vintage sculpture is molten bronze cascading in a body form perched atop the black metal base. The bronze looks like rose gold...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Unique Patek Philippe 3844 with Amazing Worldmap Dial / 4. of july !
Located in Munich, DE
A wonderful dress watch by Patek Philippe. Equipped with the geneve seal awarded hand wind caliber no.215. The dial changed to a unique look you will never find again. Really amazing...
Category
1970s Swiss Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold
1980s Sterling Silver Swan Letter Opener
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver letter opener; an addition to our diverse ornamental collection
This exceptional vintage Elizabeth II cast sterling silver letter opener has a sabre shaped form.
The arched terminal of this letter opener has been realistically modelled in the form of a swan's neck and head.
Condition
This vintage sterling silver letter...
Category
1980s Great Britain (UK) Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Multi Jointed Organic Form Rosewood and Ash Dresser Top Jewelry Trinket Box
Located in Ferndale, MI
Multi hinged dresser box. Organic form of rosewood and ash. Signed Kevin Irvin 1981.
Category
1980s American American Craftsman Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ash, Walnut
Vintage Faux Tusks by Maison Valenti for Valenti Luce, 1970s, Set of 2
By Valenti Luce
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Very nice and rare pair of faux resin tusks designed and produced by Valenti in the 1970s. This pair is very rare due to its imposing size.
Category
1970s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Vintage Glass Ashtray, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Glass ashtray is an original decorative object realized in the 1970s.
Transparent glass ashtray.
This object is perfect for embellish your home!
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Midcentury Pair of Tape Dispenser in Lucite by Felice Antonio Botta, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of tape dispensers in transparent lucite and opaque black details by the Italian designer Felice Antonio Botta.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Brass Face Mask Sculpture Hagenauer Style Black Stand Vintage
By Balos
Located in North Miami, FL
This arresting vintage tall polished brass face sculpture has innuendos of partial tribal design meets Hagenauer meets modern. It is from the 70's...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Iron
1970s Vintage Large Lapis Lazuli Sphere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Italian decorative lapis lazuli sphere with tall base.
Each piece is in a way unique and handcrafted in Italy. Slight variations in shap...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
1980 Decorative Italian Marble Sphere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Italian marble sphere with withe stand.
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
French Gilded Bronze Table Lamp by Pierre Casenove for Fondica, 1980s
Located in Salzburg, AT
A fantastic 1980's sculptural gilt table lamp by Pierre Casenove for Fondica, signed.
Heavy, cast bronze object, fire-gilded.
The electrics have been completely reworked, 2 transver...
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Foil, Bronze
Set of Two Stone Pieces - Desk Accessories by Lelo Cremonesi, Italy, 1970s
By Lelo Cremonesi
Located in Milan, IT
Set of two stone pieces by Lelo Cremonesi.
Two orthogonal cuts and a round hole for several possible functions.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Karl Springer Rare Mounted Magnifying Lens, 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Rare adjustable magnifying lens with beautifully crafted mount in polished chrome and brass by Karl Springer, American 1980's. The mixed metal gives it a truly bespoke look.
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome, Brass
1980 Vintage Italian Big Paper Weight in Black Marquina Marble
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Paperweight with sphere shape in black marquina marble.
Each piece is in a way unique and handcrafted in Italy. Slight variations in shape, color and size are to be considered a gua...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Vintage English Solid Silver Novelty Golf Club Letter Opener, London 1984
Located in Bath, GB
A fabulous twentieth century solid sterling silver letter opener, English in origin and made from solid sterling silver fully hallmarked for London 1984.
Cast in the form of a gol...
Category
1980s English Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Saint Louis Limited Edition Lilies of the Valley Glass Paperweight, 1986
By Saint Louis
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine French vintage limited edition Saint Louis red and white Lilies of the Valley on turquoise ground. The glass paperweight has facet cup windows to the ...
Category
1980s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Pair of Large Wooden Dices Paperweight
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Pair of 1970s cedar wood handcrafted paperweight dices.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
1980s Vintage Italian Marble Sphere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Italian sphere shape in black marble.
Each piece is in a way unique (and handcrafted in Italy. Slight variations in shape, color and size are...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Aarika, Sculptural Napkin / Letter Holders, Pine, Finland, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of sculptural napkin or letter holders. Designed and produced by Aarikka, 1950s Finland.
In solid turned and carved pine.
Category
1970s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pine
Karl Springer Waste Basket in Tessellated Travertine, 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Meticulously crafted waste basket in tessellated travertine with gilded accents and solid brass feet by Maitland Smith for Karl Springer, American 1980's (bottom lined in fabric). Ta...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine, Brass
Vintage Multicolored Floral Medallion Glass Vase by Rick Strini
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous multicolored vase with olive green and blue swirled background highlighted with four unique black medallions of rose bouquets by Rick Strini (American, 20th century). Signed...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Glass Paperweight, Northern Europe, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage glass paperweight is an extraordinary decorative object manufactured in Northern Europe in the 1970s.
Glass paperweight with blue...
Category
1970s European Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
1970s Crystal Paperweight Sculpture by Fontana Arte for ISTUD, Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Rome, IT
This elegant limited edition paperweight sculpture was made by Fontana Arte for ISTUD Italia in the 1970s.
As the pictures show, it comes with its original box and ticket which s...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Architectural Sculpture by Sottsass for Ultima Edizione, Italy 1986
Located in London, GB
Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007) was an Italian architect and designer during the 20th century. He is perhaps most celebrated as the founder of the Memphis Group, famous for its colourful...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Business Card Holder Hollywood Regency, 1970s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Glamoureus business card holder. Gold plated Perspex. Hollywood Regency style 1970s
Good condition.
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Midcentury Lucite and and Brass French Ashtray after Christian Dior, 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Incredible ashtray in Lucite, tortoise plexiglass and brass. The style is clearly inspired by Christian Dior, as most of this kind of the French production of 1970.
A wonderful pi...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Italian Ceramic Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drip glaze ceramic box made in Italy, circa 1970s. Grainy finish along with high gloss accents in a beautiful chocolate brown and tan giving it great depth...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Gabriella Crespi Metal Letter Opener in Shape of Seahorse '70s
Located in Turin, Turin
Very peculiar letter opener designed by Gabriella Crespi in '70s. The letter opener has a very beautiful handle in shape of seahorse, the object is in metal. There is the signature o...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Hermes Tape Dispenser
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic vintage Hermès tape dispenser in silver with a brass belt buckle detail. Hermès PARIS, Made In France stamped on outer rim. Dispenser has a lid whi...
Category
1980s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Scissors by Cini & Nils
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A superbly designed pair of scissors crafted from stainless steel.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Scottish Sterling Silver Dog Paperweight
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II Scottish cast sterling silver and wood desk paperweight in the form of a dog's head; an addition to our animal related silverware collection
This exceptional vintage Elizabeth II cast Scottish sterling silver paperweight has been realistically modelled in the form of a dog's head, surmounted a chamfered wooden plinth.
The dog's head model incorporates details reproducing the canine's facial features and fur.
The vintage silver dog ornamentation is fitted to a square wood plinth, fitted with a hallmarked sterling silver plaque...
Category
1980s Scottish Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Desk Canon in Brass, Germany, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A mans paperweight or desktop ornament. Vintage German model of a World War 1 artillery canon. It is fashioned out of cast brass and was made circa 1970 or perhaps a bit earlier.
Category
1970s German Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Felice Antonio Botta Designer Chessboard in Lucite from 1970s
Located in Foggia, FG
Lucite chessboard by Felice Antonio Botta, original and authentic from the 1970s
Intact and in a good state of conservation, ideal as a prestigious gift to embellish a room by creat...
Category
1970s European American Classical Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
1970s Paperweight, Ashtray, Vide-Poche, "Nautico" by Cini&Nils, Italy
Located in Arosio, IT
Marco Melocchi and Franco Bettonica designed the Nautico ashtray paperweight vide-poche deskset in 1975. This design is still part of the MOMA collection. Two of these objects are in...
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Vintage Little Glass Ashtray, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage little glass ashtray is an elegant glass decorative object, realized during the 1970s.
Glass little ashtray perfect for your home.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Set of Two Glass Paperweights by Milan Metelák, 1970's
Located in Praha, CZ
Set of glass paperweights 'APPLE' and 'PEAR' made of clear and green glass with fused optical decoration of bubbles 'Raindrops'. The author is the glass artist and painter Milan METELÁK...
Category
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Set of Four Vintage Cobalt Blue Ashtrays, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Four cobalt blue ashtrays is an original set of decorative objects realized in the 1970s.
A very beautiful set of four ashtrays made in Italy (a...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Silver Dunhill Letter Opener with a Horse Head London, 1981
By Dunhill
Located in London, GB
An impressive quality Silver Dunhill letter opener with an intricately carved horses head on one end. The shape of the horse head is curved wonderfully ...
Category
1980s English Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art du Bronze
Located in Chicago, IL
Monique Gerber French bronze cast letter opener in a very sculptural and minimalist form.
Designed Monique Gerber.
Can be used as a sculptural object or paper weight as well.
Re...
Category
1970s French Minimalist Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Trash Can, Czechoslovakia, circa 1980
Located in Praha, CZ
Original never used condition with original box.
Category
1980s Czech Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Pop Art Love Coin Bank, After Robert Indiana, Red, Blue, Green.
Located in New York, NY
Love Coin Bank, After Robert Indiana, red, blue and green. Medium scale bank with LOVE printed on both sides of the metal. Signed: "Produced and Distributed ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Murano Sommerso Glass Horse Head Bust Signed Italian
Located in North Miami, FL
This Italian Murano Sommerso glass horse head is signed Bortaro. It is lovely and in then colors of black, gray and clear. The mane of hair in hand b...
Category
1980s Unknown Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown 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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