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Desk Accessories For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Arts and Crafts
Large Antique Ink Well, English, Crystal Glass, Desk, Mid-19th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique ink well. An English, crystal glass, desk ink well dating to the mid-19th century, circa 1850.
Larger than most at 13 cm, 5 i...
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Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Cut Glass
English Victorian Period 19th Century Porcelain Inkwell with Brass Putto Motif
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period porcelain and brass inkwell from the 19th century, with putto motif. Created in England during the Victorian era, this inkwell features a blue porcelain base adorned with satyrs and foliage motifs, topped with a handsome brass putto with a garland of roses wrapped around his shoulders. With its finely executed décor and lovely patina, this Victorian porcelain and brass 19th century...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Victorian Loupe Tripod Magnifying Glass in Brass, 19th Century
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Victorian jewelers or watchmakers magnifying loupe. It is fixed in a very wellmade brass tristand with machining details all-over. Adjustable lens/lenses and still operational and re...
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Italian Murano Glass Fishes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Beautiful Set of Murano hand blown Italian art glass sculptures. The glass is shaped like fish and will make a beautiful addition to your living room or home decor for years to come.
Category
1950s Italian Arts and Crafts Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass, Glass, Paint
Vase Na 2.0 Red-Yellow Edit
Located in Beijing, CN
Vases are defined as containers with borders, but not these ones. Created by Desz to explore the relationship between people and space, Vase NA 2.0 is a concept about lines, colors, ...
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2010s Chinese Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin, Plastic, Paint
Victorian Paper Mache Lacquered Hand Painted Letter Stand
Located in Suffolk, GB
Victorian lacquered paper mâché hand painted letter stand with pretty painted blossom decorated and gilt highlights on a black lacquer background.
Perf...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Impressive Victorian Banded Agate Seal
Located in Riverdale, NY
Beautiful Large Banded Agate Victorian Seal from the mid-late 19th Century. Incredible lapidary work on a beautiful single piece of antique banded agate...
Category
1870s British Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate
Magnificent Antique English Gilded Bronze Hare Inkwell, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A truly fabulous Victorian novelty inkwell made from solid cast bronze in the form of a hunting Hare holding a rifle, smothered in the original gold with a fabulous antique patina.
...
Category
1880s English Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian Cut Glass and Sterling Silver Desk Inkwell
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian cut glass and English sterling silver mounted desk inkwell, part of our antique silver and gl...
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Decorative Table Top Stereo-Graphoscope Stereo Viewer, circa 1889
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare decorative table top Stereo-Graphoscope Stereo Viewer with spelter metal base and wood viewing frame.
Circa 1889.
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Antique American Frit "Friendship" Arrow Pierced Hearts Colorful Orb Paperweight
Located in Tustin, CA
Beautiful antique American "Friendship" paperweight is a high dome, clear and colored glass orb which depicts a pair of Cupid's arrow-pierced white hearts, which are bordered by a cu...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
19th Century Victorian Sterling Silver Gilt Posy Holder
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver posy holder; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
T...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of Museum Quality Moser Polychromatic Enamelled 19th Century Vases c1890
By Moser
Located in Whitburn, GB
Technical Description
A truly stunning pair of 19th-century glass vases hand-decorated in polychromatic enamels with grasses, flowers, and birds. Mounted on brass stands with three legs in the form of griffins. Blue glass with pink flecks...
Category
1890s German Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Presentation Railway Carriage / Centerpiece
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian sterling silver presentation railway carriage/centrepiece, with Northern English interest; an addition to our transportation related silverware collection.
This exceptional and unusual, antique Victorian English cast sterling silver presentation centrepiece has been realistically modelled in the form of a railway carriage.
The body of this antique silver...
Category
1860s British Early Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vase Na 2.0 Blue-Green Edit
Located in Beijing, CN
Vases are defined as containers with borders, but not these ones. Created by Desz to explore the relationship between people and space, Vase NA 2.0 is a concept about lines, colors, ...
Category
2010s Chinese Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin, Plastic, Paint
Sterling Silver-Mounted Pairpoint "Controlled Bubbles" Crystal Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver-mounted, Pairpoint "controlled bubbles" crystal inkwell, Goodnow & Jenks, Boston, circa 1890s-1900. Monogrammed (script, interlocking HLL?) sterling silver lid has se...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Fitted Drafting Set in a Stingray Case, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
Includes 3 boxwood rulers and Calipers and misc.
Tools.
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Mahogany Double Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian mahogany and brass inlaid trim double inkwell with crystal wells having copper top lids and letter holder backrail.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Copper
Antique Sheffield England Double Inkwell Stand
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Beautiful Sheffield silver plated and cut glass double inkwell. The cut glass round inkwells with a Russian pattern with repousse hinged lids fit neatly onto the base which has a miniature candlestick...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Post Box, 19th Century Victorian School House Letter Box
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Victorian school house letter box, post box.
The post box is a very attractive piece, it has a slot in the top for letters and a picture of St Georges Scho...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Pine
Top Quality Workmanship Antique Signed Alabaster Puppy Sculpture by Ernst Beck
By Ernst Beck
Located in Lisse, NL
Marvelous and signed, sitting puppy dog sculpture with glass eyes.
This stunning alabaster puppy sculpture is another one of our recent great finds. If you have an eye for top quali...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Alabaster
Tiffany Studios American Indian Bronze Inkwell Owl Details
Located in Toledo, OH
Tiffany Studios American Indian bronze inkwell with owl details. Very nice to excellent condition. Dimensions: 5.5" diameter x 3.5" H.
Category
20th Century North American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
French Victorian Bronze Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian bronze square inkwell with 2 cornucopia pen holders.
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Lovely Hand Carved Circa 1880 English Oak Wastepaper Bin Nice and Decorative
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Victorian hand carved English oak wastepaper bin
A very well made and decorative piece, it looks smart and elegant in any setting
...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
Good Quality Arts & Crafts Table Top Bookcase Made from 1/4 Sawn Oak
Located in London, GB
A good quality Arts & Crafts tabletop bookcase made from 1/4 sawn oak with through pegged joints. Perfect for CDs or DVDs.
Measures: Height 14 1/2 i...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
C F A Voysey Attri, Made by Richard Rathbone, an Arts & Crafts Copper Inkstand
Located in London, GB
C F A Voysey attributed. Made by Richard Rathbone, stamped maker to the base.
An Arts & Crafts copper inkstand with domed top lid with upturned lip handle and a pen tray to the fron...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
English Victorian Papier-Mache Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian papier mache rectangular inkwell with gold stenciled and floral painted decoration with a small center box between 2 square sh...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold
A Set of Two Scottish Banded Agate Table Seals
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jewels for your desk or table.......A Pair of antique semi-precious Scottish banded agate wax seals for sealing letters. They are hand carved in natural s...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate
Signed Wooden Pen Holder by Mira Nakashima, US, 2019
Located in Berlin, DE
Pen holder by Mira Nakashima (the daughter of George Nakashima) dated 2019.
Rare and collectable desk accessories. Handcrafted of wood and signed.
Category
Early 2000s American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Antique English Bronze Dog Inkwell, King Charles Spaniel, c.1880
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome Victorian novelty inkwell, cast in bronze in the form of a King Charles Spaniel, beautifully executed with two lovely glass eyes.
The underside is inscribed with a roma...
Category
1880s European Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Fine 19th Century Tunbridge Ware Paperweight & Pen Rest, England circa 1870
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Showing a finely turned fruitwood-handle / pen-rest, affixed to a weighted burl wood base decorated with geometric and floral motifs in stick-work and tessellated mosaics, the sides ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Fruitwood, Burl, Walnut
19th Century Victorian Silver-Mounted Glass Match Striker, c.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century Victorian silver mounted and textured glass match striker. Of round shape, mounted with a plane silver collar. A must for any collector of Tabacconalia or just a...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Victorian Bronze Double Inkwell with Horse
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian bronze double inkwell on oak base with jockey and horse motif and crystal wells.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
20th Century Black Metal Table Lamp
Located in Valladolid, ES
Table lamp in black metal from the 20th Century, circa 1980. Probably an Italian design. In a very good condition for use and age.
Table lamp in black metal from the 20th Century, circa 1980. Probably an Italian design. In a very good condition for use and age.
This is a black metal table lamp...
Category
1980s Spanish Arts and Crafts Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
19th Century Victorian Large Silver-Mounted Glass Match Striker, c.1876
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century Victorian rare & unusual jumbo sized silver mounted and textured glass match striker. Of round shape, mounted with a plane silver collar. Hallmarked English silv...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Officers Equestrian Silverplate, Enamel & Hoof Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
English Officers Equestrian silver plate, enamel and hoof inkwell, an exquisite example with a portrait of the beloved horse, expertly mounted, possibly b...
Category
1890s English High Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
William McDonald for Rookwood Pottery Collie Dog Bookends, circa 1926
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This handsome pair of American art pottery bookends were designed by William McDonald, (1864-1931) for acclaimed Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati, Ohio. The bookends have been made in the form of Rough...
Category
1920s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pottery
Antique Repousse Sterling Inkwell with Insert
Located in San Diego, CA
Antique hand-hammered repousse sterling silver inkwell, circa 1900. The inkwell has a single back hinge to open the lid and a screw cap and the glass liner. Fine condition and rich p...
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Victorian Brass and Crystal Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian brass and crystal shell shaped inkwell with coral design details.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass
English Victorian Bronze Double Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian bronze inkwell with 2 crystal wells with finial tops and side handles on 4 scroll legs.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Large Victorian Sterling Silver and Light Green Guilloche Enamel-Letter Opener
Located in New York, NY
Large, Victorian, all sterling silver and light green guilloche enamel letter opener, Sheffield, England, year hallmarked for 1889, William Gibson and John Lawrence Langman (Gibson a...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
American Victorian Style Brass Jewelry Box by Wade Manufacturing Group Co.
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
American Victorian style brass jewelry box by Wade Manufacturing Group Co.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Victorian Frosted Glass and Sterling Silver Match Striker / Paperweight
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and frosted glass match striker; an addition to our ornamental collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian glass sterling match striker, with sterling silver mount, has a globular form.
The surface of the frosted glass body has a textured finish which composes a match striker and incorporating the impressive applied monogram initials 'CIL'.
The upper portion of this antique glass match striker...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
Antique American Sterling Silver Inkwell by Shreve, Crump & Low
Located in New York, NY
American sterling silver inkwell, circa 1880. Four gently curved sides on corner block supports. Cut ornament including scrolls, flowers, and chevrons. Sterling silver neck collar with imbricated leaf borders. Hinged bun cover same; top has chased garland, ribbon, crisscrossing horns of plenty, and laurel wreath surmounted by crown engraved with interlaced script monogram. Marked “Sterling” and Shreve...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Arts & acCrafts Marble & Brass Desk Inkstand with Four Porcelain Inkwells
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique size and great design, double Arts & Crafts inkwell stand.
This is the largest (and heaviest) antique inkstand that we ever came across. For it to be pure Arts and Crafts and...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass
One of a Kind and Professionally Hand Carved Antique Sculpture of a Groundhog
Located in Lisse, NL
Once in a lifetime find.
This probably is the coolest ever and most realistic groundhog sculpture you will ever see. We have searched the worldwide web and nothing even comes close....
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Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Antique and Museum Quality Hand-Hammered and Embossed Copper Arts & Crafts Box
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning little Arts & Crafts box.
This undoubtedly is one of the best handcrafted Arts & Crafts boxes we ever had the pleasure of offering. The design is to die for and the artist ...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Stonemason's Mallet
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional and one-of-a-kind wooden mallet commemorates the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, which occurred on February 10, 1840. Exqu...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
1880s Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Lantern Inkwell
By Thomas Smily
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, unusual antique Victorian English sterling silver inkwell in the form of a lantern; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver inkwell has been realistically modelled in the form of a lantern.
The cylindrical body of this impressive Victorian ink bottle is encompassed with vertical pales.
This antique ink bottle...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Brass, Walnut and Ebonized Double Inkwell Set
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
English Victorian inkwell set. This walnut set has been accented with an ebony color and an overall brass decoration,
mid-late 10th century.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
1920s Antique Arts & Crafts Danish Sterling Silver Table Bell
By Georg Jensen
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Danish sterling silver table bell in the Arts & Crafts style; an addition to our range of ornamental silverware.
This exceptional antique Danish sterling silver table bell has a plain bell shaped form.
The surface of this fine example of antique silverware is plain and has a planished finish.
The lower portion of this silver table bell is plain applied moulded border to the sound bow.
The table bell is fitted with a sterling silver handle modelled in the form of a bird amidst iconic Jensen style scrolling leaf and bead ornamentation.
This impressive antique table bell is fitted with the original hallmarked clapper.
The hallmarks struck to the reverse of this antique silver table bell...
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1920s Danish Arts and Crafts Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Victorian Silver and Cranberry Glass Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian silver plated inkwell with 2 cranberry glass wells and back handle.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
English Victorian Papier-Mache and Crystal Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian papier mache floral design oval double inkwell with fluted crystal wells and handles.
Category
20th Century British Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
French Victorian Embossed Sterling Silver and Glass Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian rectangular double glass inkwell with incised monogrammed sterling silver hinged lids. (Hallmarked).
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Silver
English Victorian Marble Double Inkwell with Dog
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian yellow marble rectangular double inkwell with dog.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Marble
English Victorian Bone and Brass Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian oval burl wood and ebonized inkwell with decorative brass trim and nail heads holding a large 10 sided crystal well.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass
J F Poole Hayle Arts & Crafts Handbeaten Cornish Copper Inkwell
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish Arts & Crafts hand-beaten lidded copper inkwell by J F Poole Hayle dating from around 1895. Made in Cornwall the inkwell is of rounded cylindrical shape and stands rai...
Category
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper
Traveling Desk Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Traveling desk box from Georgian England. With Italiante metal carrying handle and lock, hand-painted faux bois siding and verdirgis demi-lune accents, the ...
Category
1820s English Early Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
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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