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Desk Accessories For Sale
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Style: Louis XVI
MCM Wood and Naugahyde Double Letter Tray by John Mel
Located in San Diego, CA
Very cool and functional MCM wood and nauhgahyde double letter tray by John Mel, circa 1970s. The tray is in very good vintage condition and measures 10.75"W ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Naugahyde, Wood
Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with white and red scrambled canes within the glass, made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: Diameter 3 inches, height 2.75 inches
1 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Modern Studio Craft Rosewood Jewelry Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century Modern studio craft rosewood jewelry box.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Rosewood
Solid Brass Mid Century Etruscan Horse Letter Opener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Solid Brass Mid Century Modern Etruscan style horse letter opener.
A compliment to any desk or work station, and especially those with a MCM twist.
A beautifully designed piece...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Florence Knoll Molded Plywood Architectural Letter Tray, 1960s
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Florence Knoll molded plywood architectural letter tray, 1960s. This piece retains its original label to the bottom letter tray.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Solid Green Marble Perpetual Desk Top Calendar
By Enzo Mari
Located in San Diego, CA
Handcrafted unique rare perpetual calendar circa 1970's solid green marble with gold numbers days and months, great design, and craftsmanship some of the l...
Category
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Glass Paperweight by Goran Warff for Kosta Boda, Rare Find - FREE SHIPPING
Located in Bochum, NRW
Beautiful and heavy paperweight designed by Goran Warff and made by KostaBoda in the 1960s.
Hand made of glass, this paperweight is sophisticate, featuring green and blue waves of gl...
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
60s Italian Modern Aldo Londi Ashtray & Cigarette Holder by Bitossi Raymor
Located in Miami, FL
Wonderful combo of Ashtray and Cigarette Holder designed by Aldo Londi and produced by Bitossi for the retailer/importer Raymor. The hand painted and decorated portion of the pieces...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Ercole Barovier - Barovier & Toso 'A Grosse Costolature' Bowl 1942
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Ercole Barovier - Barovier & Toso 'A Grosse Costolature' Bowl 1942
A large shell shaped 'A Grosse Costolature' bowl in heavy iridescent Murano glass. Designed by Ercole Barovier an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Set of Two Midcentury Pen or Pencil Holders Deyhle, Germany, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- rare types and color
- very practical
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Brass Dachshund Dog Letter Opener Desk Accessory
Located in North Miami, FL
This mid century modern brass letter opener is of a dachshund dog in repose as the top part. It is from the 50's and has some weight. This is for all the dog lovers of this breed. It...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with white "filigrana" - white filaments intricately superimposed and intertwined within the glass / Made in Italy, circa 1960s
Me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Entertaining Masked Ninja Angel Fish, Vintage Hand Blown Murano Fun 1970s
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Hilarious pair of Murano Angel fish with a whiff of Ninja about them
Crafted in hand blown glass from Murano, Italy
Circa 1970's
Height 8.5 inch, Wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Max Ingrand mod. 2291 paperweight for Fontana Arte, Italy 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Max Ingrand model 2291 paperweight for Fontana Arte, Italy 1960s
Signed with the incised F X
Reference: Quaderni Fontana Arte 6
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Cut Glass
Vintage Set of 8 Bakelite Handles Germany, 1960
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
Vintage Set of 8 Bakelite Handles Germany, 1960
Additional information:
Dimensions: 2.5 W x 2.5 D x 2.5 H cm
Period of Time: 1960
Country of origin: Germany
Condition: In very goo...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
Italian Crystal Paperweight Ferrari Car 1970s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian Crystal Paperweight Ferrari Car 1970s
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Italian Murano Hand Blown Art Glass Paperweight with White Flowers Fratelli Toso
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Murano hand blown glass flower paperweight with original label.
Attributed to Fratelli Toso, not signed.
Italian Murano Art glass pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #1937 'Bamboo' Bookends
Located in Glendale, CA
Pair of Carl Auböck Model #1937 'Bamboo' bookends. Designed in the 1950s, this incredibly refined and sculptural pair of bookends are executed hand cut and polished bamboo and brass....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
1980s Gorgeous Swatch Twin Phone "Deluxe", Memphis Style
Located in Milano, IT
1980s (1989) Gorgeous Swatch twin phone "Deluxe" in excellent condition. It works perfectly. Memphis style. It was an icon for its amazing design. Th...
Category
1980s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Cork & Leather Waster Paper Bin, Comptoir General des Gommes, France, 1950
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Comptoir General de Gommes Cork & Leather Waste Paper Bin
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Cork
Ronson Large Table Lighter 1980
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Ronson Large Table Lighter 1980
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plexiglass
Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with red, white, and blue scrambled canes within the glass, made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: Diameter 3.5 inches, height 2.5 i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Vintage Caithness Uranus Planet Paperweight by Colin Ferris & Peter Holmes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine limited edition glass paperweight by Caithness.
Entitled 'Uranus'.
From the Planet Series of paperweights by Colin Ferris & Peter Holmes.
No. 71 from an edition of 500.
Simply a wonderfully rare paperweight...
Category
1970s Scottish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
1990s Gorgeous Swatch Twin Phone "Deluxe" With The Original Box. Memphis Style
Located in Milano, IT
1990s Gorgeous Swatch twin phone "Deluxe" in excellent condition with the original box. It works perfectly. Memphis style. It was an icon for its ama...
Category
1990s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
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
2 penguin sculptures, 1950
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Carl Aubock Vase or Decanter with Black Leather Top, Midcentury, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful minimal modernist vase or decanter „Tuberkulinkolben", designed and executed by Carl Aubock II in the 1950s. Made of handblown clear glass with a nice hand-sewn black lea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Barovier Murano Pink Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Seashell Ring Dish Sculptures
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Please per item (4 available). Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown pink and gold flecks Italian art glass twisting seashell dishes / sculptures. Documented to the Barovier e Toso com...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Leaf
Barovier Toso Murano Green Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Grapes Fruit Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown green stripes and gold flecks Italian art glass wrap bunch fruit sculpture / figure. Documented to the Barovier e Toso Company...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Leaf
Porcelain Jewelry Dish Rosenthal Studio-Line by Designer Raymond Peynet
Located in New York, NY
A German white porcelain jewelry dish with whimsical design by designer Raymond Peynet for Rosenthal Studio-Line, Midcentury Modern period, circa mid-20th century, Germany. Dish show...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with multicolored flowers and leaves, made in Italy, circa 1960s
Measures: Diameter 3.5 inches, height 2.5 inches
1 in stock in Lo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
1980s Gorgeous Swatch Twin Phone "Puzzle" with the Original Box, Memphis Style
Located in Milano, IT
1980s (1989) Gorgeous Swatch twin phone "Puzzle" in excellent condition with the original box. It works perfectly. Memphis style. It was an icon for ...
Category
1980s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Carl Aubock „C“ Walnut Clothes Coat Brush, Signed, Midcentury, Austria, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful modernist clothes or coat brush in the shape of the letter C from the 1960s. Designed and executed by Carl Aubock III, Vienna/Austria. Handmade of walnut and natural hors...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Spratling Sterling and Wood Letter Opener
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1940. We offer this rare William Spratling Sterling and Ebony Wood Letter Opener. fantastic Patina and includes original Spratling Brand.
Category
1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Chambered Nautilus Shell Art Glass Paperweight
By Murano 5
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Chambered Nautilus Shell Art Glass Paperweight.
Murano style art glass in brown and transparent with gold murine.
Wrythen glass is created by twisting external parallel groove or r...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Art Glass
Beautiful Fish Reef and Octopus Murano Italian Art Glass Aquarium Paperweight
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Murano hand blown aquarium Italian art glass paper weight. Showing a octopus holding a reef with fish aquarium. Colors are a different shades of blue, white, black and clea...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Danish Mid-Century Modern Beni Mobler Denmark Teak Waste Basket or Trash Can
By Beni Møbler 1
Located in St. Louis, MO
Danish modern teak bent plywood waste basket or trash can with and what looks like Rosewood interior designed Jan Nielsen for Beni Mobler Denmark. In very ...
Category
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Teak
1980s Gorgeous Swatch Phone "Pick me Up", Memphis Style
Located in Milano, IT
1980s Original astonishing Swatch phone "Pick me Up". In very excellent condition. It works perfectly. Memphis style. It was an icon in the 80s for its am...
Category
1980s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Vintage Ship Porthole Wing Dog Bolt Brass Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool vintage ship porthole wing dog bolt brass paperweight, circa 1940s. The piece has a well worn brass patina and measures 3.25"W x 1.5"...
Category
Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Carl Auböck Black Leather & Brass Wastepaper Basket, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and elegant, vintage Mid-Century Modern paper basket / paper bin from the 1950s. Designed an executed by Werkstätte Carl Aubock, Vienna / Austria. Handmade and hand-sewn ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Desk Accessories Magnifying Glass and Letter Opener Desk Set with 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Desk Accessories Magnifying Glass and Letter Opener Desk Set with 1970 Excellent vintage condition. Paris, in the traditions of French big houses like Lancel or Dior.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
G. Giacobbe Murano Millefiori Glass Paperweight / Vase, Italy, 1950s
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
G. Giacobbe Murano Millefiori Glass Paperweight / Vase, Italy, 1950s.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
MCM Staved Walnut Desk Organizer
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice and functional MCM staved walnut desk organizer, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good condition and measures 7.5"W x 4.5"D x 3"H. The organizer has five holes for pens...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Pair of MCM Ram Bookends
Located in Jupiter, FL
Absolutely stunning pair of Bookends. The ram details are quite lovely. The color and weight is of solid mass and very well constructed and preserved.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Carl Aubock Mid Century Horn Desk Pen & Pencil Tray & Holder, Austria, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A decorative and rare desk penholder from the 1960s, designed and executed by Carl Aubock, Vienna. Made of horn, in very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Horn
Robert Indiana Style Love Paperweight or Small Sculpture
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A paperweight in polished metal after Robert Indiana. Likely purchased at MoMA. This piece would add great modernist character to any desk or office environment.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Vintage Large Murano Decorative Blown Glass Wrapped Blue Hard Candy Paperweight
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage large Murano decorative blown glass wrapped blue hard candy paperweight.
Vintage oversized Murano blue blown glass candy sculpture of candy wra...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Scandinavian Midcentury Modern Design Solid Brass Vase 1950s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Scandinavian midcentury modern design vase in solid brass produed in Denmark, circa 1950s.
Please note that the item is original of the perio...
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Fontana Arte Mid-Century Modern 1950s Glass Pen Holder Stand & Ashtray Desk Set
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte (attributed) Midcentury Modern desk set featuring a pen holder or stand with a tray and an ashtray. Made in Ita...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Walnut Business Card Holder, 1960s
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Walnut Business Card Holder, 1960s.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
1980s Gorgeous Swatch Twin Phone "Deluxe", Memphis Style
Located in Milano, IT
1980s (1989) Gorgeous Swatch twin phone "Deluxe" in excellent condition. It works perfectly. Memphis style. It was an icon for its amazing design. Th...
Category
1980s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Mid-Century Marble, Onyx Marquetry Desk Set Box, Pen Holder, Ruler, Italy 1960s
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare functional 1960s Mid-Century modernist desk accessories set crafted in Italy in the 1960s. The set comprises three pieces: a pen holder, a box, and a ruler. The refined shape ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Vintage Modernist Steel Railroad Tie Bookends
By Ward Bennett
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage heavy train railroad tie track bookends in the style of Ward Bennett. Green felt to bases, smooth metal finish to tops, front and back with textured steel on the sides. Great additions to your Modernist and Mid Century décor...
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1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Carl Auböck Solid Bronze Pocket Watch Bottle Opener Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
Solid bronze pocket watch shaped bottle opener and paperweight by Carl Aubock, Austria. 1960s. Signed. Great patina!
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Seguso Murano Teal Blue White Opal Alabastro Italian Art Glass Fish Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown opalescent teal blue green and white opalescent Italian art glass fish sculpture / paperweight. Documented to designer Archimede Seguso, in the "A...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Opaline Glass, Glass
33 Pieces Furniture Handle, circa 1960
Located in Wien, AT
Furniture handle
33 pieces
Original condition
Sold and price per piece.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
MCM Two Piece Brass and Faux Crocodile Desk Set
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice two piece brass and faux crocodile desk set, circa 1970s. The set is in good vintage condition and includes a long base with a letter holder, a pen holder and a business ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Original Midcentury Carl Auböck Horn and Leather Letter Opener
Located in Vienna, AT
For sale is a unique piece of Mid-Century Modern design. The letter opener was carefully hand carved out of horn. It was produced in the renowned Austrian workshops of Bauhaus-influe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Horn, Leather
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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