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Desk Accessories For Sale
Carolina Onyx Bathroom Accessory Set and Paper Bucket
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
This set is comprised of a soap holder, toothbrush holder, tray with raised edges, tissue holder and paper bucket.
The onyx quarries of the Carolina vill...
Category
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
$2,200 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Letter Opener
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine silver letter opener.
Additional Details:
In sterling silver.
By Tiffany & Co.
Marked to the end of the handle for Tiffany & Co. / 925 / © / 1995
Simply a wonderful letter...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Italian Brass Letter Opener With Pewter Dog Handle
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Dagger style letter opener featuring leaf-shaped blade and a handmade pewter handle depicting a hunt dog. It was made in Italy in the mid-late 19 th century by an unknown jeweler or ...
Category
19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Pewter
$241 Sale Price
46% Off
Antique Vintage Lady's Gentlemans Ebonised Wooden Walking Stick Dress Cane 1980s
By Swarovski
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stylish Solid Polished Ebonized Wooden and Sterling Silver Lady’s or Gentleman’s Walking Stick with Traditional Crook shaped handle in Art Nouveau style, of French or English origin,...
Category
Late 20th Century British Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Set of Bronze Artillery Cannons with Italian Royal Insignia
Located in New York, NY
Set of bronze artillery cannons with Italian royal insignia. Set of three vintage patinated bronze artillery models including a larger cannon on hand ca...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
English Wedgwood Jasperware Jewelry Dish Neoclassical Design
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful English Wedgwood Jasperware sage green and white round jewelry dish with neoclassical design, circa 20th century, 1979, England...
Category
20th Century English Neoclassical Desk Accessories
Materials
Stoneware
$192 Sale Price
30% Off
Cast Metal Sculpture of a Greyhound Dog
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Beautiful cast metal bronze greyhound dog sculpture.
An elegant, detailed cast sculpture depicting a greyhound dog..
Sculptures depicting a greyhound dog.
Made with the fusion sys...
Category
1990s American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Vest Pocket Kodak Strut Folding Roll Film Medium Format Camera 1912-1934
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Vest Pocket Kodak Strut Folding Roll Film Medium Format Camera With A blla Bearing Shutter
Uses No A 127 Film Fitted With A. f/7.7 Anastigmat lens,
Serviced by Kodak Limited London 1952 (stamp inside)
The Vest Pocket Kodak (VPK), also known as the Soldier's Kodak, is a line of compact folding cameras introduced by Eastman Kodak in April 1912 and produced until 1934, when it was succeeded by the Kodak Bantam. Because the VPK uses 127 film, it is more compact than contemporary folding cameras using 120 film and larger sheet film formats offered by Kodak; measuring approximately 12×6.3×2.7 cm when stowed, it could be carried in a vest pocket, as the name suggests.
Frank Hurley, official photographer of Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, salvaged a VPK and three rolls of film from the sinking of the expedition ship Endurance with the loss of most of his photographic equipment. He used it to shoot 38 images of the successful return of the party to civilisation.[24]
A VPK was carried during the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition and may offer proof that climbers George Mallory...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
French Art Nouveau Bronze Card Tray or Pin Tray, Vide - Poche, 1920s
Located in Barntrup, DE
French Art Nouveau Bronze card tray or Pin Tray, Vide - Poche, 1920s
This absolutely adorable card tray or pin tray, Vide - Poche, is made of bronze ...
Category
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Ico Parisi Square White Ashtray, Chrome & Melamine by Lamperti, Italy, 1970s
By Lamperti, Ico Parisi
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and large, square modernist ashtray from the 1970s. Designed by Ico Parisi for Lamperti Italy. Made of melamine plastic with a chromed metal top. In very good condition with a few little spots and marginal fine and slight scratches in the chrome plating, but really nothing major. Fully marked on its underneath. Lamperti Robbiate...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Fontana Arte Empty Pocket Glass, 1955, Italy
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milano, IT
Fontana arte empty pocket.
Category
1950s Italian Other Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Late Victorian Chinoiserie decorated Letter rack
By Maple & Co.
Located in Dereham, GB
Late Victorian Chinoiserie decorated Letter rack
Black Laquered Background with gold detail
Depicting Figures bedside river scenes
foliage & leaf decoration
urn with flowers,
Sitting...
Category
Late 19th Century English Rococo Revival Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu
$654 Sale Price
20% Off
Austrian Midcentury Horn Matchbox Holder by Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Minimalistic and pure shaped desk accessories, iconic for its Designer Carl Auböck and in excellent condition.
Category
1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Horn
$297 Sale Price
63% Off
Murano Opalescent White Blue Bubbles Italian Art Glass Dove Bird Figurines
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful pair of vintage Murano hand blown opalescent blue and white, with controlled bubbles Italian art glass dove bird figurines. The pair is documented to the Fratelli Toso Comp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Opaline Glass
Vintage Lighter, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage lighter is an original Decorative Object realized in Italy in the 1970s.
Original vintage lighter in brass and wood.
Made in Italy.
...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Pattern Bronze Doré Large Paper Clip
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze "Zodiac" pattern large paper clip
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20th Century...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Erik Höglund Art Glass Medallions - Sculptural Ashtrays or Paperweights, Sweden
By Erik Höglund
Located in Bochum, NRW
Erik Höglund Art Glass Medallions - Sculptural Ashtrays or Paperweights, Sweden, 1960s
A striking pair of hand-cast glass medallions by renowned Swedish artist Erik Höglund, circa 19...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Cartier 18ct Gold Nib Black Godron Ribbed Fountain Pen With Cartier Box
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Cartier 18ct Gold Nib Louis Black Godron Ribbed Fountain Pen With Cartier Box, Finished With An Onyx Cabochon
Manufactured by Montblanc
The pen is made from a black composite
Pen n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate
$2,073 Sale Price / set
20% Off
BeoCom 6000 Desktop Telephone in Royal Blue by Martin Iseli for Bang & Olufsen
Located in San Diego, CA
BeoCom 6000 cordless handset and table charger by Martin Iseli for Bang & Olufsen, circa 1990s. The phone is royal blue and grey and has a grey cradle / table charger; it is in very...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
Wooden Christmas Tree Set – Brass-Tipped Cedar, Large Size
Located in Orlando, FL
The modern and elegant solid cedar Christmas tree set offers an aesthetic and functional choice for your holiday décor. Inspired by the natural forms of Cedar, Fir, and Juniper, this...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Magnifying Glass on Stand, 19th Century
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Magnifying glasses are already recorded as far back as the Ancient Greeks. Troughout history they were reserved for scientists, nobility and monks. During the Renaissance and culmina...
Category
19th Century Italian Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Softwood, Walnut
19th Century Victorian Cast Iron "Lion" Inkwell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Figural lion inkwell boasting original paint with hinged lion's head concealing the well, circa late 1800s
Patina / paint loss consistent with age / use.
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Vintage Hand-Carved Jade Stone Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage hand-carved jade stone statue was cleverly sculpted to depict fully laden grapevines, combined with a naturally colored rouge segment below creating the illusion of a gnarly grapevine root...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Inkstand, baroque revival
Located in VALENZA, IT
Faithful copy of the writing service by the silversmith Pietro Rubini, Milan c.1775
The inkstand is composed of a shaped tray supported by 4 rocailles feet, modeled along the entire profile by finely embossed and chiselled volutes, leaves and shells.
Above the tray are two ink holders and two pen holders with spiral workmanship and highly embossed vegetable decorations.
A bell in the center of the object rests on a FASTIGIO pierced with flowering vines.
By Fiorentini, Argenterie di Milano - Italy
for ARVAL ARGENTI VALENZA
Italian silverware...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cenedese Artistic Handmade Egg "Aquarium" Murano Glass Sculpture, Italy 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Impressive large hand blown egg-shaped Aquarium sculpture in Murano glass. This unique piece was designed by Barbini for Cenedese in Murano, Italy in the 1960s.
This fantastic Mur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Victorian Military Campaign Burr Walnut Brass Bound Writing Slope With Key
Located in Reading, Berkshire
19th Century Victorian Military Campaign Burr Walnut Brass Bound Writing Slope With A Tooled Black Leather Scriver
Slope will include
A Single Glass Inkwell
A vintage pen
S moder...
Category
19th Century British Campaign Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$2,804 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Smoke Semi Sphere Sculpture in Polished Resin by Paola Valle
By Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
This Geometric sculpture is handmade in polished resin in a variety of colors. It is a modern and colorful piece that will liven up any space.
Our Se...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Art Deco French Max Leverrier Bronze Hunting Scene Desk Paper Clip, circa 1930
Located in Pearland, TX
A fabulous 1930s French bronze paper clip holder by renowned French sculptor, Max Le Verrier (1891-1973), a Pioneer within the Parisian Art Deco move...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Delco Art Deco 1941 Vintage Bakelite R 1171 Tube Radio in Perfect Condition
Located in Miami, FL
An Art Deco tube radio designed by Delco.
Here we are offering an absolutely stunning 1941 Delco model R-1171 tabletop tube radio. Featuring a gorgeous dark...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bakelite
$1,116 Sale Price
20% Off
Otterburn Chess Set & Board — Solid Hand-Patinated Brass and Walnut
Located in Washington, GB
A special chess set in solid hand-patinated brass. Handcrafted in the North to order. Available in a range of materials and finishes, Otterburn can tru...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Desk Accessories
Materials
Limestone, Stone, Marble, Carrara Marble, Slate, Bronze, Copper, Enamel,...
Contemporary Set of Two Handmade Transparent Crystal Photo Frames by GhiróStudio
By Ghirò Studio
Located in Pieve Emanuele, Milano
Set of two photo frames, one horizontal and one vertical, of excellent workmanship and artistic quality.
The rounded edges give harmony and elegance.
The high transparency crystal ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Antique Art Deco Russian Polished Malachite Egg and Stand 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a superb large Russian malachite egg and stand, circa 1930 in date.
This beautiful malachite egg features the distinctive textured pattern of the green polished stone and fe...
Category
1930s Unknown Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
French Walnut Burr Campaign Writing Slope Brass Inlay 19th C
By Napoléon III
Located in Cheltenham, GB
An exceptionally fine quality example of an early 19th century burr wood campaign writing slope, in beautifully grained burl, with polished brass inlaid, of French origin. Opening to...
Category
Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$927 Sale Price
38% Off
White Vase Faces Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A relatively large white ceramic face or 'faces' vase. This sculpture vase can make a great statement piece in a living room, library, powder room, ...
Category
Early 2000s Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Calligraphy Brush Bone Handle
Located in Somis, CA
Beautiful Chinese calligraphy brush with handmade bone handle. A beautiful brush that is perfect for making art or as an design element. Bone ferrule and h...
Category
2010s Chinese Desk Accessories
Materials
Bone
$124 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Inkwell From France, Brass With Glass, 1880s
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkwell, made from glass with brass.
France, circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$555 Sale Price
20% Off
Angelo Mangiarotti Travertine Chess Set
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Inspired by the timeless design language of Angelo Mangiarotti, this exquisite chess set is a sculptural celebration of form, function, and natural material. Each piece is meticulous...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Travertine
In Stock in Los Angeles, Grey Kong Mini Portable Charger
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Kong mini power bank battery charger
In stock in Los Angeles
Easily transportable, Kong MINI becomes a Stand hugging the mobile phone and a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Plastic
$23 Sale Price
64% Off
Fratelli Toso Murano Glass Latticino Paperweight Multicolor Blue, Pink and Green
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This Fratelli Toso Murano glass Latticino paperweight is a true burst of color and sparkle, crafted in Italy in the 1950s. A kaleidoscope of blue...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
$562 Sale Price
25% Off
Hermes Pheasant Letter Opener, 1960s France
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A stunning and eclectic addition to your office or display, this silver plated Hermès letter opener is incredibly rare. In the shape of a pheasant, with an elegant blade of tail feat...
Category
1960s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Silver
Antique Victorian Thomas Hudson Barometric Ink Well Stand Pen Quill Holder 6"
By Thomas Hudson
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century library writing barometric / barometer pen holder and ink stand, Circa 1860s-1880s. Made of brass featuring pewter inkwell with glass dome reservoir and slots f...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Pewter
$164 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Borghese Italian Hellenic Motif Ceramic Box
By Borghese
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage plaster ceramic box made in Italy. Incredibly sculpted piece in a neoclassical style, the piece features hellenic images of priestesses and noblemen in gilt . The ...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Lalique Frosted Glass Tang Horse Figurine or Paperweight
By Lalique
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine french glass figurine or paperweight.
By Lalique.
Designed by Marie-Claude Lalique in the 1980s.
In the form of a Tang Dynasty horse with cropped tail and mane.
The horse in frosted glass and the rectangular base and negative space (between legs) in clear glass.
With an original Lalique Paris sticker and etched "Lalique Ⓡ France" signature.
Simply a wonderful Lalique horse...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Yellow Raymor Ceramic Box, 1960s Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Glaze ceramic box made in Italy by Raymor, circa 1960s. Stunning bright yellow glaze covers the entire exterior of the box as well as the inside of the box. Great vintage condition. ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Powder Tester
Located in Greenwich, CT
An rare 18th c. flintlock powder tester for the purpose of measuring the strength of gunpowder. Having a walnut handle with brass body and steel flintlock mechanism. With gauge mak...
Category
18th Century American American Colonial Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Steel
$2,400
Tiffany Studios New York Pine Needle Bronze Doré and Slag Glass Nine-Piece Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau period "Pine Needle" gilt bronze and Favrile slag glass desk set. The nine-piece set includes: inkwell, pen brush, letter rack, pen tr...
Category
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Anna Ehrner for Kosta Boda White Crystal, 1990s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Anna Ehrner for Kosta Boda white crystal paperweight or votive candle holder.
Kosta Boda white crystal candle holder by Anna Ehrner, 1990s
A Kosta Boda votive...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Minimalist Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Cartier Iconic Panther Design Card and Envelope Set Luxury Season's Greetings
By Cartier
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Cartier Card and Envelope Set with the Iconic Panther Jewelry Design.
Large Cartier Season's Greetings, Joyeuses Fetes Stationary Cards.
Authentic Luxury Cartier Stationery...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Vintage Swedish Bakelite Table Phone
Located in Vienna, AT
Bakelite table phone by LM Eriksson from the early 1960s.
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Art Deco Shagreen & Silver Plated Magnifying Glass c.1930
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome and most unusual magnifying glass in a winning and highly sought-after combination of English silver plate and Shagreen.
The ferrule frame and terminal are all silver pl...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Deco paperweight by Le Fer Forgé Henri Fournet
Located in NANTES, FR
Art Deco paperweight, circa 1925, in wrought iron and red copper, decorated with a rose.
Stamped "Le Fer Forgé" H.F. (ironworks located in Lyon).
Width: 9 cm
Length: 9 cm
Height: 1...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Copper, Wrought Iron
Marble Desk Pen Holder Organizer
Located in New York, NY
A substantial marble desk pen/pencil/marker holder organizer, in the modern style, Midcentury Modern design period, circa mid-20th century. Organizer can hold small pieces of paper, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Christmas Tree Set
Located in Orlando, FL
The solid wood minimalist Christmas tree set, inspired by the timeless forms of Cedar, Fir, and Juniper, brings the joy of the holiday season into your home. The warmth and natural e...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Cedar
$580 / set
Tiffany Studios New York Pine Needle Bronze Doré and Slag Glass Eight-Piece Desk
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau period "Pine Needle" gilt bronze and Favrile slag glass desk set. The eight-piece set includes: inkwell, pen brush, letter rack, calen...
Category
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Black Bakelite Rotary Wall Cradle Telephone & Dictograph 1940s
Located in London, GB
This is a rare vintage GPO desktop or wall cradle fire emergency telephone 164 in black Perspex Bakelite together with a Dictograph system sub station, serial number 21858 circa 194...
Category
1940s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Other
Albert Paley 1994 "Medallion" Paperweight in Blackened Steel with Bronzed Patina
By Albert Paley
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Albert Paley large handcrafted steel medallion paperweight. Small edition for Arts Patrons. Formed and fabricated blackened steel with chemical patina...
Category
1990s American Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Italian mid-century modern brown wooden brass plastic television by Vega, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern brown wooden white plastic television by Vega, 1950s
Rectangular wooden television. The screen has rounded corners and a cream colored plastic frame, under...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Luggage Crocodile Skin Leather Suitcase, Colonial
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique suitcase made of crocodile leather handstitched with leather lacing and secured with tacks, an attractive antique reptile skin suitcase with a...
Category
Early 1900s British British Colonial Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Faux Leather
$2,491 Sale Price
20% Off
Murano Red Multicolor Millefiori Flowers Italian Art Glass Dove Figure Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, vintage Murano hand blown Sommerso ruby red and millefiori flowers Italian art glass dove bird figure, sculpture or paperweight. Attributed to designer Galliano Ferro, for...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
Vintage Live Edge Huon Pine Handmade Bookends
Located in Southampton, NJ
Beautiful live edge huon pine bookends made in the 1940s in Tasmania. Bookends have a rich natural patina. In great condition. Measurements reflect the bookends as a combined unit.
Category
Mid-20th Century Australian Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Pine
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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