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Desk Accessories For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1930s
19th Century Victorian Folding Bookrest
Located in Oakville, ON
Gorgeous selection of walnut veneers with lovely colour and brass mounts
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1860s British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Brass

Early 19th Century Napoleon Bonaparte Letter Opener
Located in Lučenec, SK
This is one of a kind bronze letter opener from the period just after Napoleon's death. It is a testament to his popularity that even letter openers featured his face.
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1820s French Empire Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Art deco Porcelain Inkwell by A. Godard for Etling Paris, circa 1930
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Investing in this Art Deco Porcelain Inkwell by A. Godard for Etling Paris, circa 1930, is an opportunity to own a piece of exquisite craftsmanship that encapsulates the essence of t...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Porcelain

Grand Tour Gilt Temple Bone and Gilt Italian Antique 1890
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous Grand Tour model of an oval temple we date to circa 1890 Such an elegant piece crafted from bone and silver plate Classic Corinthian columns support the silver plate pedimen...
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1890s Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories

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Glass

A Louis Philippe bronze and ormolu desk set
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Louis Philippe bronze and ormolu desk set, comprising two ink wells and a powder shaker in the form of crenelated urns with anthemion-bud finia...
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1840s French Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Antique English Wedgwood Blue Porcelain Coromandel Wood Inkwell, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Wedgwood blue porcelain and coromandel wood inkwell desk compendium, circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories

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Porcelain, Wood

Count Gleichen’s shrapnel paperweight. Russian and English, 1854
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Count Gleichen’s Russian shell paperweight, the tooth shaped fragment of a Russian armament shell set above another of rectangular form both raised on a silver mount on an ebonized rectangular plinth, applied with a plaque reading ‘Two fragments of a Russian shell fired at Mr Fred Burne assist.t paymaster and Mr Henry Crave St John midshipman of H.M.S. Cumberland in Aug.t 1854 from Tsee Fort Bonarsund whilst conveying refreshments to the English camp – for their messmate – H.S.H. Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Midshipman landed with the Naval Brigade in 1854’. With a framed caricature of Count Gleichen inscribed Vanity Fair, London, July 5, 1884. Vice Admiral H.S.H Count Gleichen – the Queen’s Nephew.Russian and English, 1854. The print has the following biography on the reverse and on the mount ‘His Serene Highness Prince Victor …. of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, is better known in England as Count Gleichen and as the Queen’s nephew. Born fifty years ago, he was sent to school at Dresden; but at the age of fourteen he conceived ideas not to be bounded within the confines of the small life of a German principality. So he ran away from school to go to sea, and his aunt the Queen of England, being informed of the fact, proposed to her sister to let her adventurous nephew become naturalised as an Englishman and enter the English Navy. This was accordingly done, and Prince Victor, as he was then called, was appointed to the Powerful on the Mediterranean Station, in 1848. He served in the Crimean War and in the operations in China he proved a popular officer and a good sailor-man, and was three times wounded in battle. In 1861 he married the daughter of Admiral Sir George Seymour, sister of the fifth Marquis of Hertford on which occasion it was that he put down his title of Prince and took up for future use that of Count. He became, in due course a Vice-Admiral, and in the meantime he also became a sculptor. It is in the latter art that he now mainly busies himself, and he has created many pleasing busts of his royal relatives and some works of greater pretensions than family portraits. An Alfred the Great, a Beaconsfield, and a Prince Imperial...
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1880s English Antique Desk Accessories

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Metal, Silver

Sevres Style "Silvered" Rectangular Pink-Ground Box and Cover, Pen Tray
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Sevres style "Silvered" rectangular pink-ground box and cover, pen tray painted with pink and silvered cabbage roses beneath a silvered rim; the fron...
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Late 19th Century Antique Desk Accessories

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Sèvres

George III Three Bottle Inkstand Made in London in 1810 by Emes & Barnard
Located in London, GB
This spectacular piece has a shaped broad rectangular form and stands on four winged paw feet. The edge of the main body is decorated with gadrooning interspersed with raying shells,...
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1810s European George III Antique Desk Accessories

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Sterling Silver

French Art Nouveau Bronze Inkwell
Located in Nashville, TN
Handmade bronze inkwell consists of three removable cups, the largest of which has a removable top. Inkwell depicts leaves and flowers. Signed VieiAard.
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19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Typewriter/ HERMES 2000, Switzerland 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
HERMES 2000 is a Swiss product, made in the 1930s by the E. Paillard Company, based in the city of Yverdon Fully functional Made of metal, steel, chrome, f...
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1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Metal

Gilt-Metal Mounted and Enamel Banded Agate Desk Seal
Located in Firenze, IT
Shipping policy: No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). 19th century banded agate seal...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories

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Agate

Antique Ornate Letter Rack, Italian, Gilt Stationery Stand, Desk Tidy, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique ornate letter rack. An Italian, gilt metal stationery stand or desk tidy, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Striking Continental taste with classic...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Desk Accessories

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Metal

An Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marble Paperweight, Late 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The round paperweight framed in black marble, with porphyry and sienna marble and other marble specimens. The center in sienna marble with carved bea...
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1850s Italian Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories

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Belgian Black Marble

Antique Silver Artist’s Paint Box by Harry Atkin Sheffield 1892
Located in London, GB
A stunning Antique Silver Artist’s paint box by Harry Atkin, Date Sheffield 1892. A Rare Miniature travelling paint box in excellent condition. The silver on both the outside and the interior is in superb condition. Upon opening, the front cascades down to reveal two wells for water and perhaps mixing colours. The interior is well protected thanks to the interior gilding. The lid engraved “Lettice’s Paint Box”. Lettice is a traditional, English girl’s name most commonly found in the upper classes. The actual paints are not original but the current set of paints are a later acceptable replacement. The miniature brush was with it but not original and doubt it ever had one. Dimensions; W 5” x D 3 1/4” H 1 1/4" About the maker; Atkin Brothers business traces his origin to Thomas Law...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Desk Accessories

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Silver

Emancipation Proclamation Inkstand - 19th Century Heavily Chased Brass
Located in Atlanta, GA
Any collectors of American history should look closely at this listing. "In the summer of 1862 President Abraham Lincoln sat at a desk in the War Department telegraph office and wit...
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Mid-19th Century British Rococo Antique Desk Accessories

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Brass

Silvered Metal and Pietra Dura Table Planter
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A rare silvered metal desk or tabletop planter inlaid with 12 framed Pietra Dura panels of inlaid colorful flowers on a black base, complete with its ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories

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Metal

Antique Swiss Black Forest Dog Inkwell Pen Store
Located in Newark, England
Unusual Pen Tidy Slot From our Black Forest collection, we are delighted to offer a rare example Antique Swiss Black Forest Dog Inkwell with Pen Store. The Swiss Black Forest Dog is...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Desk Accessories

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Wood

Portapenna attribuita a Fontana Arte Pietro Chiesa Gio Ponti
Located in Lugo, IT
Portapenna in cristallo attribuito a una produzione di Fontana Arte su disegno di Pietro Chiesa o Gio Ponti. Piccolo segno interno, in foto e in video si vede ma non rotture e segni ...
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1930s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Crystal

Exquisite Victorian Walnut & Black Leather Campaign Writing Slope & Secret Space
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Exquisite Victorian Hand-Crafted Burr Walnut Writing Slope With Black Tooled Leather Interior With Secret Compartment SLOPE 23 Brass front shield could be personalised with engravi...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Brass

Fantastic set of antique Victorian postal scales and weights by S.Mordan London
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fantastic set of large antique Victorian postal scales and weights by S.Mordan London, having a fantastic quality set of antique Victorian scales by S.Mordan London, the brass scales...
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Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Brass

Antique Baccarat Red White and Blue Convex Glass Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
Antique Baccarat faceted art glass paperweight with closepack cane millefiori mushroom at center, surrounded with a blue torsade ribbon. Paperweight has faceted convex circle at top ...
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19th Century French Empire Revival Antique Desk Accessories

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Art Glass

Antique French Empire Cut Crystal and Gold Bronze Inkwell, Circa 1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Empire Cut Crystal and Gold Bronze Inkwell, Circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

1931 René Lalique, Seal Soucis Yellow Amber Glass Flowers
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Seal Stamp "Soucis" made in yellow amber glass by René Lalique in 1931. Engraved signature on edge. Perfect condition.  height: 8.5 cm Félix Marcilhac, René Lalique - Catalogue Ra...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Glass, Art Glass

Victorian-era silver plate wunderkammer inkwell with emu egg
Located in Milan, IT
Victorian-era silver plate wunderkammer inkwell that presents in the center of the tray a palm tree from the cut trunk on which rests reclining on four palm leaves an Australian e...
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1870s Antique Desk Accessories

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Metal

Pair of Late Victorian English Ivory Letter Openers with Sterling Silver Handles
Located in North Miami, FL
Pair of Late Victorian english ivory letter openers/bone folders with sterling silver horse and dog/wolf handles By: unknown Material: bone, silver, metal, sterling silver, ivory Te...
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Metal, Silver, Sterling Silver

Black Forest Wood Carved Brienz House Inkwell German Vintage, 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic 1890s Black Forest Brienz wood carved inkwell in form of a cabin. Nice addition to your room or just for use it on your desk. Made of hand carved wood and glass eyes. Found a...
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1890s German Black Forest Antique Desk Accessories

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Glass, Wood

White 1930s Glamour Bakelite Telephone by Bell Systems
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage white bakelite 1930s glamor telephone made by Bell Systems for the Western Electric company. This phone is present in many Hollywood Glamor fi...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Bakelite

A Beautiful Victorian Japanned Writing Slope With Decorative Enamel Inlays
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A Beautiful Victorian Japanned Writing Slope With Decorative Floral Elements Enamel Inlays & Gilt Swallows. The slope features a black fitted interior finished with a black velvet s...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Brass, Enamel

Antique Victorian Three Bottle Tantalus & Games Compendium 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique Victorian games compendium and tantalus, circa 1880 in date. It consists of three cut crystal liquor bottles with stoppers, a pair of engraved shot glass...
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1880s Antique Desk Accessories

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Crystal, Silver Plate

Antique French Grand Tour Bronze Statue Hippocampus Seahorse Desk Ornament 1820
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique French Grand Tour cast bronze hippocampus, seahorse statue desk ornament, circa 1820. This wonderful bronze is cast by the lost wax method (cire perdue), it depicts a ...
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1820s French Grand Tour Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Large Exceptional Swiss Black Forest double inkwell desk decoration 19th Century
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous most rare Swiss Black Forest 19th century double Inkwell / desk accessory fully hand carved displaying a bird eating nuts & floral leaves / walnuts. Carved by a master carve...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Desk Accessories

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Glass, Wood

Antique French Gilt Bronze Encrier Inkwell Desk Stand, Signed JF
Located in Forney, TX
A most impressive fine quality antique Louis XV style French ormolu encrier / inkstand. Born in France in the 19th century, almost certainly Parisian work, exquisitely chased, chis...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Victorian Coromandel Brass Wooden Letters Stationery Writing Box Casket
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Absolutely stunning early Victorian well figured Coromandel Stationery Casket of museum quality and in outstanding condition. Mid to late Nineteenth Century, of English origin. Th...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Brass

Exquisite Georgian Hand Crafted Mahogany Writing Slope With Red Tooled Leather
By Thompson Cabinet Company
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Early 19th Century Exquisite Brass Bound Hand Crafted Mahogany Writing Slope Burgundy Red Tooled Leather, Two Glass Brass Topped Inkwells & Two Original Keys. The top and front have...
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1820s British Georgian Antique Desk Accessories

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Brass

Black Forest inkwell cat in boot Swiss Antique 19th Century hand carved glass
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous most rare Swiss Black Forest 19th century Inkwell / desk accessory fully hand carved displaying a cat in a boot. The cat is very detailed with glass eyes (slight damage to b...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Desk Accessories

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Glass, Wood

Art Deco Bakelite Desk Writing Set, 5 pieces in box, France 1930s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning Art Deco Bakelite desk accessories writing set dates from the 1930s. The set is built of five pieces in its original box: a letter opener, paper cutter, pen holder, mec...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Metal, Brass

Rare black Forest rooster inkwell 19th century Swiss glass eyes hand carved
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous most rare Swiss Black Forest 19th century Inkwell / desk accessory fully hand carved displaying a dog wearing a hat and monocle. Detailed carving by a master carver. Comes w...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Desk Accessories

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Glass, Wood

Art Deco Lacquered Calendar Desk Set, Two Inkwells With Retractable Lids 1930's
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Elegant Art Deco 1930's Monochrome Desk Set. Befit With Two Engine Turned Inkwells with Glass Linings and Lids That Retract. Fixed Pen Tidy and A Central Calendar. With A Green Baiz...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Chrome

Antique English Crystal & Sterling Silver Inkwell Signed "Samuel Jacob" Ca 1895
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English cut crystal and sterling silver inkwell signed by silversmith "Samuel Jacob" of London, circa 1895.
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Late 19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories

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Crystal, Sterling Silver

Quality large pair of antique Victorian scales by Parnall & Sons of Bristol
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality large pair of Victorian scales by Parnall & Sons of Bristol, having a brass centre column mounted upon a wooden base, with a shaped brass arm holding brass weighing pans, Mar...
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Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Brass

Antique Victorian Coromandel Brass Wooden Letters Stationery Casket Box Betjeman
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Absolutely stunning early Victorian well figured Coromandel Stationery Casket of museum quality and in outstanding condition. Mid Nineteenth Century. Made in England by G. Betjemann....
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Mid-19th Century Irish Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Brass

Antique English Ormolu and Malachite Inkwell, Circa 1860-1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English ormolu & malachite inkwell, circa 1860-1880.
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Desk Accessories

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Malachite, Ormolu

Group of Four French Decorative Items, Letter Opener, Paperweight, Figure, and B
Located in San Francisco, CA
Group of Four French Decorative Items including 19th century figural letter opener 1.5" x 1.5" x 8.25" French metal helmet paperweight base: 3.75" x 4.5", helmet 2.5" x x2", Overal...
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19th Century Antique Desk Accessories

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Marble, Bronze

Antique Baccarat Millefiori Gridel Chruch Paperweight
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : An Antique Baccarat Millefiori Gridel Chruch Paperweight 1848 Date : 1848 Origin : France Features : Three gridel canes, goat, horse and cockerel within a close pack of com...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass

19th Century Italian 800 Silver Desk Set
Located in VALENZA, IT
Italian desk set in 800/1000 silver late 1800s. The set consists of: Square-shaped ground crystal inkwell with hinged silver lid and 24kt gold finish inside . Rectangular pad with s...
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19th Century Italian Other Antique Desk Accessories

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Silver

Beautiful Letter Stand in Art Deco with Thuja burl from the 1930s
Located in Knivsta, SE
A Beautiful Letter Stand with Thuja burl from the 1930s. Very period Art Deco design. The letter stand designed with a drawer, rack for letters and pens. Wear consistent with age an...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

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Wood

Antique Floral Bouquet Cast Iron Door Stop
Located in South Salem, NY
Charming cast iron doorstop with a cheerful flower basket design, made in England circa 1880. Sturdy and functional, the doorstop has a wonderful painted finish in a pastel palette. ...
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Late 19th Century Antique Desk Accessories

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Iron

French 19th Century Set of Scale Weights Stand Desk Accessory
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th Century Set of Brass Scale Weights, France A charming late 19th Century set of weights in brass, housed in their wooden stand. Weights such as these were used with different sc...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories

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Brass

Bronze Art Deco Galloping Horse Paperweight Sculpture
Located in Van Nuys, CA
5" tall cast bronze Art Deco galloping horse paperweight sculpture featuring a Clydesdale in a wide stride on a geometric base. The statue has unique...
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1930s American Vintage Desk Accessories

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Iron

French Silver Inkstand, Late 19th century
Located in New York, NY
Retailed by Tiffany and Co. The three compartments decorated with gadrooning, shells and floral finials, with additional laurel leaf garlands flanking a central shell on the base, th...
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Late 19th Century Antique Desk Accessories

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Silver

Art Nouveau Style Gilt Metal Photograph Frame. English, C.1930
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Stylish Art Nouveau style photograph frame. Pressed tin. Original gilt Original wooden back. Good condition
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1930s English Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories

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Tin

Finest Quality Handcrafted Antique Bronze and Brass Gothic Revival Inkstand
Located in Lisse, NL
Another rare antique for the collectors and enthusiasts of Gothic art. This sizeable and very stylish inkstand was all-handcrafted in the late 19th century and it could hardly be in...
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Late 19th Century European Gothic Revival Antique Desk Accessories

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Brass, Bronze

Papier Mâché Inkstand w/ Drawer & Crystal Inkwells English Jennens & Bettridge
Located in Savannah, GA
This high quality Papier-Mache desk set is beautifully hand painted in a floral motif and features inlaid mother of pearl and the original pair of cut glass inkwells with brass tops....
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1840s English Early Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Brass

20th Century Mahogany Perpetual Desk Calendar c.1930
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A superb 20th Century perpetual desk calendar, made from mahogany. Featuring four knobs on one side, these are used to move forward and rewind the day and date behind three glazed ap...
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1930s British Other Vintage Desk Accessories

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Glass, Wood

Napoleon III Inkwell Writing Case Rosewood Porcelain And Gilt Bronze
Located in CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE, FR
Large writing case with compartments, forming an inkwell and pen holder, from the Napoleon III period, in rosewood marquetry and interiors of the compartments in speckled maple, with...
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1870s European Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

19th Century French Brass Ink Well on Marble
Located in Charlottesville, VA
An object of art now, captures the period.
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19th Century French Antique Desk Accessories

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Marble, Brass

PAIR OF 19th Century French CHENETS Louis XVI Style
Located in Madrid, ES
PAIR OF 19th Century French CHENETS Louis XVI style, in gilded metal. Dim.: 29 x 13 x 5 cm good conditions
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desk Accessories

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Metal

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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