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Desk Accessories For Sale
Period: 1920s
Color:  Blue
1920 René Lalique - Seal Stamp Victoire Frosted Glass With Blue Patina
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Stamp Seal "Victoire" made in frosted glass with blue patinat by René Lalique in 1920. Molded and engraved signature Perfect condition. height: 4.5 cm Félix Marcilhac, René Laliqu...
Category

1920s French Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Blown Glass

French Dore Bronze Mounted Blue Opalescent and Dore Bronze Finial Covered Box
Located in New York, NY
A French dore bronze mounted blue opalescent and dore bronze finial covered box. This round form box is very unusual with a blue opalescent color and dore bronze mount. The top is fi...
Category

1920s French Louis XVI Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

1927 Shargreen Cigarette Box Given to Jockey Bernard Brownie Carslake Shark Skin
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare circa 1900 Shargreen cigarette box present to the Jockey Bernard Brownie Carlsake in 1927 A very rare good looking a...
Category

1920s English Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories

Materials

Shagreen

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Located in Buenos Aires, AR
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H 3.94 in W 6.3 in D 6.3 in
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Located in Sheffield, MA
Add style and the finishing touch to your countertop or nightstand with this antiqued gold toned top and grey ribbed metal body tissue box cover to pr...
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Medium Double Fish Sculpture in Crystal Glass by Lalique
Located in New York, NY
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Located in Somis, CA
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Lalique Victoire Paperweight Clear Crystal
Located in New York, NY
In 1925, René Lalique began the design of 30 car mascots to adorn the vehicles of the day. Victoire is a story of peace, created to commemorate the 10th anniversary of November 11th,...
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H 6.14 in W 9.84 in D 9.84 in
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Max Le Verrier French Art Deco Bronze Jewelry Box
Located in Miami, FL
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Malachite Box Large 6" Gemstone Jewelry Box
Located in Somis, CA
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Burl Wood Box, Small
Located in New York, NY
A small burl wood round box with lid, circa late 20th century. A great piece to hold small jewelry (as demonstrated) or other small items on a vanity, desk, nightstand table, dresser, etc. Dimensions: 2.75" diameter x 1.75" Height. Other items shown available separately, search 1stDibs ref. #s: Mackenzie-Childs vase, search ref. #: LU1314226933622 Marble bookends, search ref. #: LU1314226918872 Brass sculpture, search ref. #: LU1314226920632 Agate dish...
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Antique Art Deco Sterling Silver Mounted Malachite Casket 1925s
Located in London, GB
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Art Deco Sterling Silver and Light Turquoise Enamel-Mounted Magnifying Glass
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco, sterling silver and light turquoise guilloche enamel-mounted magnifying glass, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1928, W.I. Broadway and Co. - makers. Measures 6 1/2...
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1921 Rene Lalique Trois Sirenes Inkwell Opalescent Blue Stained Glass, Mermaids
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Rene Lalique "Trois Sirenes" inkwell created 1921 in molded opalescent with blue stained glass. Molded "R.LALIQUE" among mermaids and engraved "R.Lalique France" on side. Perf...
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English Pair of Turquoise with Gold Design Porcelain Vases
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Vintage pair English porcelain turquoise decorative vases with gold maple leaf design. The vases are in excellent vintage condition. Maker's mark on undersides. Each vase measure 7.5...
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Almeric Walter Henri Berge Pate De Verre Blue Bird Paperweight
Located in Dallas, TX
Almeric Walter Henri Berge Pâte de Verre paperweight depicting a young blue bird. Art Nouveau Art Deco, circa 1920 Inscribed: “A. Walter Nancy” and “B” fo...
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Art Deco Sterling Silver-Mounted Cobalt Blue Guilloche Enamel Magnifying Glass
Located in New York, NY
Large, Art Deco, sterling silver-mounted deep cobalt blue guilloche enamel magnifying glass, Birmingham, England, 1923. Measures: 8 1/2 inches long x 3 3/4 diameter of actual magnify...
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French Art Deco Inkwell by Sèvres
Located in Paris, FR
French Art Deco inkwell signed Sèvres, circa 1920.
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Porcelain

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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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