Desk Accessories
Desk Accessories For Sale
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Art Deco Shagreen Photograph Frame, c. 1925
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco Shagreen photograph frame, c. 1925.
20th century vintage Shagreen (Galuchat) leather photo frame.
Very well made rectangular Shagr...
Category
Early 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Shagreen
Sailing Boat art deco sculpture white metal circa 1900 pewter
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Saiboat white metal, circa 1900
pewter elcrtro plated
base in wood.
Category
Early 20th Century German Sporting Art Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
German Art Nouveau Pewter Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
German Art Nouveau pewter inkstand with scroll designs supporting a square cut glass inkwell with a square molded pewter lid.
Category
20th Century German Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
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
Mid-Century Ceramic Ashtray Ditmar Urbach, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
- made in Czechoslovakia
- made of ceramic
- good, original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Porclain Hand, Jewelry Holder, West Germany, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
In original condition
small damage on photo
HCT West Germany.
Category
1960s Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Brush Rest with Vivid Fish Images
Located in New York, NY
A heavy mid-century Chinese porcelain brush rest, beautifully hand painted with colorful fish images and character marks on the lower left corn...
Category
1970s Chinese Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Modern Lucite and Steel Desk Organizer
Located in San Diego, CA
Very functional modern Lucite and steel desk organizer, circa 1980s. The piece is in very good condition and measures 8.75" W x 10.75" D x 3.25" H. #1452.
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Nils Fougstedt Ink-Stand Produced by Fabriksaktiebolaget Kronsilver in Sweden
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Ink-stand designed by Nils Fougstedt. Produced by Fabriksaktiebolaget Kronsilver in Sweden.
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Yonel Lebovici "Ressort" Letter Holder, Nickel, Steel, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Yonel Lebovici Ressort letter holder, steel signed. Small scale letter holder in a matte brushed nickel steel finish. Produced in a limited edition of 500 by Distrimex in 1969. Retai...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Great Sculpture of a Bear Designed by Livio Seguso, ca. 1970ties
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A powerful stylized sculpture of a bear in solid smoke grey glass. It is hand made in the Gral glass manufactory, Germany. The typical design of Livio Seguso in the 1970s. The base w...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Handblown Wild Flower Art Glass Paperweight Attributed to Fratelli Toso
Located in New York, NY
Rare elegant Murano handblown wild flower art glass paperweight. Attributed to the Fratelli Toso company. The piece has three large white flowers inside, made with cut murrines and w...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Grosbeak Glass Sculpture by Livio Seguso for Gral, Germany, ca. 1970ties
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A sculpture of a stylized grosbeak in smoke grey and opaque glass. It is hand made in the Gral glass manufactory, Germany. Designed by Livio Seguso, ca. 1970. Incised signature of th...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Scalar by Livio Seguso for Gral, Germany, Ca. 1970s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A sculpture of a stylized scalar in smoke grey glass with white glass bands. Hand made in the Gral glass manufactory, Germany. Designed by Livio Seguso, ca. 1970. Incised signature o...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
21st Century Renzo Set Concrete Tray 100% Handmade in Italy
Located in Rome, Lazio
Renzo in a family of multipurpose trays with a very smooth surface and soft curved edges, now available in a different color composition. Each piece is a unique, no two are the same....
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Concrete
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Aluminum and Lucite Ice Bucket and Tongs
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage aluminum ice bucket and Lucite tongs.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
“Revolve” No. S7 Green, Contemporary Handmade Scagliola Sculpture 'no. 01/05'
Located in Holte, DK
“Revolve”, No. S7 in Green (no. 01/05)
This is made in a limited edition of only 5 pieces + 1 AP
The five sculptures are made in five different colors, making them all truly one of a kind. You can buy this unique piece or request your favorite color under customization.
The piece is made from plaster, fish glue, and pigments. It's waxed and weighs 3kg (6.6 lb).
About revolve:
The starting point of this project is rooted in Flensted Mouritzen's interest in old stucco materials and moulding techniques. It has grown into a fascination with the two-dimensional line of the running mould technique being transformed through a specifically created turning machine...
Category
2010s Danish Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Cast Stone
Emperor Wilhelm I. Metal Catchall Shows National Monument, Antique German, 1890s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful metal tray or catchall to hold quills. Made of cast Iron, has some nice patina, but this is old-age. A beautiful piece for your desk or any room. It was made for the 100th ...
Category
1890s German Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Stanley Szwarc Stainless Steel Rectangular Large Box Vintage
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous long and unusual rectangular box is polished satin stainless steel. The dimensions of the work on top have flower like bursts in Industrial and floral forms. It is not ...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
Murano Sommerso Glass Horse Head Bust Signed Italian
Located in North Miami, FL
This Italian Murano Sommerso glass horse head is signed Bortaro. It is lovely and in then colors of black, gray and clear. The mane of hair in hand b...
Category
1980s Unknown Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Writing Set by Ernst Svedbom for Svenskt Tenn, 1934
By Svenskt Tenn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Writing, seven parts set in pewter by Ernst Svedbom (1913-2004), Goldsmith AB for Swedish Tenn, circa 1934-1936.
Marked: SG A-B Svenskt Tenn K8.
A pair...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Two Petite Murano Glass Aquarium Paperweight Mid-Century Modern, Italy, 1970s
By Murano 5
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Two beautiful Murano hand blown aquarium Italian art glass paper weights. Showing some multicolored fishes and a coral reef inside a clear glass fish....
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Desk Set, Viennese Empire, c. 1815
Located in Greding, DE
Seven-piece desk set from Vienna in granite with polished steel mounts.
Category
1810s Austrian Empire Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Granite, Steel
19th Century Crystal Inkwell
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautiful light blue crystal inkwell American, circa 1888. An unusual piece with the base in light blue.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Antique French Marble Temple Curio
Located in London, GB
An unusual temple like decorative curio.
France, early 20th, likely c1920s.
Formed from sections or marble or alabaster.
Want's to be put on a console unit as pure decor,...
Category
Early 20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Lucite Obelisk Decorative Object
Located in New York, NY
A modern style Lucite obelisk decorative object, circa late-20th century. A great decorative object for a deck, office, library, shelf, cocktail table, etc. Obelisk measures: 8" Height.
Other items shown in images also available, search 1stDibs ref. #s:
Black and White marble pyramid, ref. #: LU1314223512602
Lucite & 1970s Pennies Paperweight...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
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
Complete Purdon's Gilt Leather Bound Library Book Collection Set
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Complete collection set of gilt leather bound library book set of one hundred twenty nine volumes. PURDON'S Pennsylvania Statutes & Consolidated Statutes Annotated. Copyright 2003 by...
Category
Early 2000s Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper, Leather
Strong Box Pair of Keys, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of wrought iron safe keys, dated in the 17th century, with complex design in the head, hollow body and flat arc-shaped finish. Since the end of ...
Category
17th Century European Baroque Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Wrought Iron
Table Fan PAL, 220V, 30W Central Europe in the 1980s
Located in Praha, CZ
In good original and functional condition. Silent run.
Category
1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Mid 20th Century Hermes Horse Head Magnifying Glass, France, Circa 1960
By Hermès
Located in London, GB
Introducing an elegant mid 20th-century Hermes Horse Head Magnifying Glass from France, Circa 1960.
The intricately designed horse's head adds a un...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Large Fish Sculpture by Livio Seguso for Gral Germany, ca. 1970ties
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A sculpture of a stylized fish in blue and pink glass. Hand made in the Gral glass manufactory, Germany. Designed by Livio Seguso ca. 1970. Incised signature of the artist (LS) on th...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Dorothy Draper Hollywood Regency Brass Cabbage Paper Weight with Label
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Mon choux! Here's Dorothy Draper's "peu chou" (little cabbage) as the french say. A neat, organically shaped petite cabbage paper weight from the Dorothy Draper Company, Signature Co...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Rock Crystal Sphere Coming from Central America and Carved in the 70s
Located in Milan, IT
Rare rock crystal sphere, light brown rutile. Rutile is a mineral from which it is extracted the titanium, in the form of Fine needles similar to hair. Diameter cm 9.5 - inches 3.74....
Category
1970s Central American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Fornasetti Commedia dell'Arte Paperweights
By Fornasetti
Located in Riverdale, NY
Pair of porcelain Fornasetti pebble paperweights.
Motifs: Commedia dell'Arte by Piero Fornasetti
Measures: 4" x 3" x 1.5".
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Pewter Double Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau rectangular pewter double inkwell with floral design and shaped gallery corners (Kayserginn).
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Vintage Glass Triangular Ashtray, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Glass triangular ashtray is a wonderful glass decorative object, realized during the 1970s.
Very elegant glass ashtray triangular shape. Brown gl...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Cancer Optical Glass Block Handcut Zodiac Signs
Located in Nový Bor, CZ
Cancer optical glass block handcut zodiac signs
Optical glass block characterized by absolute purity, handcut and polished and on one side panoramic cut for a better engraving effec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Bohemian Desk Accessories
Materials
Cut Glass
Table Decoration in Empire Style after J.B. Claude Odiot
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze, engraved and silvered. Three-columns, shafts with full-plastic,
finely engraved swans. Funnel-shaped insert.
Category
20th Century French Empire Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
21st Century Concrete Cement Tray Centrepiece Handmade in Italy Perla WhiteColor
Located in Rome, Lazio
Renzo in a family of multipurpose trays with a very smooth surface and soft curved edges, now available in a different color composition. Each piece is a unique, no two are the same....
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Concrete
Mireau Art Glass Apple Frosted Leaf Paperweight Signed
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Paperweight crystal apple with stem and satin leaf signed Mireau.
1960s Mireau Art Glass Studio from California.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Mid-Century Modern Baseball Paperweight by Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
This refined Mid-Century Modern baseball paperweight- executed in translucent crystal- represents the simple elegance of Tiffany & Co. at its finest. Since its founding in 1837, Tiff...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
French Moser-Millot Crystal Art Glass Fish Sculpture Decorative Object
By Moser
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, substantial and rare French crystal art glass tropical fish sculpture decorative object from Cristallerie Moser-Millot, circa mid-...
Category
Early 20th Century French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Large Art Glass Sculpture by Robert L. Hamon
Located in South Charleston, WV
5.5" diameter. USA, 1980s large sphere glass tabletop or mantel or shelf sculpture by studio artist Robert L. Hamon. Hamon glass produced paperweights and on occasion would produce v...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Yonel Lebovici Resort Letter Holder
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Ressort letter holder by Yonel Lebovici
Made in France, circa 1969
"Ressort" model. Produced in a limited edition of 500 by Distrimex.
An identical example is in the permanent col...
Category
20th Century French Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel
Set of Five Sculptures, Anonymous, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Set of five sculptures, anonymous,
Sweden. 1950s.
Pewter.
Dimensions:
D: 7.5 cm/ 3"
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Rare Detailed and Decorative Early 20th Century Fighting Wild Horse Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautifully detailed wild horses sculpture.
One of the qualities that an artist needs to have is the ability to truly and intensively watch and register what is going on in everythi...
Category
Early 20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Spelter
Cross Desk Accessory Set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 3-piece desk set from the 1970s.
Category
1970s American Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Purple Amethyst Geode Decorative Object or Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
A light blue and purple amethyst geode natural specimen decorative object or paperweight. Piece has a light blue surface with a deep purple amethyst encrusted chasm. Dimensions: 4" D...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Amethyst, Rock Crystal
1930s Chrome Diamond Plate Paperweight Curiosity Desk Object Architect Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful desk relic from a captain of industry.
Category
1930s American Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Vintage Italian Desk Set in Onyx Marble Ashtray and Paperweights, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A decorative desk lot consisting of pear and able shaped paperweights with brass stems and a mosaic ashtray in Onyx marble. Manufactured in Italy during...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx
Pair of Barbotine Ceramic Dishes, Art Nouveau Period, France, circa 1890
By Barbotine
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of Barbotine ceramic dishes, Art Nouveau Period, France, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Fish Sculpture by Livio Seguso for Gral, Germany, ca. 1970s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A sculpture of a stylized fish in smoke grey glass with white glass band. Hand made in the Gral glass manufactory, Germany. Designed by Livio Seguso ca. 1970. Incised signature of th...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
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
Dalmatian Murano Glass Black White Spotted Puppy Dog Figure Paperweight
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cute hand blown Murano glass Puppy Dog Figurine Sculpture in Black and White Murrine, Italy, 1950s.
This nice doggy stands up on a small clear glass base. It has white spots on a bla...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Contemporary Black and Grey / Green Resin Display Cube
Located in Toronto, ON
This contemporary black and grey poured resin cube is ideal for displaying one of our unique Masion Nurita accessories.
Category
2010s American Desk Accessories
Materials
Resin
Industrial Art Deco Triple Beveled Mirrors by Apex
By APEX
Located in Buffalo, NY
Art Deco triple mirror adjustable forward and backward motion featuring three bevel mirrors, wonderful scale and proportion, metal, Industrial yet sleek, elegant design, mint origina...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Inkwell WMF Germany (Juatice) silver plate crica 1920 Art nuveau.
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Inkwell WMF Germany (Juatice)
silver plate,
crica 1920 Art nuveau.
Art nouveau, modernist art or modernism was an international artistic and decorative movement, developed between ap...
Category
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
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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