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Mid-Century Modern Italian Murano Sommerso Art Glass Bookends
Located in Englewood, NJ
A pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern Murano glass "Sommerso" decorated bookends decorated in a purple/plum color cased in a light blue - clear overlay. The bookends are unsigned - ci...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Set of Two Stone Pieces - Desk Accessories by Lelo Cremonesi, Italy, 1970s
By Lelo Cremonesi
Located in Milan, IT
Set of two stone pieces by Lelo Cremonesi.
Two orthogonal cuts and a round hole for several possible functions.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Galucharme Desk Accessories Set #4 by Nino Basso
Located in Milan, IT
In Japan, shagreen was documented and preserved since started appearing on sword hilts and armor of Samurai during the Middle Ages, in part because its text...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Mid-Century Modern Italian Art Glass Murano Floral Decorated Bookends
Located in Englewood, NJ
A Mid-Century Modern pair of Italian art glass bookends each decorated with Millefiori decoration of white flora and green leaf & vine cased in heavy clear glass in the form of booke...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Back Light Chess Board with Cubic Colorful Chess Pieces
Located in Naucalpan, Edo de Mex
This chess belongs to the Board Games collection designed by Orfeo Quagliata.
Exclusive techniques from the artist. 100% handmade with highest quality m...
Category
2010s Mexican Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Sculptural Pewter Paperweights 21st Century by Mattia Biagi
By Mattia Biagi
Located in Culver City, CA
This is a new work by Mattia Biagi sculptural paperweights.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
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
Etched Crystal Baby Seal Sculpture by Mats Jonasson Sweden
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Baby seal etched crystal sculpture by Mats Jonasson Sweden.
This crystal art glass sculpture is a work of art with its hand made, hand etched exquisite det...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Cuyo Large Alpaca Silver & Black Onyx Stone Pair of Bookends
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Cuyo bookends are solid heavy beatiful pieces of geometrical onyx stone, moustly in square base and round top. Very sharm for a personal library.
Our pieces are made by hand. One ...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Stone, Metal
Aries Glass Block Zodiac Signs Panoramic Optical Glass
Located in Nový Bor, CZ
Aries glass block zodiac signs panoramic optical glass
Optical glass block characterized by absolute cleanliness, handcut and polished and panoramic on one side for a better engravi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Bohemian Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Crystal Bubble Globe Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
Crystal bubble globe paperweight. Vintage French clear crystal globe with "planetary" bubble inclusions for desktop use or shelf display, with eviden...
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Mid-20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Wine Glass Holder, circa 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Wine glass holder, circa 1950s
Original condition
Glasses are included.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
1920s Bostonian Tailors Paperweight Curiosity Desk Object Architect Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful desk relic from a Bostonian Tailor.
Category
1930s American Industrial Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Danese Milano Sumatra White Paper Tray in Technopolymer by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
White Sumatra is a stackable letter tray made of technopolymer with rubber feet. When two or more of the trays are stacked all of the space above and below each piece can be maximize...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Rubber
Extremely Rare Rotterdammer Tile with Two Men in a Boat, Early 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
An extremely rare, so-called, Rotterdammer tile, with the decoration of a sailboat.
Country: The Netherlands
Place: Rotterdam
Date: circa 1615 - 1620
Workshop: Claes Wijtmans
This tile comes from one of the most rare and sought after tile series...
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Early 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
Set of Swedish Ahus Glass Paperweights, Signed Studio Åhus 1992 HD-AZ
By Studio Ahus
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
2 Modern Swedish Åhus glass paperweights. The signed paperweights are frosted glass with colorful interior and frosted glass surface. The larger pie...
Category
1990s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Card Holder with Westie Dogs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Vintage cast iron card with a pair of Westie terriers in service as greeters.
Category
20th Century English Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Galucharme Table Watch by Nino Basso
Located in Milan, IT
Design Center 1991 is high quality brand, focused in luxury Italian Design home and office accessories. Unique pieces and small series are conceived as self-contained units that comm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Art Nouvau Octagonal French Pewter Plate
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
An octagonal Art Nouveau pewter plate representing the face of a young girl surrended with typical liberty style flower. From France.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Sacks Fifth Avenue Cut Class Crystal Apple Paper Weight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Circa 1950's Sacks Fifth Avenue cut class crystal apple paper weight.
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Mid-Century Modern Bent Lucite & Chrome Paper Basket & Letter Holder
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Very nice Mid-Century Modern paper basket and letter holder Letter holder with dimensions: 3 x 7 x 6.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Pyramid-Shaped Glass Paperweight
Located in Marbella, ES
Pyramid-shaped glass paperweight.
Category
Late 20th Century European Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
1980s Set of Three Opaque Glass Jars with Metal Lid
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s Set of Three Opaque Glass Jars with Metal Lid.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Lalique French Crystal Modern "Dove" Ring Dish
By René Lalique
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lalique French crystal modern
"Dove" Ring Dish,
script signature LALIQUE France
20/21 st century
molded crystal
Measures: 3.62 in. by 2.75 in.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Galucharme Desk Accessories Set #2 by Nino Basso
Located in Milan, IT
Elegant and masculine are the hallmarks of this Fine desk accessories set that combines contemporary design with the precious galuchat leather gri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Antique Metal Inkwell, Victorian Double Inkstand, England 1890, H302
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Metal Inkwell, Victorian Double Inkstand, England 1890, H302
England 1890
Metal
Three Quarter Metal Gallery
Pen Rest To The Back
Pair ...
Category
1890s English Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Toso Murano 1976 Blue Millefiori Flower Italian Art Glass Basket Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white and pink Zanfirico ribbons basket with cobalt blue flower murrines Italian art glass paperweight. Documented to the Fratelli Toso company. T...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass, Sommerso, Murrine
Multi Color Origami Hexagonal Matchbox with Fitted Color Matches
Located in Ferndale, MI
Geometric design match box with individual color panels of construction paper. Inside fitted with color head matches. Marked Japan on underside.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Hand Mirror in Pewter with Decor of Fish, Swedish Art Deco
Located in Stockholm, SE
A hand mirror in pewter designed in Sweden but not marked, it is in a beautiful Art Deco style from the 1930-1940´s. It is 15 cm in diameter and in very ...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with multicolored glass canes to form "millefiori" / made in Italy, circa 1960s
Original sti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
Mounted Iridescent Opaline Sphere Paper Weight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mounted Iridescent Opaline Sphere paper weight - similar to a tigers eye, yet white, opaque and subtle changes in every direction. A handsome complimen...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Opaline Glass
Aluminum Desk Block and Tray Accessory Set
Located in Treadwell, NY
Collection I: Desk set
This high polished aluminum desk set, comprised of a desk tray and desk block, adds style and sophistication to your work surface
Measures: Desk block
3...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
English Oilcan or Cannister of Steel and Brass by Braime
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English automotive oil can (also known as an oiler or oil tin) of steel and brass from the early 20th century - the Golden Age of automobiles.
Featuring a Braime nameplate in...
Category
Early 20th Century English Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Steel, Metal
1980s Sculpture of Grapes with Stem in Bronze and Grapes in Crystal
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s sculpture of grapes with stem in bronze and grapes in crystal.
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
21st Century by Sergio Asti "Pressacarte" Desk Marble Complement (set of 4 pcs)
By Sergio Asti
Located in massa, IT
Desk Marble complement designed by Sergio Asti
Price referred to a complete set of four items:
Size Model 1: Cm H 18 x Diameter cm 6
Size Model 2: Cm H16 x Diameter cm 6
Size Model ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Contemporary Massive Rock Crystal White / Clear Quartz Point Cluster
Located in Toronto, ON
A massive contemporary rock crystal point cluster, weighing in over 18 pounds. Huge central crystal points are surrounded by smaller points in this one of a kind natural specimen. Ro...
Category
2010s American Desk Accessories
Materials
Quartz, Rock Crystal
One left Swank French mod chrome frame fashion or runway sunglasses
Located in Ferndale, MI
One pair still available . Op-pop mod fashion sunglasses round lenses marked France . Very clean plastic chrome frames with chrome steel arms . Slight scu...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Typewriter/Zeta, 1960's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of metal
Re-polished
Original condition.
Category
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
1980s Set of Sculptures of a Couple of Resin and Metal Covered Turtledoves
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s Set of sculptures of a pair of turtledoves made of resin, covered with metal and with glass base.
Category
Late 20th Century French Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Handmade Big Decorative Paperweight Cone in Satin White Carrara Marble
By Fiammetta V.
Located in Carrara, IT
A decorative big cone full in satin white Carrara marble. Each piece is in a way unique (every marble block is different in veins and shades) and handmade by Italian artisans special...
Category
2010s Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Murano Glass Paperweight
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Italian Murano glass paperweight hand blown with intricate white, light blue, and dark blue ribbons / Made in Italy, circa 1960s
Origina...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
1960s Original French Glass Pepsi Bottles, Large Quantity Available
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960s original French glass Pepsi bottles, large quantity available. We recently came across a large quantity of these original French Pepsi bottles and h...
Category
1960s French Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Ceramic Sculpture, Oblong Cube with Oval Opening in Glossy Gray Glaze
Located in New York, NY
Hollow yet weighted, this contemplative ceramic sculpture is both an object to look at as well as to hold. The center opening creates negative space, suggesting the passing through o...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Mid-Century Ceramic Sculpture Cat/Royal Dux, 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
Late 19th Century American Antique Crystal Inkwell Six Sided with Mitre Cuts
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th century six sided crystal inkwell with deep mitre cuts in the sides and a hinged top. A nice piece for a collector or just sitting on a desk top. From a private collector w...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
21st Century by Arch. Aldo Rossi "Sannazzaro" Marble Paperweight
By Aldo Rossi
Located in massa, IT
Marble Paperweight designed by Aldo Rossi.
Size: cm 20 x 4 x H4
Materials: Bianco Carrara - Red Travertine - National Travertine - White Lasa
Designed by: Aldo Rossi.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Hungary Mid-Century Porcelain Bull in Soft Light Grey-Green Colors by Zsolnay
By Zsolnay
Located in Salzburg, AT
Decorative animal object "Zsolnay Bull porcelain figure around 1945"
Porcelain bull from Zsolnay Pecs Hungary in soft colors light-grey and light-green....
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Art Deco Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Modernist Perforated Italian Wastepaper Bin in Grey Metal and Brass, Italy 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Modernist perforated Italian Wastepaper bin in grey metal and brass
Italy 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
Vintage Collectible Casino Monte Carlo Wine Tester in Pewter
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Casino Monte Carlo wine tester in Pewter with the fleur de Lys as a handle and the Monaco flag inside the bowl marked with the Casino Monte Carl...
Category
Late 20th Century French Post-Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Pewter
German Spittoon in Metal Enamelled, 1930s
Located in taranto, IT
Original German-made spittoon from the 1930s, signed bwo at the base, in white enamelled metal with removable lid
It measures 20 cm in diameter by 8 cm in height, in vintage condi...
Category
1930s German Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Collection of 12 Perspex Teaching Blocks & Lenses
By Griffin & George Ltd.
Located in London, GB
A collection of twelve Perspex teaching optical blocks and lenses.
Various shapes, forms and blocks, convex and concave, a number are backed with a white film.
Three have their...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Acrylic
Felice Antonio Botta Designer Chessboard in Lucite from 1970s
Located in Foggia, FG
Lucite chessboard by Felice Antonio Botta, original and authentic from the 1970s
Intact and in a good state of conservation, ideal as a prestigious gift to embellish a room by creat...
Category
1970s European American Classical Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Antique Commercial Balance Scale by H. L. Becker in Brussels
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique commercial balance scale by H. L. Becker in Brussels is the type of precision instrument for which the company was known during the early 20th century. Note the attention to ...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Industrial Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Danese Milano Canarie White 2 Pencil/Paperclip Aluminum Holders by Bruno Munari
Located in Hicksville, NY
White Canarie 2 Pencil & Paperclip Holders is a desk set made up of a pencil holder, a paperclip holder and two ashtrays. It was designed to help keep a desk or work surface in order...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
Set Collection Antique Decorative Cornish Serpentine Stone Sculpture Lighthouses
Located in Sale, GB
- A wonderful collection of Cornish serpentine stone lighthouses, English circa 1950.
- There are 19 heavy stone models in total, each with their own unique design and all in original complete condition, rare to have all their tops intact.
- Each stone serpentine lighthouse...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Desk Accessories
Materials
Serpentine
Shell Shape Vintage Ashtray, Italy, Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Shell shape vintage ashtray is an original decorative object realized in the mid-20th century.
Original art glass.
Made in Italy.
Dimensions: 10 x 8 cm.
Perfect conditions.
Category
20th Century Italian Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Mid-Century Modern Lucite and Brass Tie And Jewelry Stand
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Lucite tie and jewelry stand
This tie rack has a worn brass finish, please see attached images for details.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Scissors by Cini & Nils
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A superbly designed pair of scissors crafted from stainless steel.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories
Materials
Stainless Steel
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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