17th Century Desk Accessories

The Netherlands Gouda Workshop of W. J. Oliviers Verswaen (De Swaen) Circa 1625 - 1650 A polychrome Dutch Delft tile with the decoration of a predator bird sitting on a tree trunk, ...

The Netherlands Gouda Workshop of W. J. Oliviers Verswaen (De Swaen) Circa 1625 - 1650 A polychrome Dutch Delft tile with the decoration of a starling identifiable by its spotted bo...

The Netherlands Gouda Workshop of W. J. Oliviers Verswaen (De Swaen) Circa 1625 - 1650 A polychrome Dutch Delft tile with the decoration of a flying bird, probably a parrot. This t...

The Netherlands Circa 1640 – 1670 A finely painted blue and white Dutch Delft tile with the decoration of a Merman. Sea creatures where quite popular in the 17th century, supporting...

This small porcelain object is a scale weight from the late Ming-dynasty (1368-1644), a dense counterweight for a tabletop balances used by merchants to ...

Large French baroque wrought iron door lock on acrylic stand.

The Netherlands Circa 1640 – 1670 A finely painted blue and white Dutch Delft tile with the decoration of a Mermaid holding a torch. Sea creatures were quite popular in the 17th cen...

The Netherlands Circa 1640 - 1660 A Spanish galley on a Dutch tile, painted in cobalt blue, but why? Isn't he a bit far from home? Well, not everything is as it seems. This tile was...

The Netherlands Circa 1625 – 1650 A finely painted blue and white Dutch Delft tile with the decoration of a Carnation. A highly unusual tile, as in this period, most tiles are still...

Antique 17th century Spanish traditional Talavera glazed ceramic ink holder.

Inkwell. Glazed ceramic. Talavera de la Reina, Spain, 17th century. Inkwell or spice rack with a square shaped hole that is made of glazed ceram...

The Netherlands Circa 1630 – 1660 A finely painted blue and white Dutch Delft tile with the decoration of a Dutch East India Trading Company (VOC) ship. This ship is sailing in very...

The Netherlands Circa 1660 - 1680 A blue and white Dutch Delft tile with the decoration of a fishing boat. These boats sailed near the coast of the North Sea and on the Zuiderzee. S...

The Netherlands Circa 1630 – 1650 A finely painted blue and white Dutch Delft tile with the decoration of the milkman, carrying two buckets of milk with a yoke on his shoulders. The...

The Netherlands Amsterdam Circa 1625 – 1650 A blue and white Dutch tile with a decoration of a Dutch soldier from the period of the 80 Years War. This soldier could be a member of t...

17th century lock & key. Probably form a large cabinet or a door.  

A fine and rare 17th-century William and Mary period olive oyster lace box of perfect proportions. 1680-1700, England The cross-grain moulded top is entirely covered in well-placed ...

Hand or table brazier. Bronze. Spanish school, 17th century. A small brazier for use on a desk or dais, with circular legs, a polygonal shape, curved lines, and vase-like finials, r...

17th century leather knife box converted to a letter box with original brass hardware, sitting on brass ball feet. Fitted interior lined with 18th century silk fabric. In very good...

The entire machine is expertly disassembled, cleaned, lubricated, all repaired and fully functional. The packaging of the machine has surface defects that are associated with the ag...

A rare and very charming door knocker, Venice, 17th century in bronze with special patina.

A handsome collection of 6 Austrian vellum bound books from the late 17th century. This antique set of six books from Austria, which retain their original vellum bindings, have Latin...

This old Italian pharmacy canister is a beautiful example of traditional apothecary glassware, crafted from substantial leaded glass and adorned with meticulous hand-painted detailin...

Mortar with hand. Bronze. XVII century. Mortar with a circular base, cylindrical body and slightly outwardly flared mouth, decorated with a series of smooth horizontal moldings arranged both in the lower and upper areas and with simple vertical elements (which still maintain slight balustraded shapes) derived from of the ribs that these specimens used to have in the medieval Spanish...

The Netherlands Circa 1630 – 1640 A bold painted blue and white Dutch Delft tile with the decoration of an Elephant. A very rare decoration to find on a Dutch tile. This exotic crea...

The entire machine is expertly disassembled, cleaned, lubricated, all repaired and fully functional The packaging of the machine has surface defects that are associated with the age...

The Pietre Dure panel inset with lapis lazuli, marmo giallo, in a rectangular shape, probably a panel from a cabinet.

This is an antique verger's table top desk. An English, oak ecclesiastical writing table, dating to the William III period, circa 1700. Fascinating example of William III ecclesiastical taste Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order Select oak shows fine grain interest and deep russet hues Presented with a quality wax polish finish Canted lid opens smoothly upon external hinges The lid decorated with press stud initials reading L.P. Trio of internal drawers sit above the generous document tray...

1950’s Original Large French Metal Shop Signage Letters – Perforated Red. We recently salvaged a signage company on the west coast of France and sourced a large batch of amazing ori...

A fine and rare 17th-century William and Mary period olive oyster lace box of perfect proportions. 1680-1700, England The cross-grain moulded top is entirely covered in well-place...