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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Large 18th Century French Lock and Key
Located in Houston, TX
Large 18th century French iron lock and key. This handsome french iron lock comes with the original key and makes an interesting coffee table accessory or...
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French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Iron

Bronze Mortar with Pestle, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
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...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze, Other

16th Century, Spanish Wrought Iron Handle
Located in Marbella, ES
16th Century Spanish wrought iron handle.
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Wrought Iron

Blue and White Dutch Delft Tile with Hare, Mid 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands Hoorn Circa 1625 - 1650 A beautiful Wanli style tile with a painting of a blue hare on a green hill. A genuine collectible of approximately 400 years old.
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Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Pocket Watch, Deroches Brothers, Gilded Metal, Enamels, Etc. P Late 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pocket watch, Deroches Brothers. Gilded metal, enamels, etc. Possibly towards the end of the 18th century. Pocket watch with a case with a transparent glass part and a composition ...
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European Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal, Enamel, Other

18th Century Lignum Vitae Sphere
Located in London, GB
A late eighteenth century lignum vitae sphere of large scale. Lignum vitae was favoured by Dame Barbara Hepworth, and a Hepworth sphere sculpture in th...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

18th Century Spanish Decorative Finial Carved in Wood in the Shape of a Plant
Located in Marbella, ES
18th Century Spanish Decorative Finial Carved in Wood in the Shape of a Plant
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Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Purple Amethyst Decorative Object or Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful purple amethyst cluster decorative object, paperweight, or luxury display piece. A great piece for a bookshelf, cocktail table, on a desk as paperweight, etc. Dimensions:...
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Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Amethyst, Quartz

Ancient Islamic Persian Khurasan Silver Inlaid Bronze Caligraphy Inkwell 1200
Located in Portland, OR
An important Islamic Khurasan bronze and silver-inlaid inkwell & cover, Eastern Persia, Circa 1200. The inkwell of cylindrical form and having a shallow dome top cover with a tall knopped finial and inlaid with a twin band of scrolled silver. The base of the dome and the rim of the cover having bands on interlaced silver inlay, the inkwell having three loop handles. The body of the inkwell having two bands of silver inlaid Naskh script, between the bands are twin panels...
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Persian Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver, Bronze

Blue and White Dutch Delft Tile with the Good Shepherd, Early 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands Rotterdam Circa 1720 - 1740 An unusually fine painted religious 'open air' tile with deep shades of blue and a shining glaze, decorated with the story of the lost sheep...
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Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Vintage Cut Geode Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage cut geode paper weight, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown, tan, grey and blue colors and measures 4...
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American Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Petrified Wood

Antique Librarian's Book Tray, English, Tool Slide, Storage, Georgian, C.1800
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique librarian's book tray. An English, mahogany tool slide, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800. Collect books from the library stack...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Pair of stirrups. Carved wood, iron. Chile, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of stirrups. Carved wood, iron. Chile, 18th century. Pair of stirrups made up of a carved wooden block, in the shape of a crescent on the front, and decorated on the outside wi...
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Chilean Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Iron

17th Century English Leather Covered Knife Box Converted To a Letter Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
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...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Ceramic Inkwell, Talavera De La Reina, Spain, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Talavera Inkwell, 18th century. Glazed pottery Talavera ceramic inkwell, decorated with cobalt blue enamel on a white tin slip with restorations" Size: 16 x 16 x 7 cms.    
Category

Spanish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic

George III Period Rococo Sterling Silver Wax Jack, Desk Accessory, 1767
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1767 by John Langford II & John Sebille, this elegant, Antique Sterling Silver Wax Jack, is in the Rococo taste, standing on three fee...
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English Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Sterling Silver

Anient Traditional Fan, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Traditional Italian fan is an original decorative object realized in Italy in the half of the 18th century. The fan is realized completely in gilded silk, decorated gilded wood an...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silk, Wood

Safe key. Wrought iron. 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Key of strong box in wrought iron, dated in century XVII, with complex design in the head, hollow body and finishes in the form of flattened arch." · Size...
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Wrought Iron

17th Century Iron Lock & Key
Located in New York, NY
17th century lock & key. Probably form a large cabinet or a door.  
Category

French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Iron

Industrial Iron Desk Decoration Letter Sign, 2000s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made from sheet metal and plastic in good original condition nice patina.
Category

European Industrial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Iron, Sheet Metal

Antique Verger's Table Top Desk, English, Oak, Ecclesiastical, William III, 1700
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
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...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Oak

Ottoman Empire Parcel-Gilt Silver Qalamdan
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An Ottoman Empire parcel-gilt silver qalamdan, the slender rectangular pen holder with faceted rounded ends and a hinged lid attached to a squat, square section, bombé inkwell with a...
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Turkish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

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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Dutch Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

17th Century Spanish Traditional Talavera Glazed Ceramic Ink Holder
Located in Marbella, ES
Antique 17th century Spanish traditional Talavera glazed ceramic ink holder.
Category

Spanish Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic

Decorative Italian Embroidery, Artisanal Decorative Object, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decorative Italian Embroidery is an original artwork realized by Italian artisan in the 18th Century. Very precious doily realized in lace and cotton. Good conditions. A pre...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Fabric

Henry Chawner Georgian Sterling Silver Ladies Inkstand
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver and glass ladies inkstand; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection This exceptional antique George III sterling silver desk Standish has a navette shaped form onto four bracket feet. This inkstand is encompassed with an applied thread decorated border, in addition to the contemporary engraved initials 'WW'. The rim of the body of the sterling silver inkstand is ornamented with a paralleling applied reed decorated border. The internal wirework style frame of the stand is divided into three rounded supports. Each internal compartment retains the original rounded glass bottles with cut glass ornamentation in addition to impressive scalloped bases. The ink, pen/quill and pounce bottles retain the original plain silver cylindrical mounts fitted with push fit hallmarked covers. The rim of each circular cover is encircled with applied moulded borders and bears the corresponding functional pierced decorated holes. This large silver ink Standish was crafted by the renowned London silversmiths Henry Chawner. Such original ladies examples, in perfect condition, are becoming increasingly difficult to locate. Condition This antique inkstand...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Neoclassical Antique Sterling Silver Ink Stand, London 1798 Henry Greenway
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1798 by Henry Greenway, this handsome, George III, antique, sterling silver ink stand, is plain in style, and feature...
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English Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Sterling Silver

Dutch Walnut Writing Box with Brass Mounts, Early 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Dutch walnut writing box with brass mounts Early 18th century Measures: H. 20 x W. 47 x D. 28 cm The interior is divided in various compartments for an inkpot, sand dispen...
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Dutch Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

George III 18th Century Mahogany Letter Box. Circa 1790
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fine quality circa 1790 Georgian letter box, with three compartment fitted interior (see image). Exterior has original double brass hinged slope top with serpentine shaped front, and...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Mahogany

Southern Italian Embroidery, Artisanal Decorative Object, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Southern Italian Embroidery is an original artwork realized by Italian artisan in the 18th Century. Very precious doily realized in lace and cott...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Fabric

Al Thani Collection, a Mughal Indian Square White Jade Inkwell Cover, circa 1800
Located in New York, NY
Al Thani collection, a Mughal Indian square white jade inkwell cover, circa 1800 Purchased from the Al Thani collection, Christies New York, Sal...
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Indian Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Jade

French 18th Century Balance Scale
Located in Atlanta, GA
A handsome French 18th century balance scale in iron and brass. The balance mechanism is in iron. The foot and the plates are in brass. The...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass, Iron

18th Century French Neoclassical Manner Bronze Inkwell
Located in Nashville, TN
Bronze inkwell, circa 1790. Rectangular form with gilt bronze footed base with patinated dark bronze handles and mounts. Item has singular pot in the center of the tray. The floral d...
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French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Antique Money Coin
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique money coin Each coin is unique and varies slightly in size and stain. Sold individually.     
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African Minimalist Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Decorative Italian Embroidery, Artisanal Decorative Object, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decorative Italian embroidery is an original artwork realized by Italian artisan in the 18th Century. Very precious doily realized in lace and cotton. Good conditions. A pre...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Fabric

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 ...
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Wrought Iron

Colonial 18th Century Vizagapatam Pen-Engraved Writing Desk with Silver Mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Vizagapatam pen-engraved veneered sandalwood portable writing desk with silver mounts India, Coromandel coast, Visakhapatnam, circa 1875 ...
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Indian British Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Bone, Sandalwood

Wedgwood & Bentley Black Basalt Inkstand
Located in New Orleans, LA
This elegant inkwell set by Wedgwood & Bentley is crafted of black basalt, one of Wedgwood’s finest inventions. The set is comprised of two canisters, both held within an intriguing double stand. One is designed to hold ink and features a top with slots for quills or pens, and the other is a powder Shaker with a shell-ornamented lid. Black basalt refers to the fine-grained stoneware that Josiah Wedgwood, inspired by the hard, natural stone known as Egyptian basalt...
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English Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic

Very Large and Fine 19th Century Chinoiserie and Gilt Bronze Inkwell
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century French Chinoiserie and gilt bronze inkwell with a decorated scene. Fine gilt bronze detail with a patinated Oriental figure in the center and inkpots with mo...
Category

French Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Large Dutch Colonial Amboyna and Ebony Indonesian Writing Desk, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A large Indonesian amboyna and ebony portable writing desk with brass mounts Indonesia, 18th century With several compartments between the ...
Category

Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Ebony, Amboyna

18th Century French Provincial Turned Walnut Finial on Brass Base
Located in Middleburg, VA
18th century French Provincial turned finial. Made of richly patinated walnut. Mounted on a brass base. Southern France, circa 1790. Measures: 10.5” H 6” Dm.
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French French Provincial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Rare Venice Door Knocker Bronze, 17th Century
Located in Epfach, DE
A rare and very charming door knocker, Venice, 17th century in bronze with special patina.
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Pantograph Signed Lennel, Paris, 1780
Located in Milan, IT
Brass and ebony pantograph, in its original mahogany box. Bone wheels. The instrument shows the signature of the maker Lennel à La Sphére à Paris. France, 1780.
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Silvered Brass Standish
Located in Westwood, NJ
An early silvered brass four-piece Standish with a scalloped edge base and handle.
Category

English Queen Anne Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Madagascan Fossil Tree Trunk Slice
Located in London, by appointment only
Madagascan fossil tree trunk slice.  Measures: 25 cm. 29 cm. 5 cm.      
Category

Brazilian Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone

Antique Brass Engraved Persian, Japanese & Egyptian Pen Case Ink Well Group Lot
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Dating from the early 18th century, this grouping of brass pen cases have their origins in Persia, Egypt and Japan respectively. Each case is intricately engraved with a patterned sc...
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Japanese Anglo-Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Italian Empire Silver Inkstand
Located in New York, NY
Italian Empire Silver Inkstand. Roman sterling silver inkstand of sober neoclassical form comprising double pots for sander and inkwell with acorn fini...
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Italian Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Sterling Silver

Small 18th Century French Rococo Brass Planter Flower Pot
Located in Copenhagen, K
French Rococo Planter or Flower Pot in Brass, Circa 1780 Period French flower pot with beautiful large Rococo decorations.
Category

French Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Late 18th Century Italian Silver Book Binding by Marc'antonio Belotto of Padua
Located in New York, NY
Handmade Italian silver book binding, maker's mark MB with figure holding emblems between for Marc'antonio Belotto of Padua, 1776-1788. Both covers...
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

Strasbourg Faience Chinoiserie Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Strasbourg chinoiserie inkwell. Antique double-pot faience handled encrier with quill pot and removeable ink pot and cover and sand pot, both with pagoda-top finials, all painted wit...
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French Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Faience

Rare Pair of Georgian Dresser Stools
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine and rare pair of George II period mahogany dresser stools, the single board tops of dense mahogany with thumb molded edge over scalloped trestle ends with boarded sides. V...
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Great Britain (UK) George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Silver Writing Set, Vicente Roces, Zaragoza, Spain, circa 1760
Located in Madrid, ES
With hallmarks. The base tray has a square shape with mixtilinear profiles and rests on legs with vegetal motifs. The four containers present helical gallonized feet, and pearl flow...
Category

Spanish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

Late 19th Century Bronze Desk Accessories Inkwell with lid Bronze Brass Glass
Located in Sacile, PN
Bronze inkwell dated circa 1880, angels subject supported by feline paws. Ink bowl in glass with bronze profile and "alla ruota" engraved base.
Category

Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Chinese Bone Stamp, 18th-19th Century
Located in Aalsgaarde, DK
Chinese bone stamp, 18th-19th century Measures: H. 7 W. 10 cm H. 2.7 W. 3.9 in.
Category

Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Bone

Italian Pietre Dure Panel of Parrot on Branch, Late 17th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The Pietre Dure panel inset with lapis lazuli, marmo giallo, in a rectangular shape, probably a panel from a cabinet.
Category

Italian Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble

17th Century Candlesticks Candle Holder Light in Brass Antique Gift Object, Pair
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A very beautiful simple pair of 17th-18th century Baroque continental candleholders candlesticks in brass. The mirroring Work with the multiple layers and lines from the bobeches dow...
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

16th Century Venetian Bronze Door Knock with Children Figures
Located in Marbella, ES
16th century Venetian bronze door knock with children figures on the sides and faces in the middle.
Category

Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

English Gold Mounted Carved Shell Cameos of Cupid and Psyche on Marble Base
Located in London, GB
A very pretty and unusual pair of English gold mounted carved shell cameos of cupid and psyche on English black marble base. Extremely finely carved and clearly conceived as a pair a...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble, Gold

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