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Cute Pig Silver Plated Metal Money Box Piggy Bank, Vintage, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous vintage metal money bank. A beautiful decorative item, with nice patina. Made in Europe, circa 1960s. Nice addition to any collection, desktop, living room or children's room.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Tiffany Studios New York Chinese Pattern Bronze Stamp Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period bronze "Chinese" pattern desk box, jewelry box, or decorative box
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Ea...
Category
American Arts and Crafts 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Faience Quimper Style Inkwell, circa 1900
Located in Pearland, TX
A charming antique French provincial faience Quimper style inkwell from the French province of Saint-Quay-Portrieux, circa 1900. Signed on reverse. Thi...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Lalique Crystal Female Figurative Sculpture, from Paris, France, circa 1970s
By Lalique
Located in New York, NY
A French Lalique crystal female figurative sculpture piece, circa 1970's, France. A nude crystal female figure sculpture on black glass ba...
Category
Art Nouveau Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
Decorative Blue Marianne Brandt Avantgarde Bauhaus Letter Scale, 1930s, Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
An iconic light-blue sheet metal postal letter scale from the1930s in blue, designed by Marianne Brandt, executed by Ruppel Werke, Ruppelwerk in Gotha, G...
Category
German Bauhaus Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Iron, Sheet Metal
Two Carl Aubock Mid-Century Horn Desk Pen & Pencil Holder Cups, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
Up to two decorative handmade desk pen and pencil holders from the 1950s. Large models, designed and manufactured by Werkstätte Carl Aubock, wo...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Horn
Puiforcat 20th Century Desk Accessories Letter Holder Silver and Wood
By Puiforcat
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Puiforcat
Elegant letter holder in silver and wood by Puiforcat
20th century desk accessories, circa 1970
Original good conditions
Signed under the base
Measures: Heig...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Black and White Glass Inkwell
Located in Wien, AT
Black and white glass ink well
Brass nickel platend
Category
Austrian Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$364 Sale Price
66% Off
Art Nouveau Glass Paperweight with Floral Silver Overlay, c. 1910s
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant paperweight from the early 20th century is expertly crafted of cut glass and floral silver overlay in the manner of Art Nouveau. The translucent glass cube is shaped wit...
Category
American Art Nouveau 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau writing accessoire Carl Witzmann Wiener Werkstätte 1917
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Writing accessoire with two inkwells, model no. 2216 - Mszas 2, Carl Witzmann, Wiener Werkstätte, 1917
Bib.: photograph preserved in the Wiener Werktätte photo archives at the Austr...
Category
Austrian Art Nouveau 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
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
Unknown Modern Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
American Victorian Style Brass Jewelry Box by Wade Manufacturing Group Co.
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
American Victorian style brass jewelry box by Wade Manufacturing Group Co.
Category
English Victorian 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$399 Sale Price
38% Off
Art Deco Bronze Bust Sculpture of a Woman / France, 1930
By Auscher
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco bust of a woman. Silvered bronze sculpture of a moderniste lady.
Mounted over a Italian marble base. Signed on the base Auscher. France 1930
Perfect desk piece or paperweigh...
Category
French Art Deco 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vintage Silver Plate Hand Held Magnifying Glass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A substantial, silver plated hand-held magnifying glass, circa 1980s.
Perfect for the desk top or a library, this heavy magnifying has a ribbed metal handle terminating in a solid b...
Category
Unknown International Style 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Vintage Glass Paperweight, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage glass paperweight is an original Contemporary Design Object realized in the 1970s.
Original art glass.
Made in Italy.
Dimensions...
Category
Italian Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Art Glass Lime Green & Controlled Bubble Paperweight - Mid 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Large vintage studio glass paperweight - lime green and bubble infused - unsigned - mid 20th century.
Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damage - no restoration - surface sc...
Category
Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Italian Mid-Century Glazed Porcelain Leopard Sculpture
By Capodimonte
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Italian Mid-Century porcelain sculpture of a leopard, mid-stride, with open mouth.
Italian hand-painted glazed porcelain standing leopard.
M...
Category
Italian Art Deco 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Fornasetti paper weight with NATO phonetic alphabet with pen rest
Located in London, GB
Rare Fornasetti porcelain paperweight with pen holder.
With the phonetic alphabet
o as in Oscar
P as in Papa
Q as in Quebeck etc..
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Claude Victor Boeltz Gilt Bronze Letter Opener, circa 1970, France.
Located in Brussels, BE
Beautiful Claude Victor Boeltz Letter Opener , circa 1970, France.
Gilt exploded bronze, metal blade.
Dimensions: 24 cm W, 5 cm H, 7 cm D.
Boeltz’s "exploded-bronze" pieces, made fam...
Category
Modern Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Brass Globe Cigarette Holder and Ashtray/Coin Dish, circa 1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original mid-century brass cigarette holder and ashtray or coin dish. The lid slides open on the globe's axis to reveal a metal interi...
Category
Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
Set of Four Vintage Cobalt Blue Ashtrays, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Four cobalt blue ashtrays is an original set of decorative objects realized in the 1970s.
A very beautiful set of four ashtrays made in Italy (a...
Category
Italian Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
$327 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Gucci 5 Piece Desk Set in Crocodile/Alligator Gifted by Frank Sinatra
By Gucci
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A fabulous Gucci 5 piece Desk set in a Crocodile or Allifgator grain leather or real skin. It was gifted by Frank Sinatra to his close friend and neighbor Daniel Schwartz of Rancho Mirage, a neighboring town of Palm Springs.
It is marked on the inside DS Noel FS. It was purchased from the estate of Daniel and Natalie Schwartz. The desk pad has a new green paper blotter. The ink blotter has a new matching green paper. The set is in remarkably good condition. We have a similar set listed for sale on this site. This set dates from the 1970’s. It was featured in an ad in Architectural Digest from the period. The desk pad is approximately 19.25x15.25 inches. The leather is in good condition. There are numerous rough edge spots and minor marks throughout. The letter opener has some gold plate loss. Please see the detailed photos
Provenance:
Black leather pieces gifted by Frank Sinatra to Daniel Schwartz.
Property from the Estate of Daniel and Natalie Schwartz, Rancho Mirage, California.
Footnote:
Frank Sinatra and Daniel (Danny) Schwartz first met in the early 1960s at Sinatra's Cal Neva Resort and Casino in Crystal Bay, Nevada, where they formed a close, decades long friendship.
Schwartz and Sinatra were neighbors at the Tamarisk Country Club, Rancho Mirage and golfed together, spent evenings at Melvyn’s Restaurant, Palm Springs, attended weekly dinner parties with family and friends, enjoyed trips to Las Vegas for games of Baccarat and Sinatra’s performances. Schwartz and his wife, Natalie, hosted Sinatra’s appointment as Honorary Mayor of Cathedral City, California in 1971.
Beyond their friendship, Schwartz and Sinatra shared numerous business ventures including thoroughbred ownership and philanthropic projects such as the Barbara Sinatra...
Category
Italian Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Murano Light Blue Photo Frame by Barovier e Toso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage photo frame with hand blown clear and light blue Murano "Torciglione" glass border / Designed by Barovier e Toso circa 1960's / Original mark on frame / Made in Italy.
Measu...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$1,400 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique British Nautical / Maritime Brass Parallel Ruler by Kelvin & Hughes
By Kelvin & Hughes 1
Located in San Diego, CA
Antique British nautical / maritime solid brass parallel ruler by Kelvin & Hughes, circa 1900. The ruler is in very good vintage condition with a great patina and measures 24"W x 5.7...
Category
English Late Victorian 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Pair Venetian Brass Gondola Seahorse
Located in Rochester, NY
Pair Venetian brass seahorse. Heavy cast brass. This is typical of the decorative mounts on the gondolas used to hold the tie line.
Category
Italian 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$350 / set
Edgar Brandt Style Hand Forged Iron Snake or Serpent Sculpture, Austria, 1920s
By Edgar Brandt
Located in Vienna, AT
A wrought iron Art Nouveau era model of a snake / serpent. High-quality craftsmanship, handmade of forged iron by a Viennese metalworker in the 1920s.
A decorative object, which would look great in your shelf, but also suitable as a paperweight, a jewelry ring holder...
Category
Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Unique Vintage Art Glass
Located in Fairfield, CA
A beautiful vintage art glass featuring a variety of techniques and controlled bubbles to create a unique design.
Category
Modern 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Green Bauhaus Sheet Metal Vintage Letter Scale by Marianne Brandt Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Bauhaus sheet metal letter scale in green color by Marianne Brandt, 1930-1931, for Ruppelwerke, Gotha, Germany.
An iconic letter scale designed by Marian...
Category
German Bauhaus Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Sheet Metal
Adnet style Saddle Leather Waste Basket, 1960s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
True vintage condition leather waste basket in the style of Adnet. Produced in France in the 1960s.
You can see the lives that this bin has lived just by admiring the leather. Rare ...
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Anthroposophical Rudolf Steiner School Desk Organizer Smokers Stand 1920s
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A spectacular sculptural anthroposophical carved wood desk organizer or smokers stand attributed to the Rudolf Steiner workshop in Dornach circa 19...
Category
Swiss Arts and Crafts Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Rare Mannequin Head
Located in Greenwich, CT
A wooden mannequin head, probably a toupe stand, with good color and a well-carved idiosyncratic and compelling face, having laconic eyes and with what ...
Category
German Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Beech
$4,900
Murano Venetian Red Gold Flecks Pulled Feather Italian Art Glass Paperweight
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown red and gold flecks Italian art glass decorative paperweight with label. The paperweight is very bright with high contrast and unique pattern. Loo...
Category
Italian Art Deco 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rare Collectors Set Art Deco Parker Duofold Marbleised Fountain Pen & Pencil Set
Located in Reading, Berkshire
1930's Art Deco Parker Duofold Marbleised Fountain Pen & Pencil Set in Original Parker Box - rare collectors item.
Fountain Pen Made in Canada 14k nib
Geo S. Parker PAT SEP. 5-16
...
Category
American Art Deco 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold Plate
20th Century Fontana Arte Soliflore Vase Model 2392 in Crystal & Nickeled Brass
By Fontana Arte
Located in Turin, Turin
FontanaArte is an Italian company founded in Milan (as Fontana Arte) in 1932 by Luigi Fontana and Giò Ponti and specializing in glass processing and the production of furnishing acce...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Portuguese Mechanical Cash Register
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Mechanical cash register. Widely used to record commercial transactions in stores and commercial establishments. The robust and functional design is composed of a resistant metal body, painted in gray, with a stainless-steel base, guaranteeing stability during use.
The front features a panel of numeric buttons arranged in columns. The yellow buttons seem to be reserved for specific functions, such as subtotal, total or discount calculations, at the top, a mechanical display...
Category
Portuguese Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Dorothy Thorpe Midcentury Crystal Lucite American Knot Paperweight Sculpture
Located in Roma, IT
Midcentury crystal Lucite American knot paperweight sculpture. This wonderful piece was designed by Dorothy Thorpe in America during the 1960s.
An amazing item with a unique knot ...
Category
Central American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Lucite
Mid-Century Modern Group of 5 Murano Colored Glass Paperweights 1950s Italy
By Vetri
Located in Miami, FL
Grouping of 5 Mid-Century Modern Murano glass paperweights from the 1950s manufactured by S.V.C.C. Vetri D’Arte, Italy. Five different colors, Amethyst, Clear, Turquoise, Emerald and...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
$388 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Nostalgic 1960's Italian Ceramic Tiger Cub, Adorable Retro
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Undeniably appealing, Italian retro ceramic tiger cub from the 1960's
Hand painted and glazed, vibrant and striking
Circa 1960's
Signed Italy
Height 10 inch, Width 8 inch, Depth 6 in...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Dice Aluminum Metal Sculpture or Paper Weight Mid-Century Modern, German, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A german vintage aluminum paperweight or sculpture featuring a dice balanced on one corner. Art Deco style, inspired by the 1930s designs of Edgar Brandt. A minimalist dice sculpture...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper
Art Deco Wrought Iron Paperweight
Located in NANTES, FR
Paperweight, decorative wrought iron office object circa 1925.
Executed in Lyon by Henri Fournier establishment "le fer forgé".
Stamped "le fer forgé".
This is probably a unique pie...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Wrought Iron
1930s Curt Schlevogt, Ingrid Collection Bohemian Malachite Glass Dresser Set
Located in Delft, NL
1930s Curt Schlevogt, Ingrid collection Bohemian Malachite glass dresser set
Czechoslovakian moulded in deep relief Bohemian malachite glass dresser set by Curt Schlevogt from the...
Category
Czech Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique English bubble glass paper weight, with a Jack Russel dog, England 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Antique English bubble glass paper weight or paper press, with intaglio of the head of a Jack Russel dog, carved and painted reverse, Essex c...
Category
British 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Table Fan PAL, 220V, 30W Central Europe in the 1980s
Located in Praha, CZ
In good original and functional condition. Silent run.
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Masterpieces from the House of Fabrege by Alexander von Solodkoff
Located in valatie, NY
Masterpieces from the House of Fabrege by Alexander von Solodkoff. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Iillustrated throughout in color with items most...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Paper
Brutalist Brass Sculpture Flowers and Leaves Style of Silas and Jere
Located in New York, NY
A signed brass and metal sculpture of flowers and leaves, Brutalist period, in the style of designers Silas Seandel or C. Jere, circa mid-20th century. A Brutalist sculpture of flowe...
Category
Brutalist 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Brass
Art Deco Spitfire Wooden & Aluminum Airplane Desk Model, Asprey, ca 1940's
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco / Cubist Spitfire wooden & aluminum airplane desk model. Asprey London- ca 1940´s. RAF Supermarine spitfire aluminum airplane desk model, mounted over a display stand.
Airpl...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Aluminum
$2,399 Sale Price
42% Off
Set of 3 Calligraphy Brushes Blue and White
Located in Somis, CA
A set of 3 beautiful porcelain handle Chinese calligraphy brushes. The handles with hand painted round and oval porcelain balls of longevity motifs and basketweave, in classic, timeless blue and white...
Category
Chinese 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
$95 Sale Price / set
45% Off
Female Face Bust Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A striking vintage black ceramic pottery female face bust sculpture, circa 20th century. A great piece for a column pedestal as shown, shelf, mantle, cocktai...
Category
Egyptian Revival 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Large Lighter Key
Located in Paris, FR
Large lighter key
Circa 1970
Nonfunctional.
Category
20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Bust Woman Profile Guido Cacciapuoti 1930
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Stylish Art Deco bronze bust of a woman in profile.
Attributed to Guido Cacciapuoti.
The bronze has a silver patina and stands on a green marble base.
Italy 1930-1940.
We have speci...
Category
Italian Art Deco 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Jacques Adnet Art Deco Chrome Double Inkwell, France 1930s
Located in Atlanta, GA
French designer Jacques Adnet (1901 - 1984) designed this elegant Art Deco modernist chromed metal heavy desk accessory. The piece features a minimalist geometric shape double inkwel...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Murano White Sky Blue Italian Art Glass Pear Apple Fruit Sculpture Paperweights
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown bright white and sky blue Italian art glass pear / apple fruit set. They are created in the style of designers Archimede Seguso and Alfredo Barbin...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Signed Bronze Dish by Italian Gio Pomodoro Il Sestante Galeria
Located in Chicago, IL
A bronze sculpture / dish by Italian artist Gio Pomodoro for Il Sestante Galleria, Milan, Italy, circa 1958.
In the late 1950s the gallery was producing small series of decorative o...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Glass Paperweight by Goran Warff for Kosta Boda, Rare Find - FREE SHIPPING
Located in Bochum, NRW
Beautiful and heavy paperweight designed by Goran Warff and made by KostaBoda in the 1960s.
Hand made of glass, this paperweight is sophisticate, fea...
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
$143 Sale Price
35% Off
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Desk Bell
Located in VALENZA, IT
Desk bell in sterling silver. The bell is smooth with beaded decorations both on the body and on the knob.
The body is perforated to make the bell sound (br...
Category
Italian Other 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Brass
$477 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Underwood Typewriter and Table
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this antique underwood typewriter and table. Both items were found in a place where time stopped. The machine is working perfectl...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Art Deco Spelter Sculpture, Signed: Prof. R. Volpi 2359 Made in Belgium
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Deco
His studio was located in Schaerbeek (Belgium), where he worked as a sculptor for a
company called "Carli et Fréres".
Modeled and cast as two Two Geese with a Child
Beautif...
Category
Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Colored Murano Glass Paperweight, Italy, 1970s
Located in Palermo, IT
Colored Murano glass paperweight, Italy, 1970s
It belonged to my grandfather who bought it during his honeymoon.
Intact, excellent condition.
Category
Italian Vintage 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Murano Glass
$335 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Max Le Verrier Art Deco Bronze Catchall, Bowl, Videpoche France, 1930
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful solid Bronze double patina low relief décor catchall, footed bowl or videpoche.
Stamped Bronze on the reverse and Artist Mark, M. Le Verrier.
A French Art Deco Collector'...
Category
French Art Deco 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Everest Z5R Hand Crank Calculator, Italy
By Everest
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Everest Z5R hand crank calculator. In greyish metal, the Everest Z5R is a 10-key pinwheel calculator from the 1950s. It has a 13-digit main register in the top left corner, an 8-digi...
Category
Italian Modern 20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
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