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AUSTRIAN COLD PAINTED BRONZED CARPET SELLER INK STAND AFTER FRANZ BERGMAn
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely made in Austria stamped Ink well depicting an Arabic carpet seller which is after and original design by Franz Bergman
This is a very ...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Spelter
$548 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Serpentine Paperweight, Chinese, Soapstone, Marble, Desktop, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique serpentine paperweight. A Chinese, stone and marble dragon fish figure, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Distinctive...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone, Marble
Quality Antique Victorian Staffordshire Greyhound
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Victorian Staffordshire Greyhound inkwell having a greyhound laying on a shaped blue coloured base, hand painted in wonderful blue an...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Victorian Tatum's Dual Postal Ink Stand with Two Crystal Inkwells
Located in Stamford, CT
Hard to find antique Victorian Tatum's dual postal inkwell stand with two crystal inkwells in a decorative iron stand with hinged lids and three pen quail rests. The inkwell is signed Tatum's Postal Ink Stand and is in very good condition, a nice desk...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Iron
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English Coromandel & Ormolu Mounted Four Piece Desk Set Mid 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful and highly decorative antique Victorian ormolu mounted coromandel four piece desk set by the renowned London maker of luxury items, Betjemann & Sons, cira 1860 in...
Category
1860s English Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu
Rare English Victorian Silver Plated Novelty Inkwell - Reg. 1856
Located in Bath, GB
A rare Victorian silver plated novelty inkwell fashioned in the form of a barrel on stand, in turn standing on a brick paving; beautiful detail such as...
Category
1850s British Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
$933 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Renaissance Victorian Style Brass Lion Head Double Pen Desk Inkwell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Renaissance Victorian Style Brass Lion Head Double Pen Desk Inkwell. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 3.75" H x 13.5" W x 10" D.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique English Burr Walnut & Hand Painted Porcelain Stationery Box, circa 1850
Located in Bath, GB
A quite wonderful and romantic stationery box, ready to grace the finest of desk-tops.
Made from burr walnut the wedge shaped box is smothered in fine quality polished brass mount...
Category
1850s English Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$3,293 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Enameled Pocket Watch Stand, Jewelry Stand, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful pocket watch stand, or jewelry stand, France, circa 1880.
Brass with enameled ornaments.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Three 19th Century Black Forest Carved Walnut Inkwells Monkey Kingfisher Bulldog
Located in Haarlem, NL
Set of three antique Black Forest hand carved walnut wood hinged ink wells with glass insert eyes.
Made during the mid-late 1800s, in the Brienz area of Switzerland.
I have seen ...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Walnut
$2,320 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Travel Inkwell, Silvered, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful travel inkwell with a silver plated lid and a bottom of black leather.
On the lid are the initials of a former owner grounded in.
Several stamps are on the side of the lid....
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
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 Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Antique Desktop Specimen Case, English, Miniature Chest of Drawers, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique desktop specimen case. An English, mahogany and brass miniature chest of drawers in Art Nouveau taste, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Beautiful...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Playing Cats or Kittens, Gilded Bronze Desk Set, c.1890
Located in Bath, GB
A rare and magnificent English desk set made from gilded bronze in superb condition. The set consists of a pair of candlesticks, a pen tray, an inkwell, a seal and a letter opener.
...
Category
1890s British Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
$3,952 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Quality antique Victorian oak stationary box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality oak stationary box having a sloping front and a pair of oak doors opening to reveal a fitted interior, bearing a presentat...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
Antique Gutta-Percha Inkwell, Desk Pen Tray With Glass Insert, Circa 1880s
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkstand with one glass for the ink in the center.
Made of Gutta-Percha in a very nice condition.
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Resin
Antique English Bronze, Brass and Glass Inkstand / Inkwell, circa 1870 Victorian
Located in Bath, GB
A truly unusual and quite spectacular Victorian inkstand made from cast polished bronze standing on cast reticulated feet. The gallery around the back is also pierced or reticulated ...
Category
1870s English Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
English Officers Equestrian Silverplate, Enamel & Hoof Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
English Officers Equestrian silver plate, enamel and hoof inkwell, an exquisite example with a portrait of the beloved horse, expertly mounted, possibly b...
Category
1890s English Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate
$956 Sale Price
45% Off
Antique Candle Sticks and Inkwell Émeaux de Bresse Desk Set Enamel Brass France
Located in Munich, DE
This beautifully enamelled set comprising an inkwell and two candlesticks will cheer up any room. A fine example of the wonderful enamel work executed in Bresse around 1870. The mast...
Category
1870s French Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Money Box Bear Statue Made of Brass
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Money Box Bear Statue Made of Brass
Item e7265
A beautiful brass money box depicting a bear. The money box has a money slot on the back and can be d...
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Equestrian / Jockey CAP Inkstand / Inkwell, C.1890
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome Horseshoe shaped inkstand, the base made from solid English Oak mounted with a silver plated horseshoe and a square gallery to secure the glass inkwell.
The glass inkwell is topped with a hinged brass lid in the form of a Jockey's cap with a silver plated peak, slight wear to edge.
There is a support for a dip pen...
Category
1890s British Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Oversized Antique English Olivewood Stationery Cabinet by Betjemann & Leuchars
Located in Northampton, GB
Bearing a Duke’s Coronet
From our Writing Boxes collection, we are delighted to offer this exceptional Victorian Olivewood Stationery Cabinet. The Cabinet of large size finished in ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Gutta-Percha Inkwell, Original Glass Inserts, Circa 1880s
Located in Greven, DE
Exceptional Gutta-Percha inkwell with original glass inserts.
Category
1880s Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Resin
$283 Sale Price
30% Off
Victorian Novelty Knife Box Shaped Wooden Inkwell
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and stylish British Victorian inkwell in the form of a wooden knife box dating from the 19th century. The box hand crafted in mahogany is of ta...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Dore Gilt Gold Metal Double Inkwell Set
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th-century dore gold stag double ink well is an elegant and ornate piece crafted with a sense of luxury typical of the era. The glass Jars with delicate tops make this piece except...
Category
1890s English Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Antique English Figural / Novelty Ostrich Inkwell C.1880
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome and substantial novelty inkwell in the form of a running Ostrich standing on an oval shaped base with a naturalistic base incorporating two "rocks" acting as a pen rest. I...
Category
1890s British Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$823 Sale Price
20% Off
Yorkshire Prattware Mexborough Chapel Moneybox
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Staffordshire Pottery Yorkshire money box which features Mexborough Chapel - with the box owners name, 'MIRIAM WINN', printed on the front. Flanked by two figures standing either sid...
Category
1840s English Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Pottery
Antique Cloisonné-Emaille Desk Set, Bronze Doré, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Exceptional Enameled Desk Set of a box and a seal stamp, France circa 1880.
Beautiful Cloisonné- enamel work in bold blue, turquoise, red and beige colours.
Measures:
Stamp- or matc...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Insurance Agent's Desk Tidy, English, Office Letter Organiser, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique insurance agent's desk tidy. An English, mahogany letter organiser, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Established as a sister company to the Ocean...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
Victorian Brass Knob and Bevelled Iron Paperweight, England 1840's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Rectangular Solid Bevelled Iron and Brass Knob Paper Weight, Mid 19th Century.
This truly charming Victorian desk accessory is very decorative and functional.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Iron
Grand French Three-Piece Desk Set, Hand Painted Porcelain Inset, circa 1860
Located in Bath, GB
Wonderful to find a top-notch, highly decorative and most unusual desk set, French in origin dating to around 1860. Made from nutty coloured burl Walnut, all three pieces are mounted with the most wonderful polished brass mounts all inset with fabulous hand painted porcelain plaques.
Our restorer had to remove all the mounts to professionally clean and on doing so found the name of the figure depicted on the plaques, "Ninon De Lenclos" a French Author, Courtesan, Freethinker and Patron of the Arts.
The set is made up of a Stationery box with brass swing handles each side; the box complete with a working tasselled key. The box opens to reveal the wonderful original gilded leather lining with the original paper lining the sides of the dividers. The lock and hinges are beautifully engraved, a true sign of quality.
The next piece is a hefty large oval Walnut Inkstand with a large glass inkwell...
Category
1860s French Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$3,019 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Grand English Bulldog Novelty Inkwell with Glass Eyes, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent English Victorian inkwell made from solid English brass having been professionally polished to gleam.
This grand figural dog inkwell was modelled in the form of an E...
Category
1890s English Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$1,531 Sale Price
20% Off
A Pair Victorian Casted and Gilded Iron Candle Stick with Bears
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A Pair Victorian Casted and Gilded Iron Candle Stick with Bears
A pair great Victorian casted iron candle sticks with gilded finish and marble base, Germany circa 1860. Each depicti...
Category
Mid-19th Century Danish Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Iron
Antique Correspondence Case, Scottish Leather, W & J Milne, Edinburgh, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Cadmus correspondence case. A Scottish, leather compact desktop organiser by W & J Milne of Edinburgh, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Cadmus was...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
Antique Cloisonné-Emaille Inkwell, Bronze Doré, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkwell with Cloisonné-Enamel, France circa 1880.
Stamped at the bottom "M B 5 9".
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Victorian sterling silver inkstand with gallery border - London 1900
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1900 by William Hutton & Sons, this attractive, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Ink Stand, features a shared and pierced gallery style border, and two cut ...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique lacquered wooden inkwell with matching glass inkwells
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, AR
A late Victorian wood and bronze double inkstand with a molded ogival base and two carved quill rests.
Category
1890s Argentine Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal
English Victorian Boar's Tooth Magnifying Glass
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian silver-plate magnifying glass with a boar's tooth handle (silver marking/chip to glass)
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Bone
Large French Napoleon III Carnelian Desk Seal With Blank Matrix
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large French Napoleon III Carnelian Desk Seal with Blank Matrix
France, circa 1870s
A large French Napoleon III carnelian desk seal with a blank matrix, dating to circa 1870s. This o...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Carnelian
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Chained Bear Pillbox Made of Brass
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Chained Bear Pillbox Made of Brass
Item e7255
A beautiful little brass statue of a bear chained to a tree stump. The bear's head can be opened. The figure can be used as a bo...
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th century Embossed Bronze Inkwell
Located in Savannah, GA
Bronze inkwell intricately embossed with scroll work. Features include a pen vest and back tray and double inkwells with griffins on the back gallery. A continental piece possibly Au...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
$275 Sale Price
63% Off
English 19th Century Victorian Shoe Care Set with Original Leather Case
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique English Victorian period shoe care set from the 19th century, with four brushes and original leather case. Created in England during the reign of Queen Victoria, this shoe...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass, Other
Antique Double Inkstand With Glass Inserts, Gutta-Percha, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkstand with two crystal inkwells.
The base and the lids are made of gutta-percha, a molded resin, France, circa 1880.
The lids fe...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Resin
$323 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century English Victorian Letter Holder
Located in Forney, TX
An English Victorian black and gilt decorated mother-of-pearl and papier mâché stationary letter / card holder or desk stand with stunning, exceptionally executed city scape hand painting portrait.
Born in the mid 19th century, hand-crafted of ebonized lacquered papier mâché then elaborately decorated, polychromed, hand painting, mother-of-pearl inlays and gold leaf floral foliate scroll motif decoration, high styling with circular border framing the finely hand painted central pastel colored city scape scene.
Dimensions (approx):
8.25" H, 9.75" W, 3.25" D
Provenance:
Acquired from the estate of the late T. Boone Pickens (1928-2019). An American business magnate, billionaire, financier, and philanthropist.
Acquisition:
J. Garrett Auctioneers had the pleasure of presenting Pickens' collection of 18th and 19th Century furnishings and accessories. This piece comes from the iconic Texas and Oklahoma...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Other
Papier Mâché Inkstand w/ Drawer & Crystal Inkwells English Jennens & Bettridge
Located in Savannah, GA
This high quality Papier-Mache desk set is beautifully hand painted in a floral motif and features inlaid mother of pearl and the original pair of cut glass inkwells with brass tops....
Category
1840s English Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
$575 Sale Price
27% Off
Small 1820s Travel Inkwell, France
Located in Greven, DE
Wonderful antique travel inkwell in a cover of red leather.
France, early 19th Century.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Mahogany Double Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian mahogany and brass inlaid trim double inkwell with crystal wells having copper top lids and letter holder backrail.
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Copper
Pair Of Antique Inkwells, Glass and Silvered, Circa 1880s
Located in Greven, DE
Pair of antique glass inkwells with silvered lids, France, circa 1880s.
Category
1880s Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
19th Century Japanned English Victorian Papier Mâché Mother of Pearl Desk Set
Located in Forney, TX
An English Victorian Japanned papier mache desk set with mother of pearl inlay and elaborate rich polychrome painted flower decoration.
The charm...
Category
19th Century Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Other
Pair of Victorian Cherub Bookends
Located in Redding, CT
Pair of Cherub bookends. Made of black metal and of the Victorian time period. Price is for the pair.
Category
1880s American Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Inkwell, "D´Bengue Paris", Docteur Jules Bengué
Located in Greven, DE
Antique Limoges porcelain inkwell, France late 19th century.
A depiction to preserve medications, manufactured under the brand Docteur Bengué.
On the bottom is a stamp "Pyrol".
On th...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
$361 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Large Gorham Inkwell
By Gorham
Located in High Point, NC
19th century marked Gorham inkwell with a sterling top and collar and handblown base. It retains the original handblown ink pot.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver
Antique Victorian Large Horn Handle Magnifying Glass desk Accessory
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Large Horn Magnifying Glass. This was purchased from an estate and appears to be early.
Uncertain to maker and origin.
The brass rim is bent in slightly in one small are...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
1880s Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Lantern Inkwell
By Thomas Smily
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, unusual antique Victorian English sterling silver inkwell in the form of a lantern; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver inkwell has been realistically modelled in the form of a lantern.
The cylindrical body of this impressive Victorian ink bottle is encompassed with vertical pales.
This antique ink bottle...
Category
1880s English Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Bronze Extinguishing Cradle, Signed Bronze Miniature Bust, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Exceptional extinguishing cradle made of heavy bronze.
The handle is designed as a man's bust.
The artist's initials "CH" can be found on the top.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Late 19thC Spelter Ink Stand Centered with a Gun Dog
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late 19thC spelter ink stand Centred with a Gun Dog with pheasant in its mouth, flanked by glass inkwells in a shaped base c1890 Measures: 10" W x 5" D x 5" H.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Spelter
Antique Victorian quality ebonised and brass desk set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality ebonised and brass desk set having a quality ebonised and ornate brass desk set with a pen tray and the original glass ink well with a brass top
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique English Victorian Boulle Inkwell by JC Vickery
Located in Northampton, GB
The inkwell with a square base having four faceted faces leading up to a central boulle lidded square glass inkwell with brass collar. The Boulle work finished in typical fashion wit...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Rare Victorian Gilt Bronze Table Bell
By Gustav Bergmann
Located in Dereham, GB
Rare Victorian Gilt Bronze Table Bell.
In the Form of a Circular dining table.
The Etched Table cloth decorated with flowers,
And frill detail at the bottom of the table cloth.
Applied on top with a cat, Photoframes and Binoculars
The Centre with a Gas table lamp...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
$1,976 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Female Bust Wood with Diamond Eyes Magnifier
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Victorian magnifier depicting a woman's head adorned with a 14-karat gold wire necklace with one diamond and diamond eyes on a 12.5" ebony stem with a 3.5...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Victorian Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Victorian desk accessories for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Victorian desk accessories for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage desk accessories created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Victorian desk accessories made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original desk accessories, popular names associated with this style include Edward & John Barnard, Elkington & Co., Charles Thomas Fox & George Fox, and John Grinsell & Sons. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for desk accessories differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $115 and tops out at $48,500 while the average work can sell for $1,195.
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