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Desk Accessories For Sale
Vintage Petrified Wood Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage petrified wood paper weight, circa old! The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown and tan colors and measures 3"W x 3"D x 1.5"H; felt liner on the ...
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15th Century and Earlier Congolese Mid-Century Modern Antique Desk Accessories

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Petrified Wood

Vintage Bamboo Letter Holder Desk Organizer 3 Piece Set
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Bamboo Letter Holder Desk Organizer 3 Piece Set. Set includes letter holder with three compartments on top and a large area on bottom, 11" wide. Pen and pencil cup, 4" tall ...
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Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Adirondack Desk Accessories

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Bamboo

Swedish silver-plated Seal Stamp in Art Nouveau
Located in Knivsta, SE
Swedish silver-plated Seal Stamp in Art Nouveau. Made by GAB, Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden during the early 20th Century. The stamp with the initials T.R. The silver plating with p...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Nouveau Desk Accessories

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Metal

Pair of Italian Mid-Century Solid Gilt Brass Photo Frame, Italy 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Delightful pair of small Italian picure frames finely crafted and engraved in solid brass. These extraordinary jewel frames were made in Italy in the 1950s. Entirely made of golden ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Metal, Brass

Early 20th Century Brass Art Deco Table or Desk Lamp with a Great Patina
Located in Lisse, NL
Practical size Art Deco desk lamp with a wonderful look and feel. There is something about table lamps from the past that you just don't find in modern lamps. If you don't have the right eye than this particular 1920s desk lamp...
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Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Desk Accessories

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Brass

Large English Antique Brass Desk Magnifying Glass / Paperweight c.1910
Located in Bath, GB
Always very popular and a very useful desk-top accessory, this one is one of the larger examples, quite an imposing size. These large circular magnifiers actually are the condenser o...
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1910s British Edwardian Vintage Desk Accessories

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Brass

Fountain pen, Ballpoint pen & Tray for Desk Set enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular tray with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with hand-painted fired enamel like turquoise stone, cm. 9.5 x 18. For fountain pen (4577-5210) with 18 carat gold n...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Holder for 3 pipes by walter bosse vienna around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Holder for 3 pipes by walter bosse vienna around 1950s Original condition
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Brass

Vintage 20th Century Striped Wood Perpetual Desk / Wall Calendar c.1970
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Vintage 20th Century perpetual desk calendar, made from striped wood. There is a small hinged door to one side revealing six knobs, these are used to move forward and rewind the day,...
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1970s British Vintage Desk Accessories

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Wood

Vintage Brown Leather Covered and Hand-Stitched Telephone by Contempra, 1970s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Northern Telecom Contempra Leather clad tone touch Telephone, Desk or Wall Mount.Vintage Northern Telecom Contempra telephone covered in stitched brown leather.Could be used ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Leather, Bakelite

Gucci Gold Metal Letter Opener in Black Leather Case
Located in New York, NY
Gucci gold cast metal letter opener with signature double G logo at handle. Engraved signature on reverse GUCCI Made In Italy Original black leather case with Gucci stamp on back.
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Late 20th Century Italian International Style Desk Accessories

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Metal

Antique 20Thc Lignum Vitae Bulldog Inkwell Jar c.1910
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-20th Century Victorian lignum vitae inkwell carved in the form of a bulldog head. The detail is of exceptional quality, featuring glass eyes and a red felt collar aroun...
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1910s British Other Vintage Desk Accessories

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Glass, Wood

19th Century Small Inkwell in Porcelain and Silver-Gilt in Sevres Style
Located in Paris, FR
Small inkwell crafted in porcelain, the paunch and lid decorated with a frieze of polychromatic floral motives highlighted with gold. The lid topped by a pine cone finial features a ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Desk Accessories

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Silver

Signed A. Seguso Spherical Paperweight in Murano Bubble Glass, Italy 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Fantastic spherical shaped paperweight made mouth-blown Murano crystal glass enriched inside with air bubbles. This rare object was designed in Italy during the 1960s by Archimede S...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

1820's Bronze Inkwell with an Eagle Standing Atop
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A Napoleon III bronze inkwell Encrier. Three winged cupids holding up a bowl with masked faces with an eagle standing atop. Dimensions: H 16cm W 11cm D 8cm Origin: French Date: ...
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Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories

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Bronze

NOS - Mid-Century Modern Carl Auböck Style Brass Initial "R" Paperweight, Japan
Located in St. Louis, MO
NOS in box Mid-Century Modern Brass letter or initial "R" paperweight in the style of Carl Auböck, stamped Japan. I have owned and sold other brass initial paperweights signed Auböck...
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1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Brass

Art Deco Bronze Bird Paperweight Signed P. Sega
Located in NANTES, FR
Art deco paperweight circa 1930. Kingfisher in silvered bronze on a black marble base veined with white. Signature on the base P. Sega for Pierre Sega. In perfect condition. Height:...
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Mid-19th Century French Art Deco Antique Desk Accessories

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Marble, Bronze

Fountain pen, Ballpoint pen and tray for a Desk Set green enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
4640-5320 - Rectangular tray with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on guilloché, cm. 9 x 17.5. For fountain pen (4568-5201) with two-tone st...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Murano Style Art Glass Paperweight with Red
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful large glass paper weight with large bubbles throughout, many symmetrical and a lovely red ribbon spiraling inside. A compliment to any desk, work station or as a decorat...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Art Glass

Space Age 70s Desk Organizer - Vintage Perpetual Calendar Italian Edition
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Charming desk calendar with organizer manufactured by Wing Plastif in the 70s, registered trademark in the UK, produced in Hong Kong at the time when Hong Kong was an English colony....
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1970s Hong Kong Space Age Vintage Desk Accessories

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Plastic

Desk Accessories Letter Holder Swans Silver plated Color France 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Desk Accessories Letter Holder Swans Silver plated metal and Color. France 20th Century
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Metal, Silver Plate

Dice Metal Statue Paper Weight Mid-Century Modern, German, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Super cool Art Deco design sculptural "High Roller" dice paperweight. Nice metal dice atop a nickel base. The best addition to your desk or every room. Found at an estate sale in Nur...
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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Metal, Chrome

Vintage Lady's Gentleman's Mother of Pearl Traveling Walking Swagger Stick Cane
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Very unusual and stylish heavy gauge Mother of Pearl Lady’s or Gentleman’s Travelling two-piece Walking Stick with lavish allover inlay of multi colour Mother of Pearl. Mid Century p...
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Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Hardwood

Antique Silver Artist’s Paint Box by Harry Atkin Sheffield 1892
Located in London, GB
A stunning Antique Silver Artist’s paint box by Harry Atkin, Date Sheffield 1892. A Rare Miniature travelling paint box in excellent condition. The silver on both the outside and the interior is in superb condition. Upon opening, the front cascades down to reveal two wells for water and perhaps mixing colours. The interior is well protected thanks to the interior gilding. The lid engraved “Lettice’s Paint Box”. Lettice is a traditional, English girl’s name most commonly found in the upper classes. The actual paints are not original but the current set of paints are a later acceptable replacement. The miniature brush was with it but not original and doubt it ever had one. Dimensions; W 5” x D 3 1/4” H 1 1/4" About the maker; Atkin Brothers business traces his origin to Thomas Law...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Desk Accessories

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Silver

Antique Victorian Three Bottle Tantalus & Games Compendium 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique Victorian games compendium and tantalus, circa 1880 in date. It consists of three cut crystal liquor bottles with stoppers, a pair of engraved shot glass...
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1880s Antique Desk Accessories

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Crystal, Silver Plate

Antique Baccarat Millefiori Gridel Chruch Paperweight
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : An Antique Baccarat Millefiori Gridel Chruch Paperweight 1848 Date : 1848 Origin : France Features : Three gridel canes, goat, horse and cockerel within a close pack of com...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass

19th Century Inkwell with Imperial Eagle in Portoro Marble and Gilt Bronze
Located in NICE, FR
We would like to present you with this magnificent 19th-century Empire-style inkwell from the Napoleon III era adorned with a raised imperial eagle motif positioned between the two i...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Desk Accessories

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Marble, Bronze

Japanese Vintage Silk Kimono Belt 1970s Chrysanthemum
Located in Paris, FR
This is a Fukuro Obi made in Japan around 1970s. It is made with Silk. You can use as a decoration, a table runner and also as a kimono belt. Obi is a belt of varying size and sha...
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1970s Japanese Showa Vintage Desk Accessories

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Silk

Murano Paperweight with Blue and White Spirals, 1960
Located in Oostrum-Venray, NL
Murano Paperweight with Blue and White Spirals, 1960 Additional information: Dimensions: 6 W x 6 D x 5 H cm Period of Time: 1960 Condition: Good
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Art Glass

Waste Basket, 1980s Germany
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful waste bin in brown vinyl with a leather texture given to the body. Sturdy cylindrical body with reinforced interior and base. Great color and good vintage condition.
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1980s German Vintage Desk Accessories

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Synthetic

Paper weight 1980 Mint Directors Conference
Located in UTRECHT, UT
Issued as gift to attendees at the Mint Directors Conference on 19-21 May 1980 in Utrecht. With 2 1/2 guilder 1980 Proof VERY RARE Only ca. 20 pcs issued Dimensions: 79(b) x 75(h...
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1980s Dutch Other Vintage Desk Accessories

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Nickel

Italian Leather Letter Opener
Located in New York, NY
An Italian black leather gold embossed resin letter opener, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Piece is black leather with gold embossed regal design and a translucent resin brown knife ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Desk Accessories

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Leather, Resin

Antique Black Forest Brienz Hand-Carved Figural Dog Inkwell
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique inkwell is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Austria and date to approximately 1920 and done in the period Black Forest style. The inkwell is composed of a ...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Black Forest Desk Accessories

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Art Glass, Softwood

Textural White Stone Slab
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playful stone stab with textural design. This rectangular slab can easily be displayed on a table or leaning on a shelf. It showcases an abstract design of rounded curves. Dimension...
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Mid-20th Century American Organic Modern Desk Accessories

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Stone

Tiffany Modern Sterling Silver Portable Postage Scale in Original Box
Located in New York, NY
Modern sterling silver portable postage scale, ca 1930. Retailed by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Cylindrical with loose-mounted clip; top ring loose-mounted to pullout counterweight st...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Desk Accessories

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Sterling Silver

Antique Sterling Silver Lady's Vanity Dressing Table Set Hair Clothes Brushes
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stylish Mid Century Grand Tour style English sterling silver ladies' vanity dressing table grooming set of outstanding quality, with superb hand painted enamel detail, depicting exot...
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Pair of 19th Century Gilt Bronze and Marble Incense Burners.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of 19th century gilt bronze and marble incense burners. Pair of 19th century incense burners, Napoleon III period, gilt bronze and marble. h: 42cm, w: 24cm, d: 20cm
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories

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Marble, Bronze

Mid-Century Modern Document File
Located in Denton, TX
mid-century modern desk top document file classic walnut with stainless steel squared post that support the upper level.
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Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Stainless Steel

English Victorian Period 19th Century Wood or Horn Letter Opener
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period letter opener from the 19th century, made of wood or horn. Experience the charm of the Victorian era with this exquisite English Victorian period letter o...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Horn, Wood

Revolver Lighter, 1980s Japan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cool vintage table lighter in the shape of a revolver. Made completely of metal with a hollow body. Classic silver color with beautiful details like a checkered grip. Cool tobacco ac...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Desk Accessories

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Metal

Napoleon III Inkwell
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Napoleon III inkwell gilt bronz and champleve enamel Origin France perfect condition circa 1860. The Napoleon III style had its heyday during the 1850s and 1880s. Emperor Napoleon wa...
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1850s French Napoleon III Antique Desk Accessories

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Enamel

1970s Piero Fornasetti Astonishing Crystal Paperweight Sphere. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1970s Piero Fornasetti astonishing crystal paperweight sphere in excellent condition. Made in Italy. Dimension: diameter 3,14 x 1,57 inches diameter 8 cm x cm 4 H
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Crystal

Vintage Murano Glass Apple Shaped Paperweight
Located in Glasgow, GB
This vintage Murano glass paperweight, shaped in the form of an apple, showcases handcrafted skill and excellence with its intricate internal details and technical creativity. It exe...
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1970s Italian Other Vintage Desk Accessories

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Murano Glass

Late 19th Century Equestrian Card Holder
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A card holder with an equestrian design.
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Late 19th Century British Antique Desk Accessories

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Metal

Art Nouveau Footed Tray Made By Liberty & Co., English Hammered Antique Pewter
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Art Nouveau antique pewter footed tray made by Liberty & Co., Regent Street, London Historic household piece of English pewter with hand hammered stylised decoration Circa 1910 Signe...
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1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Desk Accessories

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Pewter

Daum Nancy Glass Inkwell
Located in New Orleans, LA
This beautiful cameo glass inkwell displays the brilliance of the renowned Daum Nancy, a firm long celebrated for their masterful ability to recreate the beauty of nature in glass. A...
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20th Century French Art Deco Desk Accessories

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Glass

Mid 19th Century Brass Bound Mahogany Writing Box
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Mid 19th centurt brass bound writing box Date : c1850 Period : Victorian Origin : England Decoration : Brass bound mahogany with central vacant brass cartouche. Internally ...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Desk Accessories

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Brass

Hermes, Paris, Equestrian / Horse Head Letter Opener, c.1960
Located in Bath, GB
A highly collectable letter opener or paper knife made in gilded bronze and dating to c.1960; a scarce-find in the gold colour. The handle is in the form of a horse head, beautifu...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Vintage PM Craftsman "Tug of War" Brass Children Playing Figural Bookends - Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage PM Craftsman "Tug of War" Brass Children Playing Figural Bookends - a Pair. Circa 1980s Measurements: Each: 5" H x 6" W x 3.5" D
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1980s Hollywood Regency Vintage Desk Accessories

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Brass

Serge Mansau for Fratelli Guzzini Italy MCM Designed Lucite Tape Dispenser - NOS
By Fratelli Guzzini, Robert P. Gottlieb, Serge Mansau
Located in St. Louis, MO
Serge Mansau (1930-2019) for Fratelli Guzzini Italy mid-century modern designed clear lucite tape dispenser, new old stock. Great desk accessory. See my other listing for vintage R...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Steel

18th century mythological Dutch Delft tile with decoration of a Castle
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands Amsterdam 1800 – 1825 An unusual landscape tile with the decoration of a castle at a river with in the front a man with a boat, painted within a circle. With a very ...
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1740s Dutch Antique Desk Accessories

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

18th century mythological Dutch Delft tile with decoration of Vertumnis & Pomona
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Rotterdam Ca. 1740 Atelier Hendrick Schut A very fine painted tile with mythological decoration after Ovidius. What is special is that this tile has a decoration from Roman mytholog...
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1740s Dutch Antique Desk Accessories

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Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

XL Calligraphy Brush Jade Archer's Rings 17" Engraved
Located in Somis, CA
The extra large, extraordinary 17" Chinese calligraphy brush captivates with its fusion of history, symbolism, and artistic finesse. Comprising a collection of seven jade Archer's ri...
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2010s Chinese Qing Desk Accessories

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Jade

Seguso Murano Egg Paperweight in Murano Glass with Gold Dust, Italy 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Fantastic egg-shaped paperweight made in mouth-blown Murano glass with gold leaf inside. This incredibly charming paperweight was designed by Archimede Seguso in Italy during the 195...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Desk Accessories

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Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Louis Vuitton Monogram Pilot Briefcase Serviette
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Louis Vuitton Monogram Pilot Briefcase Serviette
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Late 20th Century French Desk Accessories

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Leather

Kodak No 2 Folding Pocket Brownie Model B 120 Roll Film Camera USA 1909
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Kodak No 2 Folding Pocket Brownie Model B 120 Roll Film Camera USA 1909 The No 2 Folding Pocket Brownie is a folding camera made by Kodak in Rochester, NY, USA, from c. 1909. It has...
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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Desk Accessories

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Leather, Glass

French Louis XIV Style Gilt Bronze Foliate Form Inkwell 20thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
French Louis XIV Style Gilt Bronze Foliate Form Inkwell 20thC Measures- 2.75''H x 7.5''W x 5.75''D
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20th Century Louis XIV Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Fontana Arte Glass Italian Design 1950s Desk Sets of 3
Located in Palermo, IT
Fontana Arte desk set (Pietro Chiesa). The glass is a splendid nile green color. Below you will find the measurements of each piece. Note: We try to offer our customers an excellent...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Accessories

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Metal, Brass

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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