{"title":"Desk \u0026 Library","description":"\u003cp\u003eDistinctive pieces, personally chosen. Explore the newest additions first.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"figural-inkwell-gnome-inkwell-on-71648","title":"Figural Inkwell, Gnome Inkwell on Engraved Dish, Patinated Metal Desk Stand — French Style, 19th Century Attribution","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe nineteenth-century desk was a stage for small sculpture, and no object gave the sculptor more licence than the inkwell. Ink needed a lidded vessel; the century's makers decided the lid might as well be a character — and desks across Europe acquired owls, monkeys, jesters, and gnomes whose heads tipped back each time a pen was dipped. The joke had a purpose: an inkwell handled twenty times a day earns its keep better as a companion than as a jar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis inkwell is attributed to the nineteenth century, in patinated metal: a bearded gnome in a soft cap, wide-eared and solemn, his robe falling in cast folds to form the well itself, standing at the centre of a broad circular dish engraved edge to edge with scrolling arabesque ornament — the dish serving as the pen tray and catch for drips. The head is the lid: it tips back on its hinge to open the ink reservoir within, which the piece retains. Look at the face under a raking light — the brow, the drooping moustache, the individual strands of the beard are all worked with the modeller's full attention, character-making of a kind that mass production never spent on a desk object. The patina is deep and unpolished, pooling dark in the engraving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe metal is sound, the hinge works, and the surface carries its unrestored age evenly, as the photographs show. Whoever dipped their pen under this gnome's gaze before you kept him at work. He belongs on a desk, a library shelf, or in a cabinet of small curiosities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inkwell is solid metal with its original reservoir, twenty centimetres across the dish. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — worldwide shipping and US import duties are included. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nDish diameter: 20 cm (7.9 in) · Height: 13.5 cm (5.3 in) — the footprint of a dessert plate\u003cbr\u003e\nPatinated metal; hinged head lid; engraved dish; ink reservoir present\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good condition for age; deep unpolished patina, working hinge, sound throughout\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081821323609,"sku":"LM-P-215","price":490.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8412306889_ba0h.jpg?v=1787930029"},{"product_id":"vintage-brass-ram-bookends-pair-of-38475","title":"Vintage Brass Ram Bookends, Pair of Fighting Bighorn Sheep on Black Wood Bases, Mid-Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eBookends are sculpture with a job to do, and few subjects ever suited that job like a pair of rams. When the confronting-animal motif spread through European decorative arts in the twentieth century, the charging ram became a natural choice: an animal whose whole purpose is to press its weight against something. Apart, these are two sculptures; with a row of books between them, they become one charge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pair dates, by design, material, and patina, to the mid-twentieth century — an informed estimate, as they are unsigned and no maker is recorded. Each ram is cast in solid brass with spiral-ribbed horns curling close against the head, mounted in a rearing stance on a black-finished wooden plinth base with a rounded front edge. Note how the weight is thrown onto the forelegs, hindquarters low and braced — the stance of an animal mid-charge, not an animal posed. The brass has mellowed to a warm, uneven gold, with natural verdigris settled deep in the recesses of the horns where a century of polishing cloths never reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe patina is even across the bodies, and the wooden bases show light, honest wear to their edges, with small chips to the black finish consistent with decades of shelf duty. Whoever owned these rams before you kept them working. They are ready for a library shelf, a desk, or the mantel of a study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach ram is over half a century old by our estimate and still standing its ground. The pair arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nEach bookend: 17.5 × 11 × 12.5 cm (6.9 × 4.3 × 4.9 in) — each roughly the height of a hardcover novel\u003cbr\u003e\nCast brass figures on black-finished wooden bases\u003cbr\u003e\nSold as a pair · Unsigned, no maker recorded\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good vintage condition; warm even patina with natural verdigris in horn recesses; edge wear and small finish chips to the wooden bases\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081842131289,"sku":"LM-V-172","price":595.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8391093843_g1vg.jpg?v=1787565015"},{"product_id":"art-deco-elephant-bookends-pair-34644","title":"Art Deco Elephant Bookends Pair, Patinated Metal on Marble Bases — French Style, circa 1920s–1930s","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1920s and 30s, the elephant charged through French decorative arts. The Paris colonial exhibitions had turned every drawing room's imagination toward Africa and Asia, and the animal sculptors of the day answered with elephants — trunk raised, ears spread, caught mid-stride on slabs of marble. As bookends they were a small theatre for the shelf: two animals forever advancing toward each other, with a row of books holding them apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pair is in the French Art Deco taste, and by style and materials we place it in the 1920s or 1930s — an informed estimate, as the pair is unsigned and no maker is recorded. Each elephant is modelled mid-stride with trunk raised, in patinated metal with a deep green-brown surface, mounted on a thick rectangular plinth of rose-grey veined marble with canted corners. Look at where the patina has rubbed to a lighter tone — the trunk, the ears, the ridge of the back — because on a piece handled for decades the wear falls exactly on the high points a hand or a cloth reaches first, a pattern no artificial ageing gets quite right. Raised-trunk elephants of this school remain among the most sought-after Deco bookend subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth figures are sound and both plinths sit flat, with light, honest rubbing to the patina's high points and minor wear to the marble edges, as the photographs show. Whoever shelved their books between these elephants before you kept them well. They are ready for a library shelf, a desk, or a mantel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pair is around ninety years old by our estimate, in metal and marble. It arrives professionally packed and fully insured — worldwide shipping and US import duties are included. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nEach bookend: approx. 23 × 9 × 17.5 cm (9.1 × 3.5 × 6.9 in) — each roughly the footprint of a hardcover book\u003cbr\u003e\nPatinated metal figures on veined marble plinth bases\u003cbr\u003e\nSold as a pair.\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good condition for age; even patina with honest rubbing to high points, minor wear to marble edges\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081843540313,"sku":"LM-V-171","price":710.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8390985461_42vu.jpg?v=1787565025"},{"product_id":"vintage-red-desk-letter-holder-gilt-97850","title":"Vintage Red Desk Letter Holder, Gilt Tooled Border Design, Tiered Correspondence Rack","description":"\u003cp\u003eGilt-tooled borders and a small central floral motif were a familiar language on writing desks through much of the twentieth century, borrowed from bookbinding traditions where leather and gold leaf marked something as worth keeping. This letter holder wears that same decorative vocabulary, its deep red surface framed with a fine gilt geometric border and a small gilt floral crest on each tiered section. Practical as much as decorative, it would suit a desk or console where correspondence is kept in view rather than filed away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe letter holder has three graduated tiered sections rising from a flat rectangular base, each panel finished in deep red with a gilt-tooled geometric border and a central gilt floral motif near the top edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 26 cm \/ 10.2 in wide, 11 cm \/ 4.3 in deep, 12 cm \/ 4.7 in high\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Gilt-tooled tiered desk letter holder\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081894199641,"sku":"TBL-DEC-022","price":200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8331813886_h1kp.jpg?v=1787565437"},{"product_id":"pair-of-art-deco-greyhound-bookends-83487","title":"Pair of Art Deco Greyhound Bookends, Bronze Dogs on Red Marble, French Style Bookstands","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe greyhound running low and stretched, front paw reaching forward, was a favored pose for animalier sculptors working through the Art Deco decades, the breed's long lines suiting the era's taste for streamlined, dynamic form. This pair captures that exact moment mid-stride, each bronze-toned dog set on a small pedestal at the corner of a red marble block, the veined stone running in warm rust and cream tones. Set on a bookshelf or desk, they bring genuine sculptural interest to a practical object, the kind of pair that draws a second look before anyone reaches for the books between them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach bookend has an L-shaped red marble base with prominent white veining, mounted with a bronze-finished greyhound figure in a running pose, each dog standing on a small columned pedestal. Both bookends in the pair share the same running pose and finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is offered as a matched pair of bookends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Bronze-finished metal (spelter\/régule), red marble base\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Art Deco greyhound bookends\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions (per bookend): 16 cm \/ 6.3 in long, 7 cm \/ 2.8 in wide, 11.5 cm \/ 4.5 in high\u003cbr\u003e\nSet: Pair, matched running pose\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplore more \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/decorative-objects-1\"\u003edecorative objects\u003c\/a\u003e, or read our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/condition-standard\"\u003econdition standard\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081894265177,"sku":"DEC-GLS-005","price":695.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8328305386_gmti.jpg?v=1787565444"},{"product_id":"antique-bronze-reclining-dog-inkwell-78367","title":"Antique Bronze Reclining Dog Inkwell, Napoleon III Style, Late 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe head lifts and turns aside to reveal what this figure was really built for — not simply an ornament for a shelf, but a small vessel of daily use, the dog's body forming the well and its hinged head the lid, a piece of engineering hidden inside a moment of sentiment. Novelty inkstands shaped like sleeping or reclining animals flourished through the Napoleon III era, a time when the writing desk had become a stage for personality as much as correspondence, and a visitor was expected to smile at some small, unexpected detail before a single letter was begun. It evokes the atmosphere of a study from that period, gaslight flickering over dark wood and leather, the dog resting exactly as a real one might beside its owner's chair, half companion, half curiosity. One can imagine it lifted and set down thousands of times over a century and more, a hand reaching for it almost without looking, which is perhaps why its surface carries the deep, well-handled patina it does today, rubbed warm at the high points where fingers found it again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inkwell is cast in bronze in the form of a reclining dog, legs tucked beneath the body, the hinged head lifting away to access the well beneath. The bronze has developed a rich, dark patina over time, with warmer reddish-brown tones showing through at the high points, worn smooth by handling. The original glass or ceramic ink insert is no longer present. The piece is sold in its found condition, with the patina left untouched.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is offered as a single inkwell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Bronze\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Napoleon III style novelty inkwell, reclining dog form\u003cbr\u003e\nDate: Late 19th century\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Sold in found condition; attractive natural patina; original ink insert is missing\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081895379289,"sku":"LM-E-107","price":285.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8369348593_i56v.jpg?v=1787565528"},{"product_id":"antique-art-nouveau-bronze-and-wood-77225","title":"Antique Art Nouveau Bronze and Wood Inkwell, Whiplash Handle Desk Stand with Letter Opener, Circa 1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe handles of this inkwell curl outward in the unmistakable whiplash line of Art Nouveau design, sweeping loops of bronze that seem to grow organically from the wood rather than sit fastened to it, as though the metal itself had been caught mid-motion and left to cool that way. Desk sets like this one belonged to a moment when even the most functional objects on a writing table — the inkwell, the letter opener, the tray beneath them — were reimagined as small works of decorative art, every curve borrowed from the stems and petals of nature rather than the straight lines of the century before. It evokes the atmosphere of a study around 1900, gaslight or an early electric lamp burning low, correspondence still composed by hand, dipped and blotted rather than typed, on a desk that was itself expected to reflect the taste and modernity of the room around it. One can imagine it holding pride of place on a writer's or merchant's desk, used daily yet never merely utilitarian. Brought into a home today, it carries that same sculptural presence into a modern space, useful still, but admired first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inkwell stand has a rectangular mahogany-toned wood base mounted with two large scrolled bronze handles, each cast with fanned Art Nouveau foliate and floral motifs. At the center sits a square-cut glass inkwell with a hinged bronze lid, decorated with a geometric inlaid motif. A bone-handled letter opener with a slender blade rests across the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is offered as a single desk set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. US import duties are included in the price. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Bronze, wood, glass, bone (letter opener handle)\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 25 x 20 cm \/ 9.8 x 7.9 in\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Art Nouveau desk inkwell with letter opener\u003cbr\u003e\nDate: Circa 1900\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59081895772505,"sku":"LM-E-109","price":535.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8321445180_i76m.jpg?v=1787565531"},{"product_id":"francois-monnet-stainless-steel-card-79196","title":"François Monnet Stainless Steel Card Holder for Kappa — French, 1970s","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy the 1970s, a small circle of French designers working for editors like Kappa had begun applying industrial materials to objects that had, until then, been treated as an afterthought — the card tray, the letter holder, the small thing on the corner of a desk. François Monnet was among them, known for taking a single sheet of stainless steel and folding it into forms with more sculpture in them than their function strictly required.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis card holder follows that approach exactly: a single fold of stainless steel that opens on a simple hinge to reveal a ridged interior tray. Note how the fold itself does all the structural work — there is no separate hinge mechanism, no added bracket, just the steel bent back on itself at precisely the right point to swing open and shut on its own memory, the kind of economy of means that defines Monnet's best small objects. The interior carries the maker's stamp of Carnaud Passe-Lindet, the metalworking firm understood to have executed Monnet's designs for Kappa in steel. The surface carries a warm, even patina consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever kept this on their desk kept it well. Wear is light and honest — faint surface scratching and minor oxidation consistent with decades of handling — with the hinge and folding action still sound. It is ready for a desk, a console, or an entryway table.\u003cbr\u003e\nIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nLength: 16 cm (6.3 in) · Width: 8.5 cm (3.3 in) · Depth: 4 cm (1.6 in) — roughly the size of a deck of playing cards\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: stainless steel\u003cbr\u003e\nMaker's mark: Carnaud Passe-Lindet, visible to the interior\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: very good vintage condition; light surface wear and minor oxidation consistent with age; hinge and folding action sound\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59082636984665,"sku":"LM-V-053","price":460.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8249944042_rumt.jpg?v=1787566070"},{"product_id":"vintage-black-stone-and-brass-catchall-95653","title":"Vintage Black Stone and Brass Catchall Tray, Ashtray or Bookend, Cream Inlay Accent","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a piece built to do more than one job — heavy and solid enough to work as a single bookend, shallow enough at the top to double as a catchall tray or ashtray. Multi-use objects like this were a staple of mid-century decor, valued as much for material contrast as for function.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body is a solid black stone block, square and beveled at the edges, bisected cleanly by a thin cream inlay strip running straight through its center. Set into the top is a round brass dish, its surface carrying the scratched, warm patina that comes only from genuine handling over the years — real use rather than applied distressing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece presents in very good vintage condition, with minor edge wear to the black stone consistent with age and the brass dish showing its characteristic worn patina throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece is packed securely and shipped fully insured. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Black stone, brass dish, cream inlay strip\u003cbr\u003e\nFunction: Catchall tray, ashtray, or single bookend\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Vintage, mid-century\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Very good vintage condition, minor edge wear\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59083504484697,"sku":"LM-V-025","price":220.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8278365920_h1fh.jpg?v=1787566257"},{"product_id":"antique-oak-barograph-brass-mechanism-65777","title":"Antique Oak Barograph, Brass Mechanism with Chart Drum — English, 1930s","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe barograph traces its origins to the meteorological instruments of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, when a household or ship's study wanted more than a single barometer reading — it wanted a continuous record of the atmosphere's rise and fall over days at a time. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn aneroid capsule stack, sensitive to the smallest pressure changes, drove a brass arm that traced a line onto a slowly rotating paper drum, turning invisible weather into a visible, unbroken chart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis example, English, 1930s, houses that mechanism in a substantial oak case with a moulded cornice and stepped bracket feet, glazed on the front so the full works stay visible at rest. Inside, the recording arm still rests against its cylindrical drum, wrapped in an aged paper chart with its original grid lines intact. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote how the brass arm's linkage sits in overlapping layers rather than a single flat bar — the stacked capsule mechanism that let earlier barographs register pressure changes far smaller than any single dial could show, a level of mechanical refinement rarely built into instruments once cheaper aneroid barometers became common. The brass throughout carries a warm, even patina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever kept this instrument recording before you kept it well. The oak case shows honest, age-consistent wear, and the brass mechanism retains excellent patina; the chart drum and its original paper chart remain in place. Sold as a display piece rather than a working instrument, it is ready for a study, library, or desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReturns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nWidth: 35 cm (13.8 in) · Depth: 20 cm (7.9 in) · Height: 29 cm (11.4 in) — roughly the size of a large shoebox\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: solid oak case with glazed front, brass mechanism, paper chart\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good antique condition; honest wear to the case, excellent brass patina; chart drum and original paper chart present\u003cbr\u003e\nSold as a decorative and display piece\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59086851998041,"sku":"DEC-GLS-005","price":1730.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8086059164_33ea.jpg?v=1787566878"},{"product_id":"vintage-leopard-pen-holder-cast-metal-37841","title":"Vintage Leopard Pen Holder, Cast Metal Safari Desk Organizer, Wood Base","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere's a particular kind of desk accessory that refuses to just sit there quietly — this one includes a leopard mid-recline, head turned as if something across the room just caught its attention. Cast in metal and finished with a cool, silver-toned surface, the figure does double duty: sculpture first, desk companion second.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe detailing carries the piece: individually rendered spots across the coat, a relaxed but alert posture, paired with a small sculptural stump-form pen rest cast in the same metal and mounted alongside on a single polished wood base. The wood itself has the kind of warm, deepened patina that only comes from years of handling — the base of an object that's been picked up, moved, and set back down countless times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis style sits at the intersection of two mid-century enthusiasms: Scandinavian and Continental European fondness for sculptural desk objects, and the era's broader fascination with safari motifs and exotic wildlife rendered in clean, modern materials. It's a piece built for a working desk that wanted a bit of personality on it — equally suited to holding a fountain pen today as it was decades ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pen holder presents in good vintage condition, with minor age-related wear consistent with use and display — the wood retains a warm patina, while the cast metal figure carries attractive vintage character.\u003cbr\u003e\nCarefully packaged to ensure safe delivery, with worldwide shipping included in the price. US import duties are covered; for other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Cast metal, polished wood base\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Mid-Century Modern, safari-inspired\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: Width 18 cm \/ 7.1 in, Depth 12 cm \/ 4.7 in, Height 7 cm \/ 2.8 in\u003cbr\u003e\nPeriod: Circa 1960s–1980s\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition, minor wear consistent with use and display\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59087112438105,"sku":"TBL-DEC-014","price":230.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8352105549_5khe.jpg?v=1787566960"},{"product_id":"antique-bronze-toned-inkwell-ivy-relief-09760","title":"Antique Bronze-Toned Inkwell, Ivy Relief Design — French Art Nouveau, Circa 1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eArt Nouveau designers turned everyday desk objects into small studies of nature, and the inkstand was a favorite subject — a functional tool given the winding, organic lines of ivy or vine, as though the metal itself had grown into shape rather than been cast. By 1900, this treatment had become one of the movement's signature gestures: ornament drawn directly from plant life, applied to the most ordinary corners of daily work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis inkstand, French, circa 1900, carries that ivy vocabulary across its full surface. Two glass inkwells with hinged lids sit within a metal base worked in relief with trailing ivy leaves and vines, the foliage picked out in a lighter gold-toned finish against the darker bronze ground. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA shallow, spoon-shaped pen rest runs along the center. Note how the ivy vines wrap continuously around the openings for each inkwell rather than sitting as a flat border pattern — the kind of sculptural, three-dimensional relief that distinguishes genuine Art Nouveau casting from a later flat-stamped imitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever kept ink at this desk before you kept it well. The metal shows honest wear and oxidation consistent with well over a century of use, and both glass inkwells remain intact. It is ready for a desk, library table, or study shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nWidth: 24 cm (9.4 in) · Depth: 13 cm (5.1 in) · Height: 8 cm (3.1 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: bronze-toned metal, glass inkwell inserts\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good antique condition; honest wear and oxidation consistent with age; both glass inkwells intact\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59087979970905,"sku":"TBL-DEC-013","price":310.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8263229664_6qfv.jpg?v=1787567189"},{"product_id":"vintage-1970s-gucci-red-leather-desk-tray-36999","title":"Vintage 1970s Gucci Red Leather Desk Tray – Gold Double-G Logo Paper Organizer, Rare Designer Office Accessory","description":"\u003cp\u003eGucci's double-G, that interlocking mark born from Guccio Gucci's own initials, has appeared on saddles, handbags, and shoe buckles since the house's earliest decades in Florence. Here it turns up somewhere quieter: a desk tray, sized for the everyday clutter of a working desk, cut in rich red leather with the gold logo and twin gold bars set along the top edge — the same hardware language the house used across its leather goods, borrowed for something built to hold letters and pens rather than be carried out the door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe leather has the kind of deep, saturated colour that only comes from full-grain hide properly tanned, structured into clean, architectural lines — practical shape, but with real presence. It's a small object doing a genuinely useful job: organizing paper, holding a pen, giving a desk a single point of order — while still looking, unmistakably, like something that came from a house that has never made an ordinary object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePieces like this rarely surface. A 1970s Gucci desk accessory, complete and still bearing its original hardware, is the kind of find that collectors of designer vintage look for specifically — not decoration borrowing a name, but a genuine artifact of the house's reach into everyday office life. On a desk, it turns paperwork into something that at least looks considered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis tray presents in good vintage condition, with minor signs of wear consistent with age that add character and authenticity — a well-preserved luxury piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach item is carefully packed to ensure safe delivery, with complimentary worldwide shipping included. Returns accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Leather with gold-tone metal detailing\u003cbr\u003e\nColour: Deep red\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 27 cm wide, 38 cm long, 6.5 cm high\u003cbr\u003e\nBrand: Gucci\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: 1970s designer office accessory\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition, minor signs of wear consistent with age\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59088486170969,"sku":"TBL-DEC-012","price":575.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.7964957648_mb9x.jpg?v=1787567366"},{"product_id":"vintage-leather-style-letter-holder-81550","title":"Vintage Leather-Style Letter Holder, Green and Gold Desk Organizer, Paper Sorter with Compartments, Classic Office Decor","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere's a particular satisfaction in a desk with a place for everything — the letters not yet opened kept apart from the ones already answered, the notepad within reach, nothing sliding into a single chaotic pile. This letter holder was built for exactly that discipline: three tiered compartments rising behind a shaped front panel, each one deep enough to hold a proper stack of correspondence without letting it spill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe green surface carries a leather-like grain, worked to catch light along its ridges, while gold trim traces the edges and front in a restrained, architectural pattern rather than heavy ornament. It's the kind of detailing that rewards a second look — a thin gilt line here, a small decorative flourish there — the sort of craftsmanship that assumes someone will actually be sitting close enough to notice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePieces like this belong to a particular era of the private study: when a desk was expected to project order as much as house it, and the objects on it — blotters, letter openers, holders exactly like this one — were chosen as carefully as the furniture itself. It sits just as naturally as a functioning organizer today, holding mail, notebooks, or stationery, as it once held the correspondence of someone's daily business.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis letter holder presents in good vintage condition, with minor signs of wear consistent with age — imperfections that add to its authentic character and collectible appeal.\u003cbr\u003e\nCarefully packaged to ensure safe delivery, with worldwide shipping included in the price. US import duties are covered; for other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Leather-style finish over wood, gold decorative trim\u003cbr\u003e\nCompartments: Three-tiered, for letters, documents, and papers\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: Height 19 cm \/ 7.5 in, Width 29 cm \/ 11.4 in, Depth 12 cm \/ 4.7 in\u003cbr\u003e\nOrigin: Likely Europe\u003cbr\u003e\nPeriod: Circa 1960s\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good vintage condition, minor wear consistent with age\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59089128587609,"sku":"TBL-DEC-011","price":285.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8055534415_t1rv.jpg?v=1787856754"},{"product_id":"antique-bronze-inkwell-19th-century-63685","title":"Antique Bronze Inkwell, 19th Century, French Style Marble Base, Hinged Desk Accessory, Writing Collectible","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore the fountain pen made ink portable, the inkwell anchored the desk — a fixed point a writer returned to again and again, dipping a nib and setting it back down. This bronze inkwell carries that ritual with it still, its hinged lid opening the same way it did for whoever last used it to write a letter, sign a document, or begin something they never finished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bronze body rises from a square marble base, its lid lifting to reveal the original ink compartment inside — a small, tactile piece of everyday history rather than a purely decorative object. The bronze has developed a natural patina over more than a century, while the marble base grounds it with quiet, classic weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inkwell presents in good antique condition, with visible patina and signs of age that only deepen its character and authenticity. This is a piece that wears its history openly rather than hiding it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery item is packed individually and arrives professionally packed, fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping.\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: Solid bronze, marble base\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 11 cm high, 11 cm × 11 cm base\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: French \/ 19th-century Writing Accessory\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Good antique condition, natural patina consistent with age\u003cbr\u003e\nIncludes: Inkwell only\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59089169580377,"sku":"TBL-DEC-009","price":185.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8007674792_coll.jpg?v=1787567579"},{"product_id":"vintage-hand-painted-wooden-double-64318","title":"Vintage Hand-Painted Wooden Double Inkwell, Floral Detailing — French Style, 1950s","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore fountain pens gave way to ballpoints, the writing desk needed a proper stand to hold its ink — usually a wooden base with one or two lidded wells, dressed up enough to sit in view rather than be tucked in a drawer. Hand-painted decoration turned what was, at its core, functional furniture for the ink bottle into something meant to be looked at while the pen was set down between letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis inkwell, in that tradition and dating to the 1950s, is built as a rectangular wooden base carrying two square, hinged-lid ink pots at either end. The surface is hand-painted with a delicate floral and scrollwork pattern in gold against the wood's warm reddish-brown tone. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote how the floral vine follows the curved profile of the base's edge rather than sitting as a straight repeating border — the kind of considered layout that separates genuinely hand-painted decoration from a printed or stenciled pattern applied without regard for the object's shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever kept ink at this desk before you kept it well. The wood and painted decoration both show minor, honest wear consistent with age, adding character rather than detracting from it. It is ready for a desk, library table, or study shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured — we handle the paperwork and worldwide shipping. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nWidth: 27 cm (10.6 in) · Depth: 15 cm (5.9 in) · Height: 9 cm (3.5 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterials: painted wood\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good vintage condition; minor wear consistent with age\u003cbr\u003e\nDouble ink pot design with hinged lids\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59089191076185,"sku":"TBL-DEC-008","price":160.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8055502809_1az3.jpg?v=1787864992"},{"product_id":"antique-french-victorian-bronze-inkwell-25713","title":"Antique French Victorian Bronze Inkwell, Gilt Square Desk Inkstand with Pen Rests — France, 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore the fountain pen and long before the keyboard, the inkwell was the centre of every desk that mattered. A writer, a lawyer, a minister, a merchant — anyone whose work passed through paper kept one within reach, and the quality of the inkwell announced the quality of the mind behind it. The Victorian period, which produced correspondence in quantities that no age before or since has matched, turned the inkwell into an object of serious ambition: cast in bronze, chased with ornament, fitted with pen rests, and placed where it would be seen by everyone who sat across the desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis inkstand is French, nineteenth century, cast in gilt bronze as a square platform rising in stepped tiers to a central inkwell with a hinged circular lid. The surface is chased across every face with the dense ornamental vocabulary of the period: egg-and-dart borders frame each tier, acanthus scrolls fill the raised centre panel beneath the well, and the outer border carries alternating rosettes and foliate swags in continuous repeat — the work of a chaser who understood that ornament at this scale must be readable from across a desk. At the right side of the platform, a pen rest bar sits on two turned supports, its position telling you exactly how the piece was used: pen laid across it, lid flipped open, the writer's hand moving between rest and well without lifting from the surface. The hinged lid opens fully on a knuckle hinge and sits upright while in use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever kept this inkstand before you preserved both the bronze and the hinge intact. The gilt carries honest age-consistent wear to the high points, and the interior of the well shows the verdigris of dried ink — evidence of a working life, not a display piece. The glass ink reservoir is missing, as noted, and the piece is sold as the bronze stand alone. It sits well on a desk or a library shelf, and it will hold a pen today as well as it did a hundred and fifty years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured. US import duties are our responsibility. For other destinations, local import taxes and duties may apply and are payable by the recipient. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nSize: 13.5 × 13.5 cm (5.3 × 5.3 in) — roughly the footprint of a hardcover book\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: gilt bronze; hinged lid; pen rest bar on turned supports\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle\/Period: French Victorian, 19th century\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — US import duties covered; local import taxes and duties elsewhere may apply and are payable by the recipient\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good antique condition; age-consistent wear to gilt at high points; hinge intact and functioning; glass ink reservoir missing (sold as bronze stand only); verdigris to interior of well consistent with use\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59338408788313,"sku":"LM-E-231","price":440.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8492802820_c8k0.jpg?v=1788876557"},{"product_id":"antique-french-art-deco-horse-head-44858","title":"Antique French Art Deco Horse Head Bookends, Signed M. Leducq, Green Patina on Black Marble — France, circa 1930","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Art Deco period brought the horse's head into the drawing room with a new kind of confidence. Where the nineteenth century had favoured the full animal — galloping, rearing, in full animalier drama — the Deco sculptors understood that the head alone, severed cleanly at the neck and mounted on a plain base, carried more presence than the whole. It was a lesson learned from antiquity: the Greek horse-head fragments in the great museums of Europe had been influencing French sculptors since the eighteenth century, and by the 1920s and 1930s the type had become one of the defining objects of the modernist interior — poised, reduced, unsentimentally beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pair is French, circa 1930, signed M. Leducq, each bookend modelled as a horse's head in green-patinated régule, the bridle picked out in original gilt brass — a thin, precisely bent rod that runs from the bit ring at the mouth back along the cheek, the contrast between the warm gold metal and the cool verdigris green of the patina doing the work that elaborate modelling does in heavier pieces. The heads face inward, toward each other and toward the books they hold, the composition that makes a pair of bookends work as a unified object. The modelling of the face is confident and economical: the eye socket deep and clearly defined, the nostril flared, the ears pricked forward — the alert horse rather than the passive one — and the mane indicated by close parallel incised lines along the crest rather than individually carved strands, the restraint of a sculptor who understood his scale. Each head sits on a rectangular black marble plinth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever shelved their books between these horses before you kept both pieces together with their original bridle details intact. The green patina is consistent and attractive across both figures, deeper in the recesses of the modelling and brighter on the cheekbones and crest — the natural variation that builds over decades and cannot be replicated on a new casting. The marble bases are sound and sit flat; some light wear is present as noted and photographed. They are ready for a library shelf, a study, or a desk that deserves them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey arrive professionally packed and fully insured. All duties and import charges are our responsibility — you pay nothing beyond the listed price. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nSize: each — Height 13 cm (5.1 in) · Base 13 × 7.5 cm (5.1 × 3 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: green-patinated régule figures; original gilt brass bridle; black marble bases\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle\/Period: French Art Deco, circa 1930 — signed M. Leducq\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — all import duties paid by us, nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good; green patina consistent across both figures; original brass bridles present; light wear and minor defects as photographed; marble bases sound\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59360823247193,"sku":"LM-E-256","price":790.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8548106781_kvwa.jpg?v=1789044556"},{"product_id":"antique-french-silvered-bronze-stag-72928","title":"Antique French Silvered Bronze Stag Bookends on Marble Bases — French Animalier School, Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe reclining stag was one of the animalier school's most considered subjects. Where the bellowing stag at the rut demanded drama and the stag at the gallop demanded speed, the reclining animal demanded something harder: stillness that reads as life, repose that carries the suggestion of alertness. The best animalier sculptors understood that a deer lying down is not a deer at rest — it is a deer that has chosen, for the moment, to be still, and that can be on its feet in a second. Getting that quality into a static bronze required the kind of observation that only comes from time spent watching the actual animal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pair is French, early twentieth century, each bookend modelled as a reclining stag in silvered bronze — forelegs folded, hindquarters to one side, the head raised and turned slightly outward, antlers carried with the easy authority of a mature animal. The silvering gives the figures a cool, precise finish that reads well against the warm rose-veined marble of the rectangular bases — the colour contrast between metal and stone doing the work that a more elaborate composition would achieve with ornament. Note how the two stags mirror each other: one turning left, one turning right, the facing composition that makes a pair of bookends work as a unified object when a book stands between them. The modelling of the neck and chest is confident — the musculature present but not overstated, the coat suggested by surface texture rather than individual hair-by-hair engraving, the economy of a sculptor working at a scale where restraint reads better than detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey arrive professionally packed and fully insured. All duties and import charges are our responsibility — you pay nothing beyond the listed price. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nSize: each — Height 10.5 cm (4.1 in) · Base 13 × 7.5 cm (5.1 × 3 in) — each roughly the height of a standard hardcover book lying flat\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: silvered bronze figures; rose-veined marble bases\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle\/Period: French animalier school, early 20th century\u003cbr\u003e\nWeight: 2.313 kg the pair (5.1 lb)\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — all import duties paid by us, nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: very good; silvering sound across both figures; marble bases firm and unchipped; light honest wear consistent with use\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59360823279961,"sku":"LM-E-222","price":595.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8547575593_qm0a.jpg?v=1789044559"},{"product_id":"antique-french-silver-plated-four-piece-69122","title":"Antique French Silver-Plated Four-Piece Desk Set, Inkstand, Letter Rack, Blotter and Notepad Holder — France, Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe complete desk set was the Edwardian and early twentieth-century equivalent of the matched luggage set — an announcement that the person who sat here took their correspondence seriously, and that their desk was a place where things of consequence were written. The great French silverplate houses produced these ensembles in matched patterns, each piece sharing the same border profile, the same foot form, the same surface treatment, so that a desk furnished with the full set read as a single considered object rather than an accumulation of individual pieces. A complete set, all four pieces present and matching, is considerably rarer than the individual components.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis ensemble is French, early twentieth century, in silver-plated metal, hallmarked on each piece. The four items share a shaped cartouche border — the rocaille-influenced outline with its concave curves and acanthus-scroll feet that places the set in the Louis XV revival tradition popular in the better French silverplate houses of the Belle Époque and early century. The inkstand is the centrepiece: a shaped tray on four scroll feet, with a pen rest ledge in reeded metal and a crystal inkwell with a silver-plated hinged lid topped with a ribbed ball knop. The letter rack stands on four matching scroll feet, its shaped back panel following the same border profile as the tray; the notepad holder is a flat-bordered frame in the same pattern; and the blotter rocker completes the set, its curved underside and shaped top handle consistent with the ensemble throughout. Note how the hallmark appears on each piece individually — the mark of a house that understood its customers would check, and that matching marks across a set are the proof of provenance a collector looks for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever wrote their letters at this desk before you kept the full set together and in fine order. The silver plate is bright and well matched across all four pieces; the crystal inkwell is sound; the wear is the light, honest kind that comes from regular use on a working desk. The set is ready for its next desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured. All duties and import charges are our responsibility — you pay nothing beyond the listed price. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nSize: Inkstand base 26.5 × 17 cm (10.4 × 6.7 in) · Height 13 cm (5.1 in) · Letter rack 14.7 × 13.9 cm (5.8 × 5.5 in) · Notepad holder 18.6 × 9.6 cm (7.3 × 3.8 in) · Blotter 13 × 7.4 cm (5.1 × 2.9 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: silver-plated metal throughout; crystal inkwell with silver-plated lid; hallmarked on each piece\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle\/Period: French Louis XV revival, early 20th century\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — all import duties paid by us, nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: very good; silver plate bright and well matched across all four pieces; crystal inkwell sound; light honest wear consistent with use\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59364182163801,"sku":"LM-E-221","price":615.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8547548133_nlj8.jpg?v=1789070358"},{"product_id":"antique-french-art-deco-swan-bookends-87384","title":"Antique French Art Deco Swan Bookends, circa 1930 — Pair of Patinated Metal Swans on Marble Bases, Stamped Made in France","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe French Art Deco workshops of the 1920s and 30s turned the bookend into a small stage: animals caught mid-gesture, mounted on slabs of dark veined marble, sold in pairs through department stores and given as wedding gifts across France. Swans were among the favourites — the arched neck and swept-back wings gave sculptors exactly the kind of streamlined curve the era prized.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a pair of swan bookends, each bird cast in patinated metal — fonte d'art, the French trade term for decorative art casting — with wings raised in the stylised, fan-like manner typical of the period and heads lowered as if gliding. The patina is the quiet star here: a mottled polychrome finish shifting between verdigris green, teal blue, and warm russet across each body, applied cold to the casting to imitate the depth of aged bronze. Each swan sits on a rectangular base of dark marble shot through with red and white veining, and the underside of one tail carries a stamped MADE FRANCE mark, photographed and legible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey reach us in honest condition for their ninety-odd years — patina intact and evenly mellowed, marble bases sound with the small edge-softening expected of the stone, and both birds firmly mounted. We pass them on as we received them, cleaned and cared for but never restored beyond need. On a bookshelf they do their intended work; on a mantel or console they stand just as well as a facing pair of sculptures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn plain terms: a pair of French Art Deco swan bookends from around 1930, patinated metal on marble bases, each about the height of a coffee mug and together weighing 2.38 kilos — just over five pounds — stamped Made in France, with the casting metal described conservatively as patinated metal rather than bronze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nSize: each approx. 12 cm high x 17 cm long (4.7 x 6.7 inches) — about the height of a coffee mug\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: patinated metal (fonte d'art) on marble bases\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle-Period: French Art Deco, circa 1930\u003cbr\u003e\nWeight: 2.38 kg the pair\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — we handle the paperwork, with all import duties paid by us; nothing to settle on delivery.\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good antique condition; original polychrome patina intact, marble bases sound with light edge wear, both mounts firm\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59383898440025,"sku":"LM-E-278","price":575.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8509323360_2mcm.jpg?v=1789175355"},{"product_id":"antique-french-rouge-marble-inkwell-with-65505","title":"Antique French Rouge Marble Inkwell with Brass-Mounted Hinged Lid — Late 19th Century Style Desk Inkstand","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore the fountain pen displaced the dip pen entirely, a desk inkwell was as much a fixture of a writing table as the paper itself — weighted in stone so a careless elbow wouldn't tip it, fitted with a hinged cap to keep the ink from drying between uses. This one was built for exactly that daily use, its solid marble mass doing the quiet work of keeping a nib and a temper both steady.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an inkwell carved from a single block of mottled red marble in a stepped pyramidal form, the body rising from a moulded rectangular plinth to a rounded, cone-topped cap. A brass-mounted hinged lid, its surface finished in a fine engine-turned guilloché band, opens on a pivot to reveal the well itself, which held a removable glass liner cup — the type of fitted insert used across nineteenth-century inkstands so the ink reservoir could be lifted out and cleaned separately from the stone body. No maker's mark is visible in the photographs supplied, so we attribute the piece to the late nineteenth century by style only, not as a documented date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt reaches us with an old, stable repair to one edge of the marble base, visible as a fine fill line along the front moulding, and with the smaller of its two glass liner cups cracked — both are shown honestly in the photographs rather than described away. The marble body itself is sound, the hinge swings freely, and the brass mount shows only the soft tarnish expected of age. We pass it on as received, repair and crack included rather than hidden. On a desk or bookshelf, it holds its footing the way it always did — heavy enough not to be pushed aside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn plain terms: a French rouge marble inkwell with a brass hinged lid, no date claimed beyond a late nineteenth-century style attribution, about the size of a coffee mug turned upside down, with an old repair to the base and a cracked glass liner cup, both shown in the listing photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nSize: approx. 9 cm high x 15 cm deep x 13 cm wide (3.5 x 6 x 5 inches) — about the size of a coffee mug turned upside down\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: rouge marble, brass mount\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle-Period: late 19th century style, no date claimed\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — we handle the paperwork, with all import duties paid by us; nothing to settle on delivery.\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good antique condition with noted faults; old stable repair to one edge of the marble base, smaller glass liner cup cracked (both shown in photographs), marble body otherwise sound, hinge operates freely, brass with light tarnish\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59482061635929,"sku":"TBL-DEC-022","price":230.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8542922982_dygr.jpg?v=1789757955"},{"product_id":"antique-french-art-deco-fan-motif-51129","title":"Antique French Art Deco Fan-Motif Inkwell, Geometric Silver-Tone Metal — France, circa 1930","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Art Deco desk set brought the era's signature motif — the sunburst fan — into the writer's daily tools with genuine architectural intent. Where the nineteenth century had dressed its inkwells in acanthus and scrollwork, the Deco designers of the 1920s and 1930s reached instead for the stepped fan, the ziggurat, the radiating line: forms borrowed from cinema façades and skyscraper crowns, scaled down to sit at the corner of a desk. An inkwell in this style was as much a statement about the era as it was a functional object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis inkwell is French, circa 1930, cast in a silver-toned metal with a boldly geometric fan-form base. The body radiates outward from a central hinged lid in a symmetrical arrangement of stepped, splayed panels — each panel bordered with a raised egg-and-dart style edge and finished at the tips with small stepped feet, the silhouette reading unmistakably as a sunburst fan seen from above. At the centre, the lid lifts on a hinge to reveal the ink chamber, its surface bearing a cast reference number in the recess — the manufacturer's mould mark rather than a maker's signature, but evidence of a piece produced from a considered and numbered design. Between the radiating panels, the metal is pierced in small floral and foliate cutouts, a lighter decorative touch against the otherwise hard geometry of the fan. Note how the piece is built almost entirely without a flat resting surface — every element steps or radiates, the sculptural confidence of a designer unwilling to let any part of the object sit passively.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe metal carries an honest silver-toned patina with visible age and surface wear, as photographed; the hinge functions and the piece sits securely despite its unconventional footprint. It sits well on a desk or a library table, a small piece of the Art Deco moment made functional.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured. All duties and import charges are our responsibility — you pay nothing beyond the listed price. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nSize: approximately 23 × 10 cm (9.1 × 3.9 in) — height not recorded\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: silver-toned metal\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle\/Period: French Art Deco, circa 1930\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — all import duties paid by us, nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good; visible patina and surface wear consistent with age, as photographed; hinge functions correctly\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59526944653657,"sku":"LM-V-319","price":615.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8603121175_cft8.jpg?v=1790013556"},{"product_id":"antique-mahogany-and-brass-desk-inkwell-71112","title":"Antique Mahogany and Brass Desk Inkwell with Glass Pot — Europe, 19th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe desk inkwell of the nineteenth century was a working object before it was a decorative one — every letter, every ledger entry, every signed document passed through it, and the person who owned a good one understood that the tools of correspondence deserved the same care as the correspondence itself. The combination of a hardwood tray with a fitted glass pot was among the most sensible designs the period produced: mahogany for warmth and weight on the desk, brass for the durable fittings that took daily handling, and a removable glass pot that could be lifted out, cleaned, and refilled without disturbing the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis inkwell is European, nineteenth century, in mahogany with brass banding and a clear glass ink pot. The tray is a shaped mahogany platform with an arched raised back rail, bordered on all sides with a brass strip inlay that follows the tray's curved outline — the metal edge protecting the wood from the daily wear a desk accessory receives. At the centre, a stepped square recess, also brass-bordered, holds the glass pot in place. The pot itself is a solid clear glass cube with a hinged brass lid — a domed cap that lifts on a simple pivot hinge to reveal the ink chamber below, a magnifying-lens style glass disc set into the collar that would have helped the writer see the ink level at a glance. Note how the glass pot's solid faceted form — square-cut rather than turned — gives it real weight in the hand, a small object built not to tip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhoever kept this inkwell before you used it for its intended purpose across many years — the wood tray shows the honest marks of ink and use across its surface, the brass fittings carry age-appropriate patina, and the glass pot is sound with its hinge functioning. It sits well on a desk or a library table, ready for a fountain pen or simply as a piece of writing history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt arrives professionally packed and fully insured. All duties and import charges are our responsibility — you pay nothing beyond the listed price. Returns are accepted within 30 days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS:\u003cbr\u003e\nSize: Tray approximately 16 × 16 cm (6.3 × 6.3 in) · Glass pot approximately 5.5 × 5.5 cm (2.2 × 2.2 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: mahogany tray with brass banding; solid glass ink pot with hinged brass lid\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle\/Period: European, 19th century\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — all import duties paid by us, nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good; wood tray with honest age-related marks and patina; brass fittings with age-appropriate wear; glass pot sound with functioning hinge\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59526944686425,"sku":"LM-V-320","price":400.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8603018687_7roh.jpg?v=1790013556"},{"product_id":"veined-black-and-gold-marble-inkwell-36190","title":"Veined Black and Gold Marble Inkwell, Brass-Hinged Lid on Oval Base","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarble desk sets — inkwells, blotters, and pen trays carved and polished from a single slab — were a staple of the well-appointed writing desk from the 19th century onward, prized as much for the natural veining of the stone as for their function, since no two pieces of marble ever read quite the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis inkwell is carved from a dense black marble with dramatic beige and gold veining running through it, set on a broad oval base with a cylindrical well and a matching hinged lid mounted on a brass hinge. No maker's mark or date is visible on the piece, so it is offered as an antique-style desk piece rather than with a specific attributed date. The polish alone is doing real work here — mineral veining like this runs all the way through the stone rather than sitting on the surface, so a marble carver has to cut and polish blind to some extent, never knowing exactly how the pattern inside a block will land until the final surface is ground and buffed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition is excellent. The inkwell has clearly been well kept, and now moves forward to a new desk. Well suited to a writing desk, a study, or a display cabinet, where its veining catches the light from more than one angle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasuring 32 x 20 cm across the base, it has substantial scale and real heft for a desk accessory — solid marble rather than a hollow or composite piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\nSize: 32 x 20 cm (12.6 x 7.9 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: veined black and gold marble with a brass hinge\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle-Period: antique-style desk piece\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide — we handle the paperwork, with all import duties paid by us; nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: excellent\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59590090359129,"sku":"LM-V-239","price":375.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8573174438_fzxe.jpg?v=1790423959"},{"product_id":"tiered-wooden-letter-rack-in-dark-05133","title":"Tiered Wooden Letter Rack in Dark Mahogany-Tone Finish, Four Slots, Moulded Base, Desk Organizer","description":"\u003cp\u003eBills at the back, letters to answer at the front: a rack like this brings order to a desk without hiding anything away. Its dark, warm finish suits a study lined with books. It is a quiet, useful piece that makes a desk look settled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe letter rack is made of wood in a dark mahogany-tone finish, set on a two-step moulded base. A tall compartment runs the full width at the back. In front of it, a lower section is split into three slots by two short dividers with rounded tops, and shaped side panels curve down from back to front. Tiered racks like this put the tallest slot at the back and the lowest at the front, so every envelope stays visible at a glance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rack is in good vintage condition, with a few small marks to the lacquer. Its small marks have been left as they are, not refinished. On a writing desk, a hall table or a kitchen counter, it holds letters, notebooks, envelopes and cards in order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat it's made of: wood with a dark mahogany-tone lacquered finish, with four slots and a moulded base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: Length 36 cm (14.2 in) · Depth 15 cm (5.9 in) · Height 19 cm (7.5 in) — a little longer than a school ruler\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: wood, dark lacquered finish\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle-Period: classic desk style\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide · we handle the paperwork and pay all import duties · nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good vintage condition; a few small marks to the lacquer\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59612857631065,"sku":"LM-V-446","price":260.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8591223510_1tis.jpg?v=1790638161"},{"product_id":"leather-desk-letter-holder-with-26867","title":"Leather Desk Letter Holder with Gilt-Tooled Borders, Matching Notebook and Pencil, Monogrammed S.P., Desk Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhoever S.P. was, they kept a well-ordered desk. Their initials are stamped in gold on the front of this leather letter holder, which still comes with its matching notebook and a slim pencil. It is a set that makes a desk feel personal and composed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe letter holder is covered in warm tan leather, with thin gilt-tooled lines framing every panel. It has a curved back, a tall compartment at the back, a lower divided section at the front, and a flat stepped base. The initials \"S.P.\" are stamped in gold at the lower right of the front. A matching leather-covered notebook stands in the rear compartment, and a small pencil sits in its own slot beside it. Lines like these are traditionally made by pressing heated brass tools through thin metal leaf onto the leather, fixing a fine line of gold into the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set is in very good vintage condition. The initials stay, as part of the piece's history. On a writing desk or a hall table, it keeps letters, cards and notes in one place, with the notebook ready for a message.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set: a gilt-tooled leather letter holder monogrammed \"S.P.\", a matching leather-covered notebook and a small pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: Holder: width 23 cm (9.1 in) · depth 9 cm (3.5 in) · height 11 cm (4.3 in) — about the length of a business envelope · Notebook: 15 × 11 × 3 cm (5.9 × 4.3 × 1.2 in)\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: leather over wood, gilt tooling, paper notebook, pencil\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle-Period: classic gilt-tooled leather desk style\u003cbr\u003e\nMarked: initials \"S.P.\" stamped in gold on the front\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide · we handle the paperwork and pay all import duties · nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: very good vintage condition\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59612857762137,"sku":"LM-V-445","price":285.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8591278598_aag6.jpg?v=1790638161"},{"product_id":"gothic-revival-style-inkwell-pierced-22894","title":"Gothic Revival Style Inkwell, Pierced Gold-Tone Metal Cage with Twisted Columns, Faceted Glass Well and Stopper","description":"\u003cp\u003eA tiny cathedral for a pot of ink: pointed arches, twisted columns and finials, all in gold. It fits in the palm of a hand, but it gives a desk a real sense of architecture. It is a small piece with a great deal of character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA square cage of pierced gold-tone metal stands on four small feet. Each corner is a twisted column topped with a flame-like finial, and each side is filled with tracery of pointed arches and leaf and heart shapes. Inside sits a faceted glass ink well, closed with a faceted glass stopper. The pointed arches and tracery come from medieval cathedral windows, and nineteenth-century designers revived them for everything from churches to desk accessories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inkwell is in good vintage condition, with light wear to the gilt finish. It keeps its glass stopper. On a writing desk it holds ink for a dip pen, and in a cabinet of curiosities it sits as a small architectural ornament.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAssembled from: a pierced gold-tone metal cage with twisted columns and finials, a faceted glass ink well and a glass stopper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: Height 8 cm (3.1 in) · Length 7 cm (2.8 in) · Width 6 cm (2.4 in) — about the size of a tennis ball\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: gold-tone metal, faceted glass\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle-Period: Gothic Revival style\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide · we handle the paperwork and pay all import duties · nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good vintage condition; light wear to the gilt finish\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59618628600153,"sku":"LM-V-496","price":310.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8643724223_tfw7.jpg?v=1790687361"},{"product_id":"napoleon-iii-style-double-inkstand-24059","title":"Napoleon III Style Double Inkstand, Patinated Metal with Relief Scrolls, Two Lidded Wells with Bud Finials, Paw Feet","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo lidded wells stand side by side on a small tray, like a pair of domed pavilions on a terrace. The whole piece is covered in relief scrolls and leaves, softened by a warm, dark patina. It gives a writing desk a sense of order and occasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inkstand is a rectangular tray of patinated metal, raised at each end and decorated all over with scrolling foliage in relief. It stands on four curved legs ending in paw feet. At the centre sit two cylindrical ink wells banded with dot decoration, each closed by a hinged domed lid with leaf decoration and a bud-shaped finial. Two wells were usual on a working desk, one for black ink and one for red, which clerks and letter writers used for accounts and corrections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inkstand is in very good vintage condition, with natural patina, and both lids open and close cleanly. Its patina is left just as it has developed. On a writing desk, it holds ink for a dip pen, or stands as a decorative centrepiece beside a blotter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePieces: a patinated metal relief tray on paw feet, with two ink wells and two hinged domed lids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: Length 23.5 cm (9.3 in) · Width 16.5 cm (6.5 in) · Height to follow — roughly the footprint of a dinner plate\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: patinated metal\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle-Period: Napoleon III style\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide · we handle the paperwork and pay all import duties · nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: very good vintage condition; natural patina\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59618628665689,"sku":"LM-V-494","price":285.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8595955050_q9gm.jpg?v=1790687358"},{"product_id":"swirled-glass-inkwell-with-hinged-gilt-09057","title":"Swirled Glass Inkwell with Hinged Gilt Metal Lid on Pierced Gallery Tray, Louis Philippe Style Desk Inkstand","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore the fountain pen, every serious desk had one of these: a lidded well of ink and a dish to catch the drips. This one turns that simple job into a small piece of desk jewelry. It is a lovely companion for anyone who still writes by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA round bottle of clear swirled glass is fitted with a hinged, domed gilt metal lid, trimmed with beaded bands and topped with a small knob. The bottle sits at the centre of a shallow round gilt metal tray. The tray has a beaded rim and a deep pierced gallery of repeating foliate motifs around its edge. The twisted ribs in the glass are made by turning the hot glass after it has been blown into a ribbed mould, so the ribs spiral around the bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inkwell is in very good vintage condition. It passes on with its gilt softened by use. On a writing desk it holds ink for a dip pen, or serves as a handsome ornament beside a blotter and letter rack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt comprises: a swirled clear glass bottle with a hinged gilt metal lid, set in a gilt metal tray with a pierced foliate gallery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: Height 14 cm (5.5 in) · Width 19 cm (7.5 in) — a little larger than a saucer\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: clear swirled glass, gilt metal\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle-Period: Louis Philippe style\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide · we handle the paperwork and pay all import duties · nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: very good vintage condition\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59618628993369,"sku":"LM-V-510","price":375.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8595817938_dcja.jpg?v=1790687360"},{"product_id":"vintage-brass-tone-pen-tray-with-ornate-38698","title":"Vintage Brass Tone Pen Tray with Ornate Scroll Relief and Beaded Rim, Rectangular Footed Desk Vide Poche, 19.6 cm","description":"\u003cp\u003eA long rectangular metal pen tray with symmetrical raised scroll decoration, floral details and a beaded border. The warm gold tone and darker recessed patina give this compact desk accessory a richly textured surface. It can hold pens, small stationery or keepsakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeller measurements: 19.6 cm long and 6.5 cm wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: vintage scratches, rubbed gilt finish, darkened areas and marks. The photographs show the tray from above, a low side angle and underneath, including its corner fittings and feet. The seller describes the metal as gilt brass or bronze; the alloy, maker and precise age are unverified. Please refer to the photographs for the actual construction, decoration and condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59679429820761,"sku":"LM-V-538","price":170.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8659840923_9yfc.jpg?v=1790990956"},{"product_id":"vintage-green-leather-desk-letter-50313","title":"Vintage Green Leather Desk Letter Organizer with Gilt Tooled Scrolls, Three Tiered Compartments","description":"\u003cp\u003eDark green leather with gold scrollwork at the corners gives this letter organizer the look of a well-bound library book. Three stepped compartments keep letters, envelopes and papers in order on a desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe organizer is covered in dark green leather and tooled in gilt with double borders and leafy scrolls at each front corner. Inside are three tiered compartments, rising from front to back, lined with green moiré fabric. The gold decoration is made by gilt tooling. Gold leaf is laid on the leather, and heated brass tools press it into the surface, the same technique used to decorate fine book bindings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe organizer is in good vintage condition, with some stains to the fabric lining. It has sorted letters on other desks for years, and it's ready for yours. It suits a home office, a writing desk or a hall table for incoming mail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesk summary: a green leather letter organizer with gilt tooled scrolls and three tiered, fabric-lined compartments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 25 x 12 cm (9.8 x 4.7 in) · Height 17 cm (6.7 in) — a little smaller than a shoebox\u003cbr\u003e\nMaterial: leather with gilt tooling, moiré fabric lining\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle-Period: Classic desk style · late 20th century\u003cbr\u003e\nShipping: professionally packed, fully insured, worldwide · we handle the paperwork and pay all import duties · nothing to settle on delivery\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: good vintage condition · some stains to the fabric lining\u003cbr\u003e\nReturns: accepted within 30 days\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maison Jaspers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59681455833433,"sku":"LM-V-444","price":170.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1063\/5388\/5529\/files\/il_fullxfull.8659512661_eh9q.jpg?v=1791022156"}],"url":"https:\/\/maisonjaspers.com\/collections\/desk-library.oembed?page=2","provider":"Maison Jaspers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}