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Pencil Sharpener

English Table pencil sharpener in black cast iron by Guhl&Harbeck, early 1900s
Located in MIlano, IT
English Table pencil sharpener in cast iron by Guhl&Harbeck, early 1900s Table pencil sharpener in
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Early 20th Century English Desk Sets

Materials

Metal

Sharpener Stool in Solid Cedar Wood
Located in Paris, FR
pencil sharpener with detail in metal. Made from completely natural cedar wood, hand-crafted. Solid cedar
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Stools

Materials

Metal

Sharpener Stool in Solid Cedar Wood
Sharpener Stool in Solid Cedar Wood
H 17.92 in W 23.63 in D 13.78 in
Antique French Cloisonné Enamel & Gold Bronze 7 Piece Inkwell Desk Set, Ca. 1890
Located in New Orleans, LA
: Inkwell, Pen Holder, Drip Box (with pencil sharpener and shavings compartment), Letter Holder, Candle
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desk Sets

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Curzio Desk Set
By Giobagnara
Located in Milan, IT
sophistication in any home office or study. Composed of a ruler, triangle ruler, pencil sharpener, paper-knife
Category

2010s Italian Desk Sets

Materials

Metal

Curzio Desk Set
H 5.91 in W 13.78 in D 9.26 in
Temperino Cedar Stool Bench, Designed by Alessandro Guidolin, Made in Italy
By Alessandro Guidolin
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
) Stool / bench in solid Cedar wood machined from a single block, reproducing a "gigantic" pencil
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools

Materials

Wood, Cedar

Collectible Temperino Bench in Solid Cedar Wood with Metal Detailing
Located in NEW YORK, NY
scented cedarwood. Designed by Alessandro Guidolin, it resembles a "gigantic" pencil sharpener, featuring
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2010s Italian Modern Stools

Materials

Iron

Asprey London Massive Modernist Decorative Vase in Solid .925 Sterling Silver
By Asprey & Garrard Limited
Located in Miami, FL
modern products, including travel clocks, safety razors and automatic pencil sharpeners. Collateral
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Early 2000s English Modern Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Antique Asprey & Co Silver Plated Art Deco Novelty Cocktail Shaker 20th Century
By Asprey International Limited
Located in London, GB
pencil sharpeners. Asprey Jewellery     Asprey has a tradition of producing jewellery inspired by the
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20th Century English Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate

Materials

Silver Plate

Antique Silver Plated Entree Dish Asprey London 19th Century
By Charles & George Asprey
Located in London, GB
delighted in its other modern products, including travel clocks, safety razors and automatic pencil
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Antique 19th Century English Serving Pieces

Materials

Silver Plate

Vintage Asprey & Co Cut Crystal Sterling Silver Mounted Decanter 20th Century
Located in London, GB
pencil sharpeners. Asprey Jewellery     Asprey has a tradition of producing jewellery inspired by the
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Late 20th Century British Glass

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver

Recent Sales

Machine Age Art Deco Streamline Morris Bakelite Electric Pencil Sharpener
Located in Dallas, TX
Machine Age Art Deco Streamline Morris bakelite electric pencil sharpener. The "Morissharp
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Scientific Instruments

Materials

Chrome

Pencil Sharpener by Dunhill
By Alfred Dunhill
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A finely crafted modernist silver-plated pencil sharpener of spare cylindrical form having a
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Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver Plate

1960s Orange Panasonic KP-22A Electric Pencil Sharpener
By Panasonic
Located in Garnerville, NY
The best desk or table top Mid-Century Modern electric pencil sharpener. The KP-22A model by
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Mid Century Three Shelf Walnut Bookcase
Located in Freehold, NJ
holes where a previous owner had a pencil sharpener mounted (see photo). The backing panel has been
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bookcases

Materials

Oak, Walnut

Antique Asprey Boulle and Cut Brass Marquetry Box, 19th Century
By Asprey International Limited
Located in London, GB
, including travel clocks, safety razors and automatic pencil sharpeners.
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Antique 1870s English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Asprey Boulle and Cut Brass Marquetry Box, 19th Century
By Asprey International Limited
Located in London, GB
, including travel clocks, safety razors and automatic pencil sharpeners.   
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Antique 1870s English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Ormolu & Agate Mounted Casket by Asprey, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
pencil sharpeners. Asprey Jewellery Asprey has a tradition of producing jewellery inspired by the
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Antique 1870s English Decorative Boxes

Materials

Agate, Ormolu

Antique Asprey Sterling Silver Playing Card Box Casket, 1912
By Asprey International Limited
Located in London, GB
pencil sharpeners. Asprey Jewellery Asprey has a tradition of producing jewelry inspired by the
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Vintage 1910s English Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Sterling Silver Novelty Box by Asprey's, 1909
Located in London, GB
pencil sharpeners. Asprey jewelry Asprey has a tradition of producing jewellery inspired by the
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Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Vintage Asprey 12 Place Canteen Sterling Silver Cutlery Dated 1974, 20th C
By Gee & Holmes
Located in London, GB
, safety razors and automatic pencil sharpeners. Asprey Jewellery Asprey has a tradition of producing
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Vintage 1970s English Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Pair Satinwood Bedside Commodes Cabinets Chests 19th C
Located in London, GB
delighted in its other modern products, including travel clocks, safety razors and automatic pencil
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Antique 1850s English Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Antique Asprey London Ormolu Casket with Jasperware Plaques 19th Century
By Asprey International Limited
Located in London, GB
pencil sharpeners. Jasperware, or jasper ware, is a type of pottery first developed by Josiah Wedgwood
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Antique 1870s English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

Asprey 8 Place Canteen Louis XVI Sterling Silver Roberts & Belk Cutlery, 1964
By Roberts & Belk Ltd. 1
Located in London, GB
, including travel clocks, safety razors and automatic pencil sharpeners. Asprey Jewellery Asprey has a
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Vintage 1960s English Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

19th Century Victorian Ormolu Book Slide Asprey
Located in London, GB
pencil sharpeners. Betjemann & Sons From 1859, based at 36-40 Pentonville Road, London, George
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Antique 1870s English Victorian More Desk Accessories

Materials

Ormolu

Swiss Machine Age Mechanical Pencil Sharpener - Wyna 3, 1940s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A machine age styled mechanical pencil sharpener made by Wyna in Switzerland during the late 1940s
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Mid-20th Century Swiss Machine Age Desk Sets

Materials

Metal

In stock in Los Angeles, Black Cedar / Red Lacquered Stool, Alessandro Guidolin
By Alessandro Guidolin
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
, reproducing a "gigantic" pencil sharpener with detail in red matte lacquered. The products are made from
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools

Materials

Wood, Cedar, Lacquer

Asprey & Co. London Guilloche Wafer Petrol Lighter In Solid .925 Sterling Silver
By Asprey & Garrard Limited
Located in Miami, FL
pencil sharpeners. . Collateral: It is accompanied by a presentation jewelry box. Note: This
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Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Vintage Asprey Cut Crystal & Sterling Silver Wine Decanter Dated 1983 20th C
Located in London, GB
, including travel clocks, safety razors and automatic pencil sharpeners.   
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Vintage 1980s English Sterling Silver

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver

Asprey 1895 London Desk Travel Clock in .925 Sterling Silver with Lapis Lazuli
By Charles & George Asprey
Located in Miami, FL
pencil sharpeners. Note: This piece has been produced in 1895 during the reigning period of Queen
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Antique 1890s English Arts and Crafts Carriage Clocks and Travel Clocks

Materials

Lapis Lazuli, Silver, Sterling Silver

Antique Asprey Jewelry Casket Ormolu & Malachite, circa 1870
Located in London, GB
delighted in its other modern products, including travel clocks, safety razors and automatic pencil
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Antique 1870s English Jewelry Boxes

Vintage Pair of Cut Crystal Glass Liqueur Decanters Asprey & Co Ltd 20th Century
Located in London, GB
delighted in its other modern products, including travel clocks, safety razors and automatic pencil
Category

Vintage 1980s Crystal Serveware

Materials

Crystal

Vintage Walnut Cased Decanter Box, Aspreys, Mid-20th Century
By Asprey International Limited
Located in London, GB
, safety razors and automatic pencil sharpeners. Asprey Jewellery Asprey has a tradition of producing
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Vintage 1960s English Sheffield and Silverplate

Materials

Crystal

Beth Katleman, "Hotel Mirana, " Porcelain Mirror, USA, 2014
By Beth Katleman
Located in New York, NY
figurines cast from flea-market trinkets, corporate mascots, and souvenir pencil sharpeners become stand-ins
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21st Century and Contemporary American Wall Mirrors

Materials

Porcelain, Wood, Mirror

Beth Katleman Sculpture, "Forest, " USA, 2014
By Beth Katleman
Located in New York, NY
pencil sharpeners come together in Forest, which juxtaposes the archetypal forest of fairy tales with
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21st Century and Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Beth Katleman, Better Luck Next Time, USA, 2014
By Beth Katleman
Located in New York, NY
pencil sharpeners come together in Better Luck Next Time, a floating landscape reminiscent of Toile de
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21st Century and Contemporary Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Climax No. 3 Industrial Automatic Pencil Sharpener
Located in TUJUNGA, CA
Climax No. 3 Industrial Pencil Sharpener. Automatic Pencil Sharpener a division of the Spengler
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Vintage 1920s Industrial Desk Sets

Materials

Steel

George V Antique Silver and Enamel Cockerel Pocket Pencil Sharpener
By Andrew Barrett & Son
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
An unusual early 20th century silver and enamel Pocket Pencil Sharpener of circular form with pull
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Early 20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles

Hornet Mascot
Located in London, GB
delighted in its other modern products, including travel clocks, safety razors and automatic pencil
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Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hornet Mascot
Hornet Mascot
H 3.75 in W 7.68 in
George V Antique Silver Fox Head Pocket Pencil Sharpener
By Andrew Barrett & Son
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A nice quality early 20th century silver Pocket Pencil Sharpener of circular form with pull-off lid
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Early 20th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles

Machine Age Art Deco Streamline Electro Pointer Bakelite Pencil Sharpener
By Stile Craft Manufacturers 1, Edward C. Hoffmann
Located in Dallas, TX
Machine Age Art Deco Streamline electro pointer bakelite electric pencil sharpener. Industrial
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Scientific Instruments

Materials

Bakelite, Rubber

Minty Streamline Electro Pointer Machine Age Art Deco Bakelite Pencil Sharpener
By Edward C. Hoffmann, Stile Craft Manufacturers 1
Located in Dallas, TX
Another original Machine Age design you will rarely find in this condition, and with original tag, sticker and internal stamp. In the original Bakelite adjustable dial. Featured in ...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Scientific Instruments

Three 1930's Architectural Models of the Chrysler Building, New York
By Kronheimer & Oldenbusch Co. 1
Located in Lafayette, CA
designed as a pencil sharpener; a gold-painted white metel replica, made in Japan as a cigarette lighter
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Architectural Models

Materials

Lead, Metal

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Pencil Sharpener For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the pencil sharpener you’re looking for. Frequently made of metal, silver and stone, every pencil sharpener was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a pencil sharpener, we have 7 options in-stock, while there are 2 modern editions to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the pencil sharpener you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A pencil sharpener made by modern designers — as well as those associated with Arts and Crafts — is very popular. A well-made pencil sharpener has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Alessandro Guidolin, Asprey & Garrard Limited and Charles & George Asprey are consistently popular.

How Much is a Pencil Sharpener?

Prices for a pencil sharpener can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $49 and can go as high as $9,521, while the average can fetch as much as $2,816.