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Antique Quill Pen Holder

Rockingham Treacle Glazed Stoneware Shoe Quill Pen Holder
By Rockingham
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
dating from around 1840. Modelled on a gentleman’s shoe the quill pen holder is of long shape with a
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1840s English Early Victorian Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Stoneware

Antique Rockingham Treacle Glazed Stoneware Shoe Quill Pen Holder
Rockingham Treacle Glazed Stoneware Shoe Quill Pen Holder
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H 1.58 in W 4.93 in D 1.38 in
Early Staffordshire Greyhound Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Early and original inkwell or quill pen holder in the form of a seated greyhound by Staffordshire
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19th Century English Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Pottery

Derby Imari Pattern Partners Porcelain Inkwell and Quill Pen Stand
By Derby
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine, rare and unusual antique English Derby partners porcelain inkwell and quill pen holder
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Porcelain

Original Vintage Ink and Pen Poster, Inchiostri G. Diletti, Italy, Quill, 1900
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
writing a letter with a pen-holder and ink. At the bottom of the poster, we find the eagle, symbol of the
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19th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Paper

Small Antique Calligrapher's Quill Pot, Chinese, Soapstone, Carved, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique calligrapher's quill pot. A Chinese, rouge soapstone carved pen holder
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Soapstone

19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Oval Pen Tray
Located in London, GB
, fruit and flower handles, having cut-glass inkwells, quill holders, candleholder and central lidded
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Bronze, Ormolu

Elegant Victorian Flame Mahogany Writing Slope & Stationary Leather Interior
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A new notepad A vintage ink pen A Modern Quill and Holder Items might differ from what's depicted
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Leather, Mahogany

Antique Ottoman Turkish Brass Inkwell Qalamdan with Arabic Calligraphy Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
form with an interior cavity to store a reed pen.The pen holder with faceted rounded ends and a hinged
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Mid-19th Century Turkish Islamic Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Brass

English Regency Desk Set in Form of British Sailors Defending a Fort with Mortar
Located in London, GB
probably pen or quill holders.
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1810s English Regency Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Bronze

Persian Brass Inkwell Qalamdan with Arabic Calligraphy Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
interior cavity to store a reed pen.The pen holder with faceted rounded ends and a hinged lid attached to a
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19th Century Moorish Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Brass

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Japanese Contemporary Gilded Red Green Porcelain Cup, 7
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese Ko-Imari (old Imari) porcelain short stem cup, in bright red, blue and green colors and generous gold application that are characteristics of Ko-Imari Porcelain ca...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Gold

Art Deco Style Sculpture Woman & Greyhound
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco style spelter sculpture raised on a polychrome marble base depicting a lady with greyhound on a leash, apparently unsigned. 15.5" H x 15" W x 5" D. Provenance: Property from...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Marble

Antique Italian Oil on Panel Painting Costume Genre Dog & Beauty Franceso Vinea
By Francesco Vinea
Located in Portland, OR
A very good antique oil on panel costume genre painting by the celebrated Northern Italian artist, Francesco Vinea (1845-1902), the painting dated signed and dated 1873. Vinea studie...
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1870s Italian School Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Oil, Panel

Fine Pair of Antique Staffordshire Greyhounds
Located in Suffolk, GB
A fine pair of antique Staffordshire greyhounds which are a striking pair, peachy, white and gold in color both having rabbits standing on an oval base. One greyhound has a small ...
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19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Porcelain

Antique Coromandel Three Crystal Decanter Tantalus & Games Drawer 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique Victorian coromandel, brass mounted and cased three decanter tantalus and games compendium, Circa 1880 in date. It was skillfully crafted in rare coromande...
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1880s Late Victorian Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Brass

Spode Porcelain Teacup Trio, Red Imari Dollar Pattern, Regency, ca 1810
By Spode
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful orphaned teacup made by Spode in about 1810. It bears a beautiful Japanese-inspired Imari pattern. Spode was the great pioneer among the Georgian potters in En...
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Early 1800s English Regency Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Porcelain

Colorful green contemporary Dog/Foxhound acrylic painting with text on paper
Located in Charleston, US
“There is that Far-off Tall Dog Singing to a Hole in Bank” (Frill Dog series). A colorful contemporary dog painting of Foxhounds dogs singing to a fox in a hole with accompanying tex...
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1990s Contemporary Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Graphite

MCM Barware Early American Families Names Set of 8 Hi-Ball Cocktail Glasses 22k
By Georges Briard
Located in St. Louis, MO
1960s MCM barware set of 8, 22k gilt & white highball glasses, with Early American Families names and countries crest gold over white. List of names from Spain, France, Sweden, Italy...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Glass

Art Deco Hagenauer Wien Figural Sculpture, Diana with Greyhounds
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
This dynamic sculpture was designed by Austrian sculptor Karl Hagenauer, known for his iconic Art Deco decorative objects and furniture designs. This piece is composed of nickel-plat...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Art Deco Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Bronze

Yeoward William "Crystal Collection" Pair of English Crystal Goblets
By William Yeoward
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. We ha...
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Mid-20th Century British Neoclassical Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Crystal

Antique Early English Minton Majolica Porcelain Pink Oyster Plate, Circa 1875
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare Early Antique English Hand-Painted Minton Majolica Porcelain Oyster Plate Signed "Mintons" (with an s) in a Vivid Pink Color with Blue and Green detail, Circa 1875.
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Late 19th Century English Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Porcelain

French Bronze Mounted Chinoiserie Floral Painted Inkwell
By Edmé Samson
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A good quality bronzed mounted French porcelain inkwell with Chinoiserie floral painted designs possibly made by Samson of Paris in the second half of the 19th century. The inkwell i...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Brass

Antique Signed German Vienna Style Porcelain Hand Painted Cabinet Plate
By Imperial Vienna Porcelain, Hans Zatzka
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very fine antique Vienna style porcelain cabinet plate. Entitled "Blumensprueche", which translates in English as "Flower Sayings" Depicted in the central cartouche is an ima...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Porcelain

English Antique Dog Nutcracker in Cast Iron
Located in Leicester, GB
A gorgeous late Victorian cast iron dog nutcracker from England. The antique nutcracker comes in a handsome dog form. This is a very heavy item, made of cast iron and enameled brown....
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1890s English Victorian Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Enamel, Iron

English Antique Dog Nutcracker in Cast Iron
English Antique Dog Nutcracker in Cast Iron
H 4.73 in W 12.21 in D 1.97 in
A Spode porcelain chocolate cup, cover & stand c.1810
Located in Exeter, GB
A very fine Spode bone china chocolate cup, cover and stand, vibrantly decorated in pattern 1494 which is an extremely ornate Imari design which covers every inch of the piece. This ...
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Early 19th Century Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Porcelain

Pair of Le Tallec Paris Floral Blue Gilt Porcelain Pot Pourri Perfume Urns Lamps
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Mid 20th Century Le Tallec porcelain pair of pale blue and white Paris potpourri with painted flower decorations and gold trim. The have removable lids and have been electrified into...
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Mid-20th Century Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Porcelain

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Anglo-Indian Porcupine Quill Pen Box
Located in Stamford, CT
geometric pattern in the quills decorating this pen box. Made in colonial Ceylon, present day Sri Lanka
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Late 19th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Antique Quill Pen Holder

Antique Anglo-Indian Porcupine Quill Pen Box
Anglo-Indian Porcupine Quill Pen Box
H 1.875 in W 8 in D 3.875 in
19th C Anglo Indian Quill Box with Pen Holder and Ink Stand Box and Drawer
Located in Palm Beach, FL
An Anglo Indian 19th C box, with pen holder and inkstand of quill with pull out drawer, bone
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19th Century Indian Antique Quill Pen Holder

Antique Silver Quill Pen Stand Nib Brush Wipe, London 1902 William Comyns
By William Comyns
Located in Toronto, Ontario
with pen stand, plain with an arts and crafts nouveau style holder for three quill pens.; the base of
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Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Sterling Silver

Pair of Staffordshire Pottery Greyhound /Whippet Pen Holders, Early 19th Century
By Staffordshire
Located in London, GB
different. These dogs served as pen holders in an era when letters were written with a quill and ink. You
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Pottery

Antique Silver Desk Pen Stand Brush Wipe, London 1902 William Comyns
By William Comyns
Located in Toronto, ON
combination with pen stand, plain with an arts and crafts nouveau style holder for three quill pens.; the base
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Early 1900s British Art Nouveau Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Silver

Rare Vizagapatam Writing Slope
Located in Greenwich, CT
fitted interior with drawers, inkwells, solid horn quill holder, spring-loaded secret drawer, tooled and
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18th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Quill Pen Holder

Rare Vizagapatam Writing Slope
Rare Vizagapatam Writing Slope
H 6 in W 14 in D 10.5 in
Early 19th Century Rosewood Writing Box
Located in Forney, TX
panel. Decorative antique quill like dip pen, nibbs and cylindrical nibb holder included. Dimensions
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Early 19th Century European Regency Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Brass

Early 19th Century Rosewood Writing Box
Early 19th Century Rosewood Writing Box
H 4.25 in W 14.25 in D 10 in
Rare Antique English Regency Brass Inlaid Mahog. Comprehensive Tri-fold Lap Desk
Located in Charleston, SC
different angles. The box also retains two original ink bottles, a pen/quill area along with its original
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Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Brass

English Staffordshire Greyhound or Whippet Pen Holder
By Staffordshire
Located in Stamford, CT
base with gilt border for pen or quill.
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Porcelain

Black Forest Wood Owl Desk Set
Located in Pasadena, CA
porcelain insert. Second piece has a smaller owl and pen holder. No maker's mark but believed to be from the
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1920s German Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Wood

Black Forest Wood Owl Desk Set
Black Forest Wood Owl Desk Set
H 8 in W 5.5 in D 13.5 in
French Art Nouveau Brass Footed Double Ink Well Filigree Bronze Moorish Style
Located in North Hollywood, CA
-brass and has an indentation for the pen/quill. The inkwells are lidded. It has a nice brass color
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Brass

Discovery & Mischief. Tabby Kitten at Play.Original Edwardian Pastel Drawing Cat
By Cecil Ackland Hunt
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
shows a tabby kitten playing on a writing desk. She is sitting between the ink bottles and quill pens
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Early 20th Century Realist Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Pastel, Cardboard

Antique English Pottery Phrenology Head Quill or Pen Holder, circa 1835-1845
Located in Woodstock, OXFORDSHIRE
Phrenology (from Greek: φρήν, phrēn, "mind"; and λόγος, logos, "knowledge") was a pseudoscience primarily focused on measurements of the human skull, based on the concept that the...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Quill Pen Holder

Victorian Cased Silver Gilt Prize Quill Pen
By Stephen Smith & Son 1
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A very fine quality Victorian cased silver gilt Prize Pen, made in the form of a Quill, the feather
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Late 19th Century English Antique Quill Pen Holder

Victorian Cased Silver Gilt Prize Quill Pen
Victorian Cased Silver Gilt Prize Quill Pen
H 10.56 in W 0.04 in D 0.04 in
English 19th Century Mahogany Campaign Writing Box with Secret Drawers
Located in GB
screw top inkwells and sections for the writer's accessories - stationery, letters, pen holders, quills
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1830s British George IV Antique Quill Pen Holder

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Mahogany

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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the antique quill pen holder you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each antique quill pen holder for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and ceramic. Your living room may not be complete without an antique quill pen holder — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right antique quill pen holder, those designed in Regency, Art Nouveau and Georgian styles are of considerable interest.

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An antique quill pen holder can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,275, while the lowest priced sells for $175 and the highest can go for as much as $3,664.

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