Footed Inkstand
Edwardian Sterling Silver and Crystal Footed Inkstand
By Hawksworth, Eyre & Co. Ltd.
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian, sterling silver, footed inkstand with original sterling silver-mounted, panel-cut
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco All Sterling Silver Inkwell on Sterling Silver Footed Inkstand
By Mappin & Webb
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco, sterling silver inkwell on sterling silver footed inkstand, Birmingham, England, year
Category
Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
H 3.13 in W 5.25 in D 3.13 in
Rare Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Gorham Martele Footed Inkstand with Hinged Lid
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous, rare, sterling silver (.950) Art Nouveau, Martele inkstand with ball feet and hinged lid
Category
Antique 1890s American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
H 2.5 in W 10.25 in D 6 in
Victorian Period Sterling Silver Footed Cherub-Motif Inkstand By William Comyns
By William Comyns & Sons 1
Located in New York, NY
Outstanding, Victorian Period, sterling silver, footed inkstand with matching sterling silver
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
H 4 in W 8 in D 4.25 in
John Grinsell & Sons Birmingham England Sterling Inkwell Inkstand Desk Set
By John Grinsell & Sons
Located in Washington Depot, CT
, England, circa 1938.
Monogram appears to be ECN
Rectangular footed inkstand desk set featuring 2 inkwell
Category
20th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Neoclassical-Style Continental Silver '.800' Footed Double Inkstand by Dragstead
By A. Dragsted
Located in New York, NY
Neoclassical - style, Continental Silver (.800), footed, double inkstand, Denmark, year-hallmarked
Category
Antique Early 1900s Danish Neoclassical Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
H 5 in W 10.75 in D 6 in
Italian Empire Silver and Silver Gilt Inkstand
Located in Kittery Point, ME
a lion's-paw footed oval galleried tray. Marked with a French Le Cygne import mark, and other
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Empire Inkwells
Materials
Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver and Glass Inkstand / Desk Standish
By Elkington & Co.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and glass inkstand
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Oval Silver Plated Double Inkstand, Scotland 1910, H549
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Oval Silver Plated Double Inkstand, Scotland 1910, H549
Scotland 1910
Silver plate and
Category
Vintage 1910s Scottish Inkwells
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver and Glass Inkstand / Desk Standish
By Walter and John Barnard
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and glass inkstand
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Sevres Style Bronze Mounted Encrier
Located in Atlanta, GA
French, 19th century. Bronze ormolu mounted blue ground porcelain navette- form footed encrier or
Category
Antique 19th Century French Serving Pieces
Materials
Bronze
Walker & Hall Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver and Glass Desk Standish
By Walker & Hall
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
standish, in sterling standard, has an oval shaped form.
This Edwardian inkstand is plain and
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Desk Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Bronze and Siena Marble Antique Inkwell
Located in Paris, FR
19th century inkstand with three jars crafted of patinated bronze, serving as inkwells. They are
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Inkwells
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
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Extensive Assembled Meissen Blue and White Bird Model Dinner Service, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Each piece painted in underglaze-blue and heightened in gilding with an exotic bird perched upon peony branches, comprising: an oval soup tureen, cover and two stands, an 18" oval pl...
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Antique 1890s German Dinner Plates
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Tiffany & Company, George Paulding Farnham, A Rare, Lavish Silver Centerpiece
By Tiffany & Co., Paulding Farnham.
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Company and George Paulding Farnham, A rare, lavish and monumental sterling silver centerpiece with original mirrored-glass sterling silver plateau, circa 1900.
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Materials
Sterling Silver
H 15 in W 39 in D 34 in
Eight-Piece Tiffany & Co. Makers Sterling Silver Complete Tea Set
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
A Tiffany & Co maker's sterling silver tea set, 1938 complete with serving tray. Each piece is engraved "Van P." The set includes a tray, kettle on Stand and burner, tea pot, coffee ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Art Deco Sterling Silver Egyptian Revival Pepper Mill
By Marcus & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Rare, Art Deco Period Egyptian Revival pepper mill, Marcus and Co., New York, Ca. 1920's. Probably inspired by the discovery of King Tut's tomb. The Marcus Company was in business fr...
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Vintage 1920s American Egyptian Revival Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver, Brass, Steel
18th/19th Century English Georgian III Period Matthew Boulton Inkstand
By Matthew Boulton
Located in Forney, TX
A fine quality Georgian III period silver plated inkstand by celebrated English silversmith Matthew Boulton, displaying all of the timeless elegance and sophisticated style the perio...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Inkwells
Materials
Silver Plate
Signed Tiffany Studios Art Nouveau Table Lamp, Early 1900's
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This vintage early 20th Century leaded glass and bronze table lamp was made by the Tiffany Studios, New York. The handcrafted leaded shade is made up of yellow/amber stained tiles an...
Category
Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Rare Tiffany Studios “Jade Ring” Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
Rare Tiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Patinated Bronze Geometric Table Lamp, circa 1910.
This is a rare one of a kind early Tiffany Studios large table lamp that is illustrated in Al...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Sterling Silver Water Pitcher
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oval shaped with delicate etching around the top and middle of the pitcher. Notice the elegant shape of the handle and the indentations throughout the body. This piece is sure to cat...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Art Deco Sterling Silver Canteen of Cutlery for Twelve Persons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, comprehensive antique George V English sterling silver Jesmond pattern flatware service for twelve persons - boxed; an addition to our flatware co...
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Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Silver Inkstand Inkwell, London 1899 Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co
By Gibson & Langman
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Antique silver inkstand inkwell, London 1899 Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co. Plain rectangular form on four turned feet, shaped Chippendale like border, well section for pen and squa...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
H 3.4 in W 7.25 in D 5.4 in
Midcentury Period Sterling Silver and Glass Hors d'oeuvres/Caviar Platter
By Watson Silver
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern period, sterling silver and glass hors d'oeuvres/caviar platter, the Watson Company, Attleboro, Mass., circa 1950s. Glass dip/caviar holder (which is part of the p...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Desk Writing Set, Platerías Martínez, Madrid, Spain, 1845
By Platerías Martínez
Located in Madrid, ES
Scribe with three inkwells. Silver. Real Martínez silver factory, Madrid, 1845.
With contrast marks.
Notary of silver in its color composed of a rectangular tray with raised and op...
Category
Antique 1840s Spanish Neoclassical Desk Sets
Materials
Silver
Silver Hip Flask Oval Shape, Birmingham 1910
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Silver Hip Flask.
A beautiful gentleman's oval pocket silver hip flask with a curved profile. This exceptional hip flask with plain domed hinged lid with screw bayonet fitting. The h...
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Vintage 1910s English Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Silver Hip Flask, Sheffield 1898
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hawksley Silver Hip Flask.
A beautiful gentleman's pocket silver spirit hip flask by George and John William Hawksley. This exceptional hip flask with plain domed hinged lid with scr...
Category
Antique 1880s British Barware
Materials
Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Inkstand, London 1901, Gallery Border
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1901 by Ernest Damant, this striking, Victorian, antique sterling silver ink stand, features shaped and pierced gallery borders, and two glass ink wells with ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early French Solid Silver Sterling Hip Flask 1835 Paris
Located in London, GB
A magnificent solid silver and crystal hip flask with weaved wicker half cover.
The cup, colar and cork tipped stopper are all hallmarked.
In very good condition.
The wicker is also ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Inkwell
Located in Hudson, NY
Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Inkwell, footed inkstand with three pots and covered pen tray decorated
Category
Early 20th Century British Inkwells
Materials
Porcelain
Georgian Style Sterling Silver Footed Inkstand
By Crichton Brothers
Located in New York, NY
Georgian style sterling silver, "bun"-footed inkstand, London, 1916, Crichton Bros. - makers. Has a
Category
Early 20th Century English Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian Sterling Silver and Crystal Footed Inkstand
By William Naylor
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian sterling silver and crystal footed inkstand, the inkwell anving a sterling silver hinged
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Inkstand
By Horace Woodward & Co. Ltd.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
inkstand is embellished with impressive engraved decoration depicting bird designs with snake tails, amidst
Category
Antique 1870s Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century English Mason's Ironstone Inkstand
By Mason's Ironstone
Located in Savannah, GA
Chamfered rectangular shaped inkstand featuring gilt turned and scroll side handles, two pen trays
Category
Antique 1820s English Chinoiserie Inkwells
Materials
Ironstone
Antique George IV Boulle Marquetry Inkstand circa 1820
Located in London, GB
' inkstand, made from rosewood, circa 1820 in date.
The set was expertly inlaid with brass scrolling
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Inkwells
19th Century French Boulle Cut Brass Inlaid Inkstand
Located in London, GB
x width 1 foot x depth 9 inches
J.C.Vickery of Regent Street W1
This was the firm of John
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Antique French Ormolu & Marble Double Encrier Standish Inkstand 19th Century
Located in London, GB
inkstand, Circa 1870 in date.
Of rectangular form with a pair of raised inkwells with glass liners
Category
Antique 1870s French Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
H 8.67 in W 13.78 in D 8.67 in
19th Century Willliam IV Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl Boulle Inkstand
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely antique French mother-of-pearl marquetry and red Boulle encrier, or inkstand
Category
Antique 1830s British William IV Inkwells
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Antique Silver and Bohemian Coloured Glass Desk Standish
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
from the shaped rim.
This silver inkstand is supported by four impressive embossed feet, modelled in
Category
Early 20th Century European Desk Sets
Materials
Silver
Bronze and Ebonized Wood Double Inkstand
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An equestrian themed bronze and wood double inkstand. The footed base supporting the oval black
Category
Antique 19th Century European Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Ormolu and Sèvres Porcelain Standish Inkstand
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful antique French ormolu inkstand, mounted with Bleu Celeste Sèvres Porcelain
Category
Antique 1870s French Inkwells
Materials
Ormolu
Brass Bulldog Inkstand, England, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Whimsical Brass Inkstand in the Form of a Bulldog with Glass Eyes, Footed Pen Tray, and Top that
Category
Antique 19th Century English Inkwells
Materials
Brass
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Footed Inkstand For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal footed inkstand for your home. Frequently made of metal, silver and sterling silver, every footed inkstand was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a footed inkstand — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A footed inkstand made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Art Deco — is very popular. A. Dragsted, Elkington & Co. and Gorham Manufacturing Company each produced at least one beautiful footed inkstand that is worth considering.
How Much is a Footed Inkstand?
The average selling price for a footed inkstand at 1stDibs is $2,162, while they’re typically $300 on the low end and $12,500 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right inkwells for You
Now that we no longer need vintage, new or antique inkwells for written communication, these elegant desk accessories make for a distinctive decorative touch in any home office or study.
Prior to the 19th century, the inkwell was an integral part of the writing process. The first fountain pen was patented in 1827. Typewriters found acceptance during the 1880s, and the ballpoint pen, which replaced the inkwell on most desks and writing tables of the era, modernized the way we write. (Later, it would transform how some of us make art.) Today, a well-designed antique or vintage inkwell is a fun, decorative accent for any work area.
If you find yourself working from home today more often than not, why not freshen things up a bit? Small changes can help elevate your workspace: Incremental edits to your interior, such as rethinking your shelving, swapping out your wall decor and adding a touch of the past to your modern-day desktop, can actually make a big difference. Alongside an ornate Art Deco–era desk lamp and an antique paperweight, your inkwell will look right at home and can support your effort to create a happy home office.
Find a collection of unique metal inkwells to suit any taste on 1stDibs or shop by style. Browse a range of Art Nouveau inkwells, Victorian inkwells, Art Deco inkwells and more. Search our selection of inkwells to find the perfect piece for any space.
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