$6,532
H 4.34 in W 9.06 in D 5.52 in
Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Encrier by Paul Sormani, French c 1870
By Paul Sormani
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Rare Louis XV Style gilt bronze Encrier, By Paul Sormani. French, circa 1870.
Bronze
Antique French Gilt Bronze Encrier Inkwell Desk Stand, Signed JF
Located in Forney, TX
A most impressive fine quality antique Louis XV style French ormolu encrier / inkstand. Born in France in the 19th century, almost certainly Parisian work, exquisitely chased, chis...
Bronze, Ormolu
$6,450Sale Price|56% Off
H 6 in W 17 in D 12 in
French 19th Century Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Encrier Inkwell by Boin Taburet
By Boin-Taburet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine French 19th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze, mahogany and porcelain Encrier (Inkwell).
Bronze, Ormolu
Empire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Inkstand 'Encrier'
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The rectangular base mounted with a round lidded ink pot with a porcelain container and a sand pot, each raised on winged lion feet, centered by a palm decorated columnar carrying ha...
Bronze
$4,500
H 7.25 in W 9.82 in D 7.25 in
Gardener’s Delight, Antique French Empire Gilt Bronze Beehive Model Encrier
Located in New York, NY
Great fun for a gardening afficionado - a delightful desk accessory wether you're planning a beautiful garden, tending a beehive, ordering new seeds for the season or wish for a an u...
Bronze
$4,500
H 5.13 in W 13.13 in D 10.25 in
Exquisite Rococo Gilt-Bronze Malachite Encrier Inkwell Desk Set ca. 1880
Located in Shippensburg, PA
The body of the inkwell is comprised of a gilt bronze that showcases a repeating fish-scale texture around the sides with ovular and circular porticos of malachite and foil-backed re...
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
$1,280
H 9.5 in W 18.625 in D 11.375 in
Silvered Brass and Gilt Encrier with Shepherdess and Monogram, circa 1900
Located in Dallas, TX
This charming encrier, or inkwell, is made from silvered brass and gilt bronze.
Crystal, Brass, Bronze
$19,393
H 7.09 in W 11.62 in D 7.09 in
Early 19th Century Russian Empire Malachite and Ormolu Inkstand Encrier Swans
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very fine Russian giltbronze mounted malachite veneered inkstand from the first quarter of the 19th century. Of rectangular form with an acanthus leave decorated border on round fe...
Malachite, Bronze
$2,250
H 4 in W 13.75 in D 9.125 in
Period French Louis XV Ormolu Mounted Japanese Lacquer Chinoiserie Inkwell Tray
By Vernis Martin
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce nearly 300 year old Louis XV (1715-1774) period French gilt bronze ormolu mounted Japanned encrier (inkwell or inkstand) Paris, France, circa 1750, exceptionally executed i...
Bronze, Ormolu
Encrier of Gilt Bronze / Flower Basket of Roses with Butterfly
Located in Dallas, TX
A curious gilt bronze encrier (inkwell) in the form of a flower basket / flower pot with blooming roses and topped by a butterfly, the flowering plant lifts off the container to reve...
Bronze
Sold
H 8 in W 16 in D 8 in
Large Rouge Marble and Gilt Bronze Inkwell Encrier, Attributed to Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
A large rouge marble and gilt bronze inkwell Encrier, attributed to Barbedienne.
Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 7.5 in W 22.25 in D 13.25 in
A Louis XV-Style Lacquer, Porcelain and Gilt Bronze-Mounted Encrier
Located in Dallas, TX
a Louis XV-style lacquer, porcelain and gilt bronze-mounted encrier (inkwell / inkstand), Chinese Kangxi porcelain, French lacquer and gilt bronze mounts, France, 19th century
Bronze
Louis XV Chinoiserie Encrier with Rare Bronze Monkey Castings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis XV style chinoiserie encrier with raised painted urns and an 18th Century coromandel lacquer fragment depicting egrets set in a 19th Century shaped raised tray in Rococo taste ...
Bronze
A Fine Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Porcelain-Mounted Ormolu Encrier
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze Porcelain-Mounted Ormolu Encrier Mid 19th Century Of rocaille form set with four covered inkwells and a pentray, surmounted by a smiling boy we...
Ormolu
19th Century French Inkwell Bronze Louis XV Style Dore Encrier Desk Set
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique French Louis XV style doré bronze inkwell encrier desk set ormolu gilt. An exceptionally high quality early 19th century French Louis XV style bronze ormolu mounted inkwell.
Bronze
French Empire Style Ormolu Encrier
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine French Empire style ormolu encrier, the gilt bronze eagle flanked by 2 inkwells with liners all mounted on a black marble stand with ormolu feet.
Marble, Ormolu
Georges Flamand “Whirlpool” Tray
By Georges Flamand
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau gilt bronze figural encrier by Georges Flamand The whirlpool tray features a water sprite emerging from the water.
19th Century Marble and Gilt-Bronze Writing Desk Set
Located in Berlin, DE
A fine marble and gilt-bronze Encrier set consisting of a letter rack and double inkwell set of richly-veined Verde Antico marble.
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Gilt Bronze Burl Fruitwood Encrier
Located in New York, NY
French Empire gilt bronze and burl fruitwood encrier. Central candlestick surrounded by four quill holders and a pair of cut-glass inkpots.
Bronze
Sold
H 11.23 in W 12.6 in D 7.29 in
Napoleon I Empire Encrier, Gilt Bronze and Verde Antico, Signed Basil, 1830
Located in New York, NY
Impressive gilt bronze and Verde Antico marble inkstand centered by a bust of Napoleon I, the sculpture signed on back Basil and dated 1830, with two inkwells flanking. Beautifully...
Marble, Bronze
Sold
H 12 in W 15.5 in D 9 in
Antique Napoleon III Ormolu-Mounted Marble Encrier /Seated Goddess Holding Globe
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Each side of the encrier includes a bronze, engraved cover with a decorative finial, balancing both form and function.
Marble, Bronze
Charles X Encrier Surmounted with a Bust of Homer
Located in New York, NY
This large, sculptural desk set represents the ancient Greek poet Homer, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Cast in bronze, chiseled and gilded, it was made in France around 1825, ...
Bronze
19th Century French Gilt Bronze Encrier Desk Stand
Located in Staffordshire, GB
French Tulipwood Desk Stand with Gilt Bronze Rococo style surround, a winged cherub sits holding floral garlands whilst looking over a Sevres style porcelain hand painted plaque of ...
Bronze
$99,140
W 80.71 in L 124.02 in
Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Madrid, ES
Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the Hi...
Wool, Silk
$17,770
H 9.45 in W 16.54 in D 13.39 in
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Inkstand, baroque revival
Located in VALENZA, IT
Faithful copy of the writing service by the silversmith Pietro Rubini, Milan c.1775 The inkstand is composed of a shaped tray supported by 4 rocailles feet, modeled along the entire ...
Sterling Silver
Exceptional Mahogany and Ormolu-Mounted Bibliotheque
Located in London, GB
The overhanging foliate cornice above a frieze with reliefs of female and male figures surmounted by ribbon ties and flanked by foliage and laurel leaves, above two pairs of glazed d...
Ormolu
$1,795
H 6 in W 15 in D 7.5 in
Early 20th-C. French Gilt Bronze And Malachite Desk Pen Inkwell / Inkstand
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an early 20th century highly decorative French gilt bronze, malachite and faux malachite inkstand with dual inkwells. The base is a mix of faux malachite and malachite veneer...
Malachite, Bronze
$38,360Sale Price|20% Off
H 34.5 in W 55.5 in D 24 in
French 19th C. Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze-Mounted & Marquetry Commode by Boudet
By Jean Baptiste Hedouin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Very Fine and Impressive French 19th century Louis XV style gilt bronze-mounted tulipwood, kingwood and fruitwood marquetry bombé two-drawer commode with marble top, by Maison Boud...
Marble, Bronze
$125,000
H 34 in W 60 in D 26 in
Palatial Louis XV Style 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Chinoiserie Commode
By Joseph-Emmanuel Zwiener
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary fine and Palatial French Louis XV style 19th century ebonized lacquered Chinoiserie style and finely chased gilt bronze-mounted two drawer Serpentine commode with ma...
Marble, Bronze
$34,024
H 83.47 in W 74.81 in D 88.19 in
Bed Italian Venetian Painted Trompe L’œil Baroque Fortuny Superking 6ft 180cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Magnificent, 18th Century, Venetian, Trompe-L’œil, Painted, Bed, Superking 6ft, 180cm wide, With Massive 213cm, 6ft 10in Shaped Headboard & 149cm, 5ft Shaped Footboard & Fortuny Bedc...
Paint
$527,279 / set
H 114.5 in W 35.5 in D 5 in
19th Century, Monumental Carved Boiserie Panels from Lartington Hall
Located in London, GB
The Lartington hall carved Boiserie panels by Signor Anton Leone Bulletti. A highly important suite of eight carved and patinated wood panels commissioned by Monsignor Thomas Edw...
Wood, Pine
$1,905,379
H 59.45 in W 74.81 in D 39.38 in
Antique French Marquetry, Ormolu and Jasperware Bureau du Roi by Beurdeley
By Emmanuel-Alfred Beurdeley
Located in London, GB
Antique French marquetry, ormolu and jasperware Bureau du Roi by Beurdeley French, c. 1890 Height 151cm, width 190cm, depth 100cm The Bureau du Roi, also known as the secrétaire à ...
Ormolu
$124,900
H 7 in W 11 in D 5.5 in
An Exquisite and Rare French Louis XVI Style Ormolu-Mounted Bloodstone Inkwell
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
An Exquisite and Rare French Louis XVI Style Ormolu-Mounted Bloodstone Inkwell, circa 1875. A truly exceptional and jewel like quality inkwell encrier, made with the finest ormolu, ...
Bronze, Ormolu
$720Sale Price|20% Off
H 2.63 in W 4 in D 2.75 in
Empire Style Gilt Bronze Mounted Green Glass Inkwell Bottle
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Empire style parallelogram shaped emerald green glass heavy inkwell. It’s guilt bronze mounted with a scene of sphinxes statues, bell shaped vases, and maidens moving and ...
Glass
$549Sale Price|20% Off
H 3.55 in W 3.94 in D 2.37 in
Antique Inkwell From France, Brass With Glass, 1880s
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkwell, made from glass with brass. France, circa 1880.
Brass
19th Century Cylinder Bureau by François Linke in the Louis XV Style
By François Linke
Located in London, GB
A Petit Bureau à Cylindre in the Transitional Manner After the design by Jean-François Oeben By François Linke Index no. 1626 A rare small cylinder bureau, after the celebrated exa...
Ormolu
$10,578
H 0.79 in W 13 in D 6.7 in
French Empire period Inkwell, identical to the one of Elisa Bonaparte
Located in Paris, FR
Empire period gilt bronze and bird's eye maple veneer inkwell. This model is an exact replica of the inkwell that belonged to Elisa Bonaparte, Princess of Lucca and Piombino, sister...
Bronze
$1,020
H 11.42 in W 17.92 in D 11.03 in
Stunning Antique French Bronze Statue on Inkwell Stand, circa 1880
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely 19th century French bronze ink well stand A good looking well made and decorative desk top ...
Bronze
19th Century French Neo-Classical Style Gilt Bronze Desk Inkwell
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a 19th century French gilt bronze inkwell. Perfect coffee table art or desk statement piece. It is in very good condition and unmarked.
Bronze
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.
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