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Pounce Pot

Saltglaze Pounce Pot, English, circa 1750
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A charming pounce pot, or sander, in sale-glazed earthenware. Unusually good condition. These were
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Pottery

Materials

Stoneware

Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Inkwell from France, C. 1840
Located in Dallas, TX
lid opens to reveal three circular vessels – two outer glass wells and a middle pounce pot. The pounce
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Antique 1840s French Napoleon III Inkwells

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Inkwell from France, C. 1840
Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Inkwell from France, C. 1840
$1,800
H 3.875 in W 12.125 in D 8.75 in
English 18th century Creamware Pounce Shaker or Sugar Castor
Located in Downingtown, PA
different patterns, allowing for the controlled dispersal of the pounce. Historically, pounce pots were
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Antique Late 18th Century George III Pottery

Materials

Ceramic, Creamware, Pottery

A Victorian Continental Silver Pepperette In The Form of An Owl With Glass Eyes
Located in Reading, Berkshire
(Victorian era) German silver pepperette or pounce pot (used to contain fine sand to shake on to handwritten
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Antique Mid-19th Century German Aesthetic Movement Tableware

Materials

Silver

Grand Tour Serpentine Inkwell and Cover Inset with 7 Lava Stone Cameos, 19th C
Located in Spencertown, NY
The 7 cameos of historical figures, fitted with 3 quill holders, 2 inkwells and a pounce pot. The
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Inkwells

Materials

Serpentine

Early Villeroy & Boch Stoneware Inkstand
By Villeroy & Boch
Located in Forney, TX
, including an inkwell and pounce pot/ sander. Gorgeous detail and color, glazed, silver luster, openwork
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Antique 19th Century German Inkwells

Materials

Pottery

Early Villeroy & Boch Stoneware Inkstand
Early Villeroy & Boch Stoneware Inkstand
$1,150
H 2.75 in W 10.75 in D 9 in
Staffordshire Pottery Figural Pounce or Pepper Pot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful novelty antique English pottery figure of a man pounce or pepper pot dating from
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Antique 19th Century English Pottery

Materials

Pottery

Silver Gilt Inkstand by William Bateman II
By William Bateman II
Located in New Orleans, LA
inkwell, pounce pot, and quill pot are formed to resemble covered urns with the addition of floral
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Antique 19th Century English William IV Inkwells

Materials

Silver

Silver Gilt Inkstand by William Bateman II
Silver Gilt Inkstand by William Bateman II
$34,500
H 10 in W 14.25 in D 8.75 in
Antique French Ecritoire Desk in Burled Elm, circa 1830
Located in Dallas, TX
held the pounce or sand (pounce pot). This would have permitted the writer to sprinkle the sand on the
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Antique Early 19th Century French Desk Sets

Materials

Metal, Brass

18th/19th Century English Georgian III Period Matthew Boulton Inkstand
By Matthew Boulton
Located in Forney, TX
candlelight and for heating sealing wax, set atop a circular pounce pot which held a fine sand for absorbing
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Inkwells

Materials

Silver Plate

Antique Georgian Solid Silver Inkstand (1kg+) Regency Design London 1813
Located in London, GB
also fitted with matching silver mounts, with a pounce pot on one side and the inkwell (for a quill
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Antique 19th Century Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Chamberlains Worcester Ink Stand Writing Set, Orange, Gilt Neoclassical, ca 1810
By Chamberlains Worcester
Located in London, GB
mouth, and three removable wells; one for ink, one pounce pot (or sand shaker) to blot wet writing, and
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Antique 1810s English Regency Vases

Materials

Porcelain

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19th Century English Treen Collection
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century English Treen collection. Consisting of two boxwood pounce pots (ink blotting shaker
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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian More Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

19th Century Brass Standish (Inkwell)
Located in Woodbury, CT
comprising 2 ink and sealing wax containers, a pounce pot, and service bell. The tripartite base possesses a
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Antique 1790s European Inkwells

Materials

Brass

19th Century Brass Standish (Inkwell)
19th Century Brass Standish (Inkwell)
H 7.5 in W 8.75 in D 3 in
Georgian Silver Pounce Pot, London 1815, Stephen Adams
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Georgian Silver Pounce Pot, London 1815, Stephen Adams. The pot of nutmeg shape, square pedestal
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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Sterling Silver

Wedgwood Salt Glazed White Stoneware Pounce Pot, circa 1780
By Wedgwood & Bentley
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine quality antique white salt glazed stone ware pounce pot attributed to Wedgwood and dating
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Antique 18th Century English Georgian Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware

Antique English Porcelain Boy in Hat Pepper or Pounce Pot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful antique English porcelain pounce or pepper pot modelled as a young boy wearing a full
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Antique 19th Century English Folk Art Serving Pieces

Materials

Porcelain

Large French Porcelain King Charles Inkstand, Jacob Petit, circa 1850
Located in New York, NY
The dog seated on a gilt-tasseled pillow, painted with flowers, with removable inkwell and pounce
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Antique 1850s French Inkwells

Materials

Porcelain

Tiffany & Co. Style Antique English Victorian Silver Plate Ink Stand
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
: pounce pot/sander, inkwell, candlestick, and tray. In the manner of Tiffany & Co. By Sheffield England
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Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Inkwells

Materials

Silver Plate

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Inkwell and Trinket Bowl
Located in Paris, FR
pounce pot, and three pen holes. The exterior is expertly sculpted with latticework and water-leaf. The
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Antique 1880s Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Inkwell and Trinket Bowl
Located in Paris, FR
pounce pot, and three pen holes. The exterior is expertly sculpted with latticework and water-leaf. The
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Antique 1880s Restauration Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

Charles X Inkstand in Blue Opaline and Gilt Bronze
Located in Paris, FR
Small, circular inkwell in turquoise opaline with two inkwells and a pounce pot. It is mounted with
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Antique 1820s Inkwells

Materials

Bronze, Gold

Inkstands and Inkwells, A Collector's Guide, First Edition
By Betty and Ted Rivera
Located in valatie, NY
section on writing accessories including pens and inks, pounce pots, sanders, tapers, sealing wax, seals
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20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Very Good Georgian Brass Bound Mahogany Writing Box / Slope, England Circa 1820
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
opening to a fitted interior housing an inkwell and pounce pot, pen tray and twin leather-lined writing
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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Charles X Cut Crystal Gilded Bronze Inkwell, circa 1815-1820
Located in Paris, FR
"ribbed" size. Fine engravings of stylized laurel leaves are arranged arround the two ink pots, the pounce
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Antique 1810s French Charles X Inkwells

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Gothic Revival Inkwell in Gilt Bronze and Sienna Marble, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
houses two inkwells with their lids and a pounce pot decorated with openwork branches, as well as four
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Antique 1820s Gothic Revival Inkwells

Materials

Siena Marble, Bronze

Gothic Revival Inkwell in Gilt Bronze and Sienna Marble, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
houses two inkwells with their lids and a pounce pot decorated with openwork branches, as well as four
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Antique 1820s French Gothic Revival Inkwells

Materials

Siena Marble, Bronze

Antique Carved Inkwell, Swiss Milk Cow, Late 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
a perforated top, which would have held the pounce or sand (pounce pot). This would have permitted
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Antique 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Inkwells

Materials

Cut Glass, Wood

Antique French Ormolu & Porcelain Inkstand c.1870
Located in London, GB
inkstand compromises of two inkwells centered by a pounce pot and a pen tray. The inkstand is further
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Antique 19th Century French Inkwells

George III Antique Sterling Silver Ink Stand from London in 1802
By Peter, Ann & William Bateman
Located in London, London
pierced, cut glass Shaker for pounce, a cut glass pot for shot, and a lidded ink well. The ink stand
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Antique Early 1800s English Neoclassical Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Silver Pounce Pot, London circa 1830, Benjamin Stephens
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Antique silver pounce pot, London circa 1830, Benjamin Stephens. The pot of tapered vase form
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Antique 19th Century English Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Chinese Porcelain Kangxi Famille Verte Caster/Sander, ca 1700
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
The sander, otherwise known as a pounce pot, functions in a very similar manner to a salt shaker
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Qing More Dining and Entertaining

Materials

Porcelain

Fine Old Paris porcelain ink stand
Located in St. Louis, MO
attached to the top with two molded oval trays flanked by the inkwell and pounce pot, surrounded by a
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Antique 19th Century French Inkwells

Fine Old Paris porcelain ink stand
Fine Old Paris porcelain ink stand
H 5.5 in W 10.5 in D 7 in
19th Century Pounce Pot Pug
Located in Retie, BE
Antique pounce pot, Sander, sand duster, were used to dry ink on paper before blotting paper
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Antique Early 19th Century More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Metal

19th Century Pounce Pot Pug
19th Century Pounce Pot Pug
H 3.15 in W 1.38 in D 3.15 in
Antique English Ink, Quill & Pounce Bottles from 1792, The Rockefeller Sale
By Henry Chawner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
with three holes is an inkwell, and the lid pierced with a pattern of quatrefoils is a pounce pot. The
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Antique Late 18th Century English George III Inkwells

Materials

Sterling Silver

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Pounce Pot For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic pounce pot available at 1stDibs. Each pounce pot for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, metal and glass. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer pounce pot, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 19th Century. Each pounce pot bearing Georgian, folk art or neoclassical hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one pounce pot that is appealing in its simplicity, but Matthew Boulton, Villeroy & Boch and Wedgwood & Bentley produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Pounce Pot?

A pounce pot can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,025, while the lowest priced sells for $234 and the highest can go for as much as $34,500.