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
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Pottery
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
Category
Antique 19th Century English Folk Art Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
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
Category
Antique 1840s French Napoleon III Inkwells
Materials
Metal, Bronze
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
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century German Aesthetic Movement Tableware
Materials
Silver
$1,327
H 2.96 in W 1.38 in D 1.34 in
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Inkwells
Materials
Serpentine
$3,500
H 3.75 in Dm 6 in
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
Category
Antique 19th Century German Inkwells
Materials
Pottery
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
Category
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
Category
Antique 19th Century English William IV Inkwells
Materials
Silver
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
Category
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
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Inkwells
Materials
Silver Plate
$2,250 / set
H 4.5 in W 11.5 in D 7.5 in
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
Category
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
Category
Antique 1810s English Regency Vases
Materials
Porcelain
$835 / set
H 3.75 in W 6.25 in D 4.5 in
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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
Category
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
Category
Antique 1790s European Inkwells
Materials
Brass
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
Category
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
Category
Antique 18th Century English Georgian Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
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
Category
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
Category
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
Category
Antique 1880s Restauration 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
Category
Antique 1880s 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
Category
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
Category
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
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
H 7.75 in W 19.5 in D 11 in
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
Category
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
Category
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
Category
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
Category
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
Category
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
Category
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
Category
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
Category
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
Category
Antique 19th Century French Inkwells
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
Category
Antique Early 19th Century More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Metal
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
Category
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.