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16th Century Pen Knife
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A pen knife of dagger form with etched and partly gilt decoration of foliate scrolls and a lady
Category
European Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Stainless Steel, 24k Gold
Vintage 9kt. yellow gold pen knife, Sheffield, 1960
Located in Braintree, GB
Vintage 9kt. yellow gold pen knife, Sheffield, 1960
Made in England, Sheffield, 1960
Fully
Category
Vintage 1960s British Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Gold
1900's Rare Tortoiseshell 'Swiss Army' Pen Knife
Located in Hong Kong, HK
A rare early tortoiseshell 'Swiss Army' Pen Knife, c. 1900, containing a multitude of blades and
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Tableware
Materials
Metal
Antique Sporting Pen Knife, Shooting, Tennis 1930s Brass and Steel
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
knife by Coursolle, their trademark logo being 'adjustable wrenches'. The penknife comprises of one
Category
Vintage 1930s French Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Gold Mounted & Mother of Pearl Etui Set, c.1870
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
gold and steel implements:, scissors, pen knife, thimble. Box bearing later hallmarks 585 gold and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
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H 0.79 in W 4.34 in D 2.56 in
Reid & Sons Antique Sterling Silver Knife / Pen Rests
By Reid and Sons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
.
These exceptional antique knife / pen rests are the finest of their type you could hope to acquire
Category
Vintage 1910s English Tableware
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Decorative Champagne Corkscrew, German, Multi Tool, Jules Mumm, C.1920
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
the mounts for each tool
Short corkscrew articulates to the centre for ease of twisting
Small pen
Category
Vintage 1920s German Art Nouveau Barware
Materials
Metal, Brass
H 0.4 in W 3.15 in D 0.79 in
Lovely Victorian Sterling Chatelaine
Located in New York, NY
), retractable pencil, rose decorated mirror, pen knife with scissors/blades and an engraved whistle.
In the 19th
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Arts and Crafts More Jewelry
Puiforcat Art Deco Nephrite Jade Ring in Sterling Silver and 18 Karat Gold
By Puiforcat
Located in New York, NY
onyx. The maker's mark consists of the initials E.P., after the Maison's co-founder, with a pen knife
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco More Rings
Materials
Jade, Gold, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver
March, Harry Bunce, Bright Art, Animal Art, Birthday Art, Limited Edition Print
By Harry Bunce
Located in Deddington, GB
Happy Year Series, the animals brandish survival equipment, as seen here with the rabbit holding a pen
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
H 12.41 in W 11.03 in D 0.04 in
Victorian Novelty Knife Box Shaped Wooden Inkwell
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and stylish British Victorian inkwell in the form of a wooden knife box dating from the
Category
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Wood
Napoleon III Gutta Percha Pen Holder, France circa 1880
By France"
Located in Atlanta, GA
This superb Napoleon III Gutta Percha pen holder was handcrafted in France in the 1880s. The
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Desk Sets
Materials
Resin
Riverside Cottage in Spring Kennebunkport Maine Pallet Knife Impasto Texture
Located in Soquel, CA
, Harpers and other popular magazines. He later did pen and ink sketches for the Villager, a weekly
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colonial 18th Century Vizagapatam Pen-Engraved Writing Desk with Silver Mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Vizagapatam pen-engraved veneered sandalwood portable writing desk with silver mounts
India
Category
Antique 18th Century Indian British Colonial Desk Sets
Materials
Bone, Sandalwood
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H 9.53 in W 17.33 in D 10.01 in
Victorian Burr Walnut Fitted Vanity Box
Located in Northampton, GB
sewing hook, a pen knife, a thimble and scissors. The front of the Vanity Box drops down to access the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, a preparatory drawing by Alessandro Casolani
Located in PARIS, FR
This powerful pen and brown ink wash drawing is a study for an altarpiece depicting The Martyrdom
Category
Early 1600s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
"The Threepenny Opera"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Upper Left
This piece is on 15.00" x
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Illustration Board, Ink, Pen
International Very Special Arts signed, inscribed Abstract Expressionist poster
By Paul Jenkins
Located in New York, NY
contemporaries. He controlled the paint flow across the canvas with an ivory knife, producing diaphonous and
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset, Ballpoint Pen, Lithograph
Fontana Arte Desk Set
By Fontana Arte
Located in New York, NY
A Fontana Arte desk set consisting of letter knife, ink blotter and pen holder.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Desk Sets
Materials
Metal
Rare Vesuvius Lava Stone Writing Set. torre Del Greco (naples). XIX
Located in Firenze, IT
popular as souvenirs for travelers in the 19th century.
Among the objects there is a knife - letter opener
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art More Art
Materials
Stone, Brass
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H 3.15 in W 8.67 in D 1.19 in
Midcentury Texas Abstract Oil on Canvas by Gary Minkert
By Gary Minkert
Located in Houston, TX
known for painting-knife landscapes and felt tip pen drawings. He also attracted some comment with
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Kachemak Bay, Alaskan Landscape by R.W. "Toby" Tyler
Located in Larchmont, NY
Toby’s Attic.”
The retrospective show does exactly that: displays works found in Tyler’s attic, from pen
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Mixed Media, Acrylic
H 10.625 in W 24.75 in D 0.75 in
19th Century George Rowney Antique Watercolour Box
Located in London, GB
hole (stored in the drawer at the bottom of the box), 2 wooden quill pens, wooden watercolour brush
Category
Antique 1890s British Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique 18ct Rose Gold Double Albert Watch Chain, British Hallmarked, C-1900
Located in London, GB
accessories, such as a pocket-knife, a compass, a cigarette case, a vesta case, a fountain pen, and - for
Category
Antique Early 1900s European Edwardian Chain Necklaces
Materials
18k Gold, Rose Gold
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W 0.2 in L 16.75 in
A Carved Coral Penholder and Penknife
Located in Amsterdam, NL
with a carved coral handle. Italy, in original case, circa 1830.
Pen: 15 x 2 cm.
Knife: 8.5 x 1.5
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Georgian Jewelry & Watches
Materials
Coral, 18k Gold, Stainless Steel
Antique Levesley Brothers Sheffied England Silver Plate Celluloid Fish Serving S
By Levesley Brothers
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique English Levesley Bros silverplate fork and knife fish carving set featuring celluloid
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Tableware
Materials
Metal
H 2.25 in W 10 in D 13.75 in
Impulsive Directions, Abstract Painting
By Patricia Oblack
Located in San Francisco, CA
glimpse into her mind and heart. "I spilled the paint across the board to strike with the knife - without
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Original Signed Joseph Beuys Advertisment Poster "Ölfarben 1936-1965"
By Joseph Beuys
Located in Hamburg, DE
area. It was signed with a blue pen. The picture is framed and under a passe-partout. The frame is from
Category
Antique 1880s German Post-Modern Posters
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
H 32.68 in W 25.01 in D 1.19 in
Original Signed Joseph Beuys Exhibition Poster 1980 Framed "Zeichnungen", Framed
By Joseph Beuys
Located in Hamburg, DE
an offset print with an artist's signature in the lower right area. It was signed with a red pen. The
Category
Vintage 1980s German Post-Modern Posters
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
H 32.68 in W 25.01 in D 1.19 in
Keeper’s Pond with Oil on Canvas, Painting by Helen Howells
By Helen Howells
Located in Deddington, GB
as Pen-ffordd-goch pond or the Forge pond is situated on the hill above the heritage site of
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
H 29.93 in W 48.04 in D 1.38 in
Solitary Schematic, Abstract Painting
By Patricia Oblack
Located in San Francisco, CA
weeks, a box arrived with art supplies, including her first palette knife. Patricia finished every
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Art Deco period Egyptian revival style enamel and silver-gilt desk set
Located in London, GB
enamelled covers that sit within the talons of large eagle pen rest with spread wings. It comes with a desk
Category
Early 20th Century European Egyptian Revival Desk Sets
Materials
Silver, Enamel
H 4.14 in W 10.63 in D 10.24 in
Barn
Located in Westmount, QC
palette knife and brushes and continually searched for faster drying mediums for outdoor painting. Working
Category
1960s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lake in Saguenay, Quebec
Located in Westmount, QC
Rapid Grip and Batten Limited and Bomac Limited.
He applied his paint with a palette knife and brushes
Category
1960s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Mt. Rose Landscape
By Nancy Coe
Located in Soquel, CA
. This piece has evocative, heavy textures from the artist's use of a palette knife. Signed in pen in the
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Desert Oasis, British School 19th Century Watercolour
By Albert Goodwin
Located in London, GB
, employing at various times (and not infrequently all together) watercolour, bodycolour, pen and ink, chalk
Category
19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Unique Japanese Lacquer Maki-e Suzuribako with Woven Bamboo Cover with Tomobako
Located in Atlanta, GA
finish and silver ornament. This includes a matching set of two brush pens, a paper knife and a paper
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Scholar's Objects
Materials
Rattan, Wood, Lacquer
H 1.75 in W 7.25 in D 9.25 in
Reflection of What, Original Contemporary Abstract Ink Painting on Yupo Paper
Located in Boston, MA
could use these and not make mud colors in the process. I got my pallet knife out and started playing
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Navy or Coast Guard 1930s Pursuit Boat Galveston Texas Artist Texas Coast
By Paul Schumann
Located in San Antonio, TX
. The medium he used was oil, crayon, pencil, and pen and ink--using the palette knife extensively in
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair Early New Mexico Landscapes with Structures Heavy Impasto Galveston Artist
By Paul Schumann
Located in San Antonio, TX
. The medium he used was oil, crayon, pencil, and pen and ink--using the palette knife extensively in
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Crashing Waves" Impasto Oil Painting GALVESTON TEXAS SEASCAPE OIL ON CANVAS
By Paul Schumann
Located in San Antonio, TX
, likewise moving from brush to palette knife as his primary tool. Of his painting The Storm, he noted that
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 13.75 in W 16.75 in D 3 in
Victorian Sterling Silver Propelling Pencil, Whistle and Pen Knife by Thornhill
By Walter Thornhill & Co 1
Located in London, GB
A rare and unusual sterling silver combination propelling pencil, whistle and pen knife. Fashioned
Category
Antique 1880s British Late Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
H 1 in W 4 in D 0.5 in
Large Edwardian Antique Silver Cigar Cutter/Pen Knife by S Mordan Chester, 1913
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
steel bladed pen knife and sprung steel cutter.
By Sampson Mordan & Co, Chester, 1913
In good
Category
Vintage 1910s English Edwardian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
H 2.42 in W 0.01 in D 0.01 in
Antique Wooden Cutlery Box in Pine, Late 1800s, Sweden
Located in Singapore, SG
Stunning cutlery box in pine, can be used for cutlery or pens. Lovely antique patina.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Jugendstil Knife Boxes
Materials
Pine
Unusual Continental Stationery Cabinet
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
storage area which also holds a velvet backed blotting paper book with pens, knife and ruler.
Category
Antique 19th Century European Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Ceramic Modern Pot - Poi with Seated Animal on Lid by Ian Godfrey
By Ian Godfrey
Located in Milan, IT
his own techniques – notably carving the almost dry clay with a pen-knife – as well as a personal
Category
Late 20th Century English Beaux Arts Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Coromandel Silver Vanity Dressing Box Mappin & Webb, 19th Century
By Mappin & Webb, James Vickery
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
handled tools including a shoehorn, pen knife, thread hook, scissors, tweezers, file, needle and pricker
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass
The Earl of Hardwicke Jewellery & Dressing Box
Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB
of pearl mirror, silver spoon, pen knife etc and beneath the tray is a red leather lined storage area
Category
Antique 19th Century British Boxes
Antique Dressing Case in Coromandel by Betjemann & Sons
By George Betjeman & Sons
Located in London, GB
, medicine spoon, retractable pencil, cork screw, pen knife, yarn threader, and many more items of interest
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Materials
Silver
A Pair of Bois de Saint Lucie (Cherry wood) candlesticks
Located in New York, NY
very hard quality of the wood, but lent itself to delicate pen knife carving – it generally had typical
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Candle Holders
Frederike Stokhuyzen, Signed Oil on Canvas, Depicting a South African Landscape
Located in Cape Town, ZA
originality. Watercolors or pen and wash are executed on the spot in the course of her travels, while the oils
Category
Late 20th Century South African Modern Paintings
H 23.63 in W 53.15 in D 1.19 in
Antique Sporting Pen Knife, Tennis, Football, 1930s
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
knife by Pradel. The penknife comprises of one large blade and a bradawl. On one side of the handle in
Category
Vintage 1930s French Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bronze
Nike x Off White 2017 Collectors Tool Kit Limited Edition Exclusively Sold NYC
Located in New York, NY
: Excellent pre-owned condition
Includes: Spool of thread, three needles, multi-purpose knife, Exacto knife
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Knife Boxes
Robert Klaas Fishing Knife, Solingen
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
German Solingen fishing knife.
A vintage fisherman's or angler's pen knife in good usable
Category
Early 20th Century Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Antique French 18-Karat Gold Mounted Large Travelling Etui Set, circa 1760
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
writing tablet, scissors, needle case, pen knife, 3 string winders, pick, pencil, thimble, tweezers and a
Category
Antique 18th Century French More Desk Accessories
Materials
Gold
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H 3.94 in W 2.56 in D 1.97 in
Vintage Electric Shop Display Victorinox Pocket Knives Switzerland
Located in Antwerp, BE
- advertising display - promotional display - counter display.
All the parts of the penknife, pen knife, pocket
Category
Late 20th Century Swiss Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
Victorian Antique 18-Carat Gold Sewing & Grooming / Vanity / Dressing Kit, 1873
Located in London, GB
items have 18-carat gold Handles and include a stiletto, folding pen knife, and button hook. The set
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Gold
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H 0.4 in W 0.4 in D 0.4 in
14 Karat Yellow Gold Pocket Knife and Pen
Located in Washington Depot, CT
Vintage 14 Karat Yellow Gold Pocket Knife and Pen
This elegant pocket knife features a stainless
Category
20th Century More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Materials
Gold
Antique English Banded Agate Paper Knife / Dip Pen Set c.1890
Located in Bath, GB
superb undamaged condition. The pen measures 8" in length and the paper knife measuring 8 3/8" x 1 1/8
Category
Antique 1890s British Late Victorian Desk Sets
Materials
Agate
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H 8.38 in W 1.13 in D 0.25 in
Just Andersen Bronze Letter Knife and Pen Tray in Alloyed Bronze, 1930s-1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Just Andersen bronze letter knife and pen tray in alloyed bronze,
1930s-1940s.
Signed LB 1484
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Desk Sets
H 0.4 in W 9.06 in D 1.97 in
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