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Inkwells For Sale
Silver Inkstand, with Hallmarks, Madrid, Spain, 1779
Located in Madrid, ES
With hallmarks and property marks (AL).
A tray of curved profiles is supported on four legs in the shape of plant elements. Fixed to it are four elements. These, and the bell, prese...
Category
1770s Spanish Neoclassical Antique Inkwells
Materials
Silver
Louis XV Style Inkwell, Designed by Léon Messagé and Cast By Barbedienne
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Rare Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Inkwell. Designed by Léon Messagé and Cast By The Ferdinand Barbedienne Foundry, Paris.
Designed in the exuberant Rococo style surmounted by a sea...
Category
19th Century French Rococo Antique Inkwells
Materials
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Continental Porcelain Inkwell with Hand Painted Flowers
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th century Continental porcelain inkwell with hand painted flowers on inkwell and stand.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Inkwells
Materials
Porcelain
Edgar Gilstrap Simpson ARTS & CRAFTS INKWELL, RUSKIN POTTERY LINER C.1900
Located in Stourbridge, West Midlands
A fantastic quality beaten copper with turquoise finial arts and crafts inkwell signed by Edgar Simpson. A superb jewellery designer whose workmanship is of the very highest quality and pieces like this almost impossible to find as they are so rare. Of its type you will not find a better example. It is in flawless, original untouched condition, carries its original Ruskin pottery liner and is fully signed and hand numbered 'N/L/L 227' to the base. It measures 14.5cm in diameter and is 8.5cm in overall height.
English: Edgar Gilstrap Simpson (1867-1945), British jewellery designer in the Arts & Crafts tradition. Born in Nottingham; his father, Henry Simpson...
Category
Early 1900s British Arts and Crafts Antique Inkwells
Materials
Copper
English Victorian Silver and Blue Glass Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian silver and blue glass inkwell.
Marked: George Fox, London, 1878.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Inkwells
Materials
Silver
Charles X Gothic Revival Gilt and Patinated Bronze and Siena Marble Inkwell
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Of rectangular shape, decorated with gothic cathedral arcades, with two wells and two pen holders, raised on a Siena marble base raised on scrolled feet.
Between the twelfth and six...
Category
1820s French Gothic Revival Antique Inkwells
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
French Victorian Embossed Sterling Silver and Glass Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian rectangular double glass inkwell with incised monogrammed sterling silver hinged lids. (Hallmarked).
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Metal, Silver
Gothic English Ink Stand, circa 1880
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 brass & wood ink stand, English. Gothic Revival brass strapwork. Ebonized trim accents. Burl walnut. 10 1/2" W., 7 7/16" D., 3 5/16" H.
Whitehall Antiques is a family bus...
Category
1880s English Gothic Revival Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
$300 Sale Price / set
33% Off
Unusual Carved Walnut Wood Inkwell from France, Circa 1880
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved from walnut in France, circa 1880, this unusual inkwell features foliate and floral motifs. A flip-top lid adorned with a pair of bas relief flowers tops the central pen ...
Category
1880s French Antique Inkwells
Materials
Walnut
Ink Bottle with Boar Head and Antlers
Located in Sheffield, MA
Antique English brass and crystal inkwell with small horns and brass boar head.
Diameter for bottle: 2.38".
Category
19th Century English Charles II Antique Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Brass
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). The oval mahogany base surmounted with an ormolu mounted trim, dual-trays and fi...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
$6,450 Sale Price
56% Off
Regency circular bronze inkwell
Located in London, GB
A small early 19th century Regency period circular bronze encrier, engine turned throughout, having pierced mirrored lid, bearing label ‘from the Duche...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Gothic Revival Gilt and Patinated Bronze Inkwell with Porcelain Plaque
Located in London, GB
A Louis-Philippe Gothic Revival gilt and patinated bronze inkwell
Rising from two-tone gilt bronze bracket feet, the patinated bronze rectangular inkwell having a band of circular...
Category
19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
English Victorian Silver and Cranberry Glass Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian silver plated inkwell with 2 cranberry glass wells and back handle.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Silver
Continental 1830 Porcelain Hand Painted Inkwell
Located in Stamford, CT
Continental 1830 Porcelain hand painted five sided brass lip inkwell, inkpot. This is a very nice piece from a private collector who traveled th...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV Miniature Secretary Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) inkwell stand in the form of a miniature secretary with roll top and etched glass doors.
Category
19th Century Louis XV Antique Inkwells
Materials
Glass, Walnut
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...
Category
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Victorian Brass Owl Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian brass owl inkwell on rectangular tray.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
John Charles Grinsell Antique Edwardian Cut Glass and Sterling Silver Inkwell
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian cut glass and English sterling silver mounted desk inkwell; part of our antique silver and glassware collection
This exceptio...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Art Nouveau Bronze Floral Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau bronze floral design inkwell with handles and iridescent glass well.
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
art nouveau pewter inkwell, glass bucket, circa 1900
Located in Mouscron, WHT
art nouveau pewter inkwell, glass bucket, circa 1900
Category
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Inkwells
Materials
Metal
1910 René Lalique Nenuphar Inkwell Frosted Glass with Grey Patina, Water Lily
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Inkwell "Nénuphar" (Water Lily) made in frosted glass with grey patina by René Lalique in 1910.
Engraved signature.
Perfect condition.
diameter : 7 cm
Félix Marcilhac, René Lali...
Category
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Inkwells
Materials
Blown Glass
Set of Two French Macassar Inkwells
Located in North Hollywood, CA
French Macassar inkwell Art Deco ebony Macassar and crystal glass.
Macassar ebony cover with a crystal reservoir in Cubist Art Deco form.
Made in luxury Macassar wood with original c...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Inkwells
Materials
Crystal
$1,750 / set
Rare 18th Century German Faience Rococo Encrier Inkstand Stockelsdorf
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
The form of this rare encrier is based on the model of the known faience master Johann Georg Buchwald, who produced it first in the manufacture of Marieberg, later also in Eckernförd...
Category
Late 18th Century German Rococo Antique Inkwells
Materials
Faience
Antique French Solid Silver Gilt Rococo Style Inkwell / Stand, Emile Puiforcat
Located in London, GB
We are delighted to offer this magnificent French silver gilt inkstand made circa late 19th/early 20th century by one of the most important Parisian silversmiths: Puiforcat.
Puifo...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Antique Inkwells
Materials
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Military WWI British MkIV Tank Bronze Desk Inkstand, circa 1918
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
WWI British Military MkIV tank, circa 1918
Marble and bronze desk inkstand.
High details.
Pen not included.
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Harlequin Ceramic Ink and Pen Stand by Aladin
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A lovely French Harlequin ceramic ink and pen holder by Aladin. The white ceramic piece features purple and gold accents throughout.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Inkwells
Materials
Ceramic
$934 Sale Price
25% Off
19th Century Victorian Lignum Vitae Bulldog Inkwell, c.1860
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
19th century Victorian lignum vitae inkwell modelled as the head of a bulldog with realistic glass inset eyes, original leather collar with a copper push-button and a silver presenta...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Inkstand of Neopolitan Fisherman
Located in London, GB
A good Italian Grand Tour model of a Neopolitan fisherman at his work. In ormolu and patinated bronze the oval base is naturalistically decorated with rocks and seaweed which the fis...
Category
1860s Italian Grand Tour Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
French Louis XV Bronze Dore Inkwell/Candleholder
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19th Century) bronze dore filigree double inkwell with candleholder sides and griffins.
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Brass Antique Engraved and Signed Inkwell Louis XV Style
Located in Sofia, BG
19th Century small French antique engraved brass Inkwell in Louis XV style signed in the bottom in very good authentic condition.
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
18th Century Venetian Bronze Figural Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Patinated bronze urn-shaped inkwell rests on three winged-horses evoking movement and action. The body of the inkwell is decorated with faces among garlands and the lid is topped by a seated putti holding fruitVenetian patinated bronze figural inkwell...
Category
18th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Charming Headshaped Ink Stand, Gilt White Metal Patinated Wood 19th C. England
Located in Knivsta, SE
Charming Ink Well/Inkstand in the shape of man's head, painted white metal and patinated wood. Made in England during the 19th century.
A simply charming inkstand consists of a a pa...
Category
19th Century English Antique Inkwells
Materials
Metal
Impressive Black Marble Inkwell with Bronze Ducks
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Incredible black marble inkwell that is truly an objet d'arte, having two lyrical bronze ducks with bone beaks, as though perched at the side of a pond and two square ink wells lined in brass. Looks like it could be by the artist, Andre Villien...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Inkwell of the XIXth Century in Gilded Bronze
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Inkwell of the XIXth Century in gilded bronze"
Inkwell, Napoleon III period, gilt bronze, 19th century.
H: 15cm, W: 21cm, D: 14,5cm.
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century American Antique Crystal Inkwell Six Sided with Mitre Cuts
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th century six sided crystal inkwell with deep mitre cuts in the sides and a hinged top. A nice piece for a collector or just sitting on a desk top. From a private collector w...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Inkwells
Materials
Crystal
French Victorian Boule Brass Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian Boulle-style square tortoise shell and brass inlaid inkwell with crystal well.
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Hall's State Toffee Tin Litho Candy Box/Ink Well
Located in Stamford, CT
Tin Litho Hall's state toffee advertising box that doubled as an ink well. The box is marked on the inside Lid, "Hall's STATE Toffee, Sole Manufacturer...
Category
Early 20th Century English Inkwells
Materials
Tin
Rare Royal Copenhagen Art Nouveau Inkwell on Tray, Early 1900s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Rare Royal Copenhagen Art Nouveau inkwell on tray,
early 1900s.
Measures 25.5 cm. x 16 cm. x 5.5 cm.
Marked.
1st. assortment, in perfect condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Inkwells
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Just Andersen, early Art Deco inkwell in bronze. Rare model.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Just Andersen, early Art Deco inkwell in bronze. Rare model.
Including an original glass insert with a lid.
Model 1895.
Approximately from 1930.
Condition: In good condition, with si...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
English Arts & Crafts Mahogany and Brass Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Arts & Crafts (Gothic Revival-style) mahogany and brass trimmed double inkwell with glass jewels and drawer.
Category
20th Century Gothic Inkwells
Materials
Brass
English Pewter Figural Inkwell
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Antique English cast pewter inkwell of an Asian scholar sporting a Fu Manchu mustache and ponytail, fixed to a lacquered wood tray.
Category
20th Century English Chinoiserie Inkwells
Materials
Pewter
Victorian sterling silver inkstand with gallery border - London 1900
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1900 by William Hutton & Sons, this attractive, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Ink Stand, features a shared and pierced gallery style border, and two cut ...
Category
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
Double Inkwell of the XIXth Century in Gilded Bronze
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Double inkwell of the XIXth Century in gilded bronze"
Important double inkwell, Napoleon III period, gilded bronze with nice neo-classical decorations, XIXth century.
H: 12cm, W...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Pewter Double Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
Art Nouveau rectangular pewter double inkwell with floral design and shaped gallery corners (Kayserginn).
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Inkwells
Materials
Pewter
Antique English Sterling Silver and Cut Crystal Watch-Clock Inkwell, Circa 1910
Located in New Orleans, LA
Wonderful antique English sterling silver and cut crystal watch-clock inkwell, Circa 1910.
Category
1910s English Vintage Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Rare Early 19th Century George IV English Porcelain Inkwell by Coalport
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Rare early 19th century George IV English porcelain inkwell by Coalport in the naturalistic form. Referred to as ‘Coalbrookdale’ this piece has been modeled in the form of a lemon fr...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Inkwells
Materials
Porcelain
Antique English Crystal & Sterling Silver Inkwell Signed "Samuel Jacob" Ca 1895
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English cut crystal and sterling silver inkwell signed by silversmith "Samuel Jacob" of London, circa 1895.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Antique Bronze Inkwell
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Bronze Inkwell
Category
19th Century Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
2-Piece Victorian Gothic Iron Double Inkwell Desk Set
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian Gothic-style wrought iron double inkwell with (later) crystal wells and filigree back-rail. (with calendar stand) (PRICED AS SET).
Category
20th Century Gothic Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Iron, Wrought Iron
Empire Style Table Clock and Inkwell
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Empire style table clock and inkwell
Origin France Circa 1900
The watch has a Paris machine and it works
Golden bronze and Onix materials
Very good general condition
the marble ...
Category
Early 1900s French Empire Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Hilton MCONNICO (1943-2018) and DAUM FRANCE. Inkwell bottle
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Crystal inkwell bottle with blue and violet polychrome pâte de verre nib.
Height: 22.5 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Inkwells
Materials
Crystal
Supreme x rOtring 600 3-in-1 Multicolor pen &v mechanical pencil, SS 2023, Japan
By Supreme
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Supreme®/rOtring 600 3-in-1
Multicolor pen and mechanical pencil. Includes black and red ballpoint inks with 0.5 mm mechanical pencil. Additional blue refill included.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Inkwells
Materials
Stainless Steel
English Victorian Papier-Mache Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian papier mache rectangular inkwell with gold stenciled and floral painted decoration with a small center box between 2 square sh...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Gold
English Victorian Papier-Mache and Crystal Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian papier mache floral design oval double inkwell with fluted crystal wells and handles.
Category
20th Century British Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Crystal
19th Century Scottish Double Inkwell
Located in Cheshire, GB
19th century Scottish double inkwell by Arthur Medlock with two hoof inkwells with metal covers centred by a facet citrine, on a wooden base, th...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Inkwells
Materials
Oak
$1,554 Sale Price
56% Off
2-Piece French Victorian Bronze Pheasant Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian bronze inkwell of standing pheasant with roll blotter. (priced as set).
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
$1,800 / set
Scandinavian Desk Set in Bronze by Gusum, A 5 Pieces Set, Signed
By Gusums Bruk
Located in Paris, FR
A very rare desk set of 5 pieces made by Gosum. Sweden. Signed
Bronze.
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Inkwells
Materials
Bronze, Brass
$1,579 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Bronze Doré Inkwell
Located in Tampa, FL
A doré bronze and marble inkwell. It is French in the Empire style. Compartments have their little glass containers for ink and are all original.
Category
1920s French Vintage Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Fabulous Antique English Sterling and Cut Glass Hand Pierced Double Inkstand
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Exquisite Antique English hallmarked STERLING SILVER and cut crystal Two Bottle Inkstand or Standish, hallmarked London, 1904/'05 with maker's marks for the Royal Warranted silversmi...
Category
Early 20th Century English Georgian Inkwells
Materials
Silver
Vintage, New and Antique Inkwells
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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