Inkwell in Wood Figuring a Child, 19th Century

Gilt bronze fire screen with scalloped shape and rocaille decoration of plants, acanthus leaves, shells and foliage. Decorated with cherubs in the central part, standing turned near stylized flames...

Little oval-shaped mirror in rosewood and gilt bronze standing on a tubular structure. Frame in gilt bronze. Figure of a child on its knees supporting the mirror with his two spared arms. Molded base in wood and chiseled and gilt bronze. Octagonal stand...

Gilded and carved wood console table from the Louis XV period, the curved base and belt decorated with scrolls, acanthus leaves and volutes, and the base joined by a spacer bar with ...

Letter holder in leather with one compartment. Curved-edge flanks. Inclined back. Gilt highlights along the edges. Work realized in the 20th century.

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...

Beautiful inkwell by the artist and sculptor Joseph D´Aste. Nicely chiseled bronze work on a red marble base. In the middle of the plinth is a boy holding gently a goose in his arms. Right and left of the boy are the two inkwells with original inlets made of porcelain. In the marble base is a space espacially for the fountain pen. The bronze is signed at the back "J. D´Aste". D´Aste was born in Naples, Italy in 1881. He moved to Paris around 1900, exhibited at the Salon from 1905. He produced numerous groups and statuettes of children, mostly depicting popular and rural scenes, as well as animal studies...

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 ...

This large and historically interesting inkwell, or standish, is carved from timber recovered from the wreck of H.M.S. Lutine. It has a central inkwell, with a bud and oakleaf cover...