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Late 19th Century French Treen Inkwell with Pen Holder
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century French treen inkwell with pen holder. Elegantly decorated with subtly colored chinoiserie scenes of gardens & bamboo follies. Bra...
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Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Vintage Renaissance Victorian Style Brass Lion Head Double Pen Desk Inkwell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Renaissance Victorian Style Brass Lion Head Double Pen Desk Inkwell. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 3.75" H x 13.5" W x 10" D.
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Victorian Metal Inkwells
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Late 19th Century Double Crystal Inkwell with Pen Tray, England, 1880
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th century double crystal inkwell with a pen tray and brass trim from England 1880. This is from a private collector who traveled the world buying and selling beautiful and un...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Brass
French Empire period Inkwell, identical to the one of Elisa Bonaparte
Located in Paris, FR
Empire period gilt bronze and bird's eye maple veneer inkwell.
This model is an exact replica of the inkwell that belonged to Elisa Bonaparte, Princess of Lucca and Piombino, sister...
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1810s French Empire Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Regency Mahogany And Brass Inkstand
Located in Essex, MA
With two ink bottles and candle holder and pen rest. Lower drawer. Brass paw feet.
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Brass
French Baroque-Style Inkwell, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
An elegant French inkwell crafted in gilded bronze in the Baroque style from the 19th century. This luxurious piece reflects intricate artistry and opulence, typical of Baroque-inspired decor.
Features:
Material: Solid bronze with a rich gilded finish.
Design: Features ornate Baroque motifs, including scrolling patterns, floral accents, and elegant detailing.
Functionality: Includes compartments for ink wells and a central area for pen placement.
Dimensions:
Length: 40 cm
Width: 22 cm
Height: 15 cm
Highlights:
Artistic Excellence: Exemplifies the grandeur and intricate craftsmanship of 19th-century French design.
Collector’s Item: A fine addition to collections of antique writing instruments...
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1850s Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon III Style French Inkwell Made of Wood, Brass and Crystal
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Orig...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Eugène Feuillâtre "Pavot" Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
This stunning enamel, silvered metal, and gilt metal "Pavot" inkwell by Eugène Feuillâtre features peacock feather embellishments. The Inkwell lies under the gilded and silvered metal poppy seed pod lid, to which the title pavot (translated to English as poppy) refers. The vessel is vaguely pumpkin-shaped with negative space in a honeydew green, with white peacock feathers featuring purple and turquoise details.
Product Details:
Item #: S-21164
Artist: Eugène Feuillâtre
Country: France
Circa: 1900
Dimensions: 2.25" height, 3.5" diameter
Materials: Enamel, Silvered Metal, Gilt Metal
Signed: impressed Feuillâtre
Exhibition History: Examples of this inkwell can be found in the permanent collections of Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva (inv. no. E 01500), Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (inv. no. 8746), and Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg (inv. no. 1966.1). Salon des Artistes français, 1898.
Literature: L. Bénédite, et. al., "Exposition Universelle de 1900: Les Beaux-Arts et les Arts Decoratifs," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1900, p. 510 (for a related example). H. Frantz, "E. Feuillatre, Emailleur," L’Art Décoratif, no. 28, Paris, January 1901, p. 166 (for a related example). C. Saunier, "Céramique, Verrerie, Émail," L’Art Décoratif, no. 34, Paris, July 1901, p. 155 (for a related example). R. Marx, La Décoration et les Industries d'Art à l'Exposition Universelle de 1900, Paris, 1901, p. 95 (for a related example). M. P. Verneuil, "L'Émail et les Émailleures," Art et Décoration, no. 2, Paris, February 1904, pp. 37-39 (for a related example). M. Rheims, L'Objet 1900, Paris, 1964, p. 34, no. 18 (for a related example). P. Garner, ed., The Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts 1890-1940, New York, 1978, p. 95 (for a related example). Die Jugendstil - Sammlung: Band 1: Künstler A-F, exh. cat., Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1979, pp. 465-466, cat. no. 655. A. Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Volume V: Objets d'Art & Metalware, Suffolk, 1994, p. 252 (for related examples). G. de Bartha, L'Art 1900: La Collection Neumann, New York, 1994, p. 128 (for a related example). J. T. Busch and C. L. Futter, Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs, 1851-1939, exh. cat., Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 2012, p. 196, no. 9 (for a related example).
Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes:
Eugène Feuillâtre’s career began in René Lalique’s enamelling...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Metal Inkwells
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Three Sterling Silver Mounted Commemorative Horse Hoof Inkwells
Located in London, GB
These interesting inkwells were crafted in Britain between the Victorian period and early to mid-20th century.
The works have been created from horse hooves, applied with sterling silver mounts. Each hoof has been set onto a silver horseshoe and features a silver top and lid. Two of the tops have been engraved to imitate real horse hair, while the third is more simple, with banded ornament. All three have been given covers, two of which feature commemorative inscriptions. One lid states, ‘The Grey/1907-1917’ — presumably the name of the favourite racehorse, whose hoof this is — and another reads, ‘Mavourneen/ Died June 29th / Aged 53’. ‘Mavourneen’ is an Irish Gaelic word meaning ‘my beloved’. The dedicatee’s age of 53 implies that they were a human, perhaps a jokey, or racehorse owner. The lids open up onto a silver-lined interior, intended to be used for storing ink as part of a desk arrangement. The inkwells are stamped, on their underside, with silver hallmarks and maker’s marks, ‘J.T.’ and ‘C & CS’.
This set of three horse hoof inkwells...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Art Nouveau Pewter Inkwell, France, circa 1900
Located in Greven, DE
Antique Art Nouveau pewter inkwell
Continental
Pewter
c. 1900
Dimensions: H x W x D: 10 cm x 21.5 cm x 15.5 cm
This beautiful pewter inkwell was designed and crafted at the turn ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Metal Inkwells
Materials
Pewter
French Art Nouveau Bronze Dore Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau (Secessionist-style) bronze dore double inkwell with floral design and green fabric under glass base.
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Metal Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Edwardian 1900 Desk Inkwell Box in Faux Tortoise Shell and Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Victorian Edwardian inkwell box
Beautiful and very attractive inkwell, created in England during the Victorian and the Edwardian periods, back in the 1...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Inkwell With Dachshund Sculpture, Brass, Early 20th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Wonderful inkwell made of heavy brass.
Beautifully crafted and decorated with a dachshund figure.
France, early 20th century.
Category
20th Century Unknown Metal Inkwells
Materials
Brass
An Gilt Bronze Inkwell from the 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An gilt bronze inkwell from the 19th century, Napoleon III period.
A Louis XV style gilt bronze inkwell from the 19th century, Napoleon III period.
H: 23cm, W: 37cm, D: 24cm
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
French Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu and Rouge Marble Inkwell By Susse Frères
By Susse Freres
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 7 3/4 in W: 8 1/2 in D: 8 1/2 in
A superb example of late 19th century French craftsmanship, this French Louis XVI Style Bronze Ormolu and Rouge Marble Inkwell by ...
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Napoleon III Gilt Bronze Inkwell from France, C. 1840
Located in Dallas, TX
This piece of nineteenth-century French elegance is sure to be the envy of any collector. The Napoleon III gilt bronze inkwell is a prized find, crafted in circa 1840 France with int...
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1840s French Napoleon III Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Metal, Bronze
19th Century French Crystal and Doré Bronze Inkwell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century French etched crystal and doré bronze inkwell with bronze carved detail.
Category
19th Century French Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Early 19th Century Russian Empire Malachite and Ormolu Inkstand Encrier Swans
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very fine Russian giltbronze mounted malachite veneered inkstand from the first quarter of the 19th century. Of rectangular form with an acanthus leave decorated border on round fe...
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Early 19th Century Russian Empire Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Cut Glass Tortoise Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Cut glass tortoise inkwell. Vintage turtle pillbox inkwell of cut glass carrying a mounted finial topped circular lidded well originally for ink but cha...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Silver Plate
Sheffield 1891 Sterling Silver Tabletop Double Glass Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver tabletop double inkwell with aquatic and wavy pattern. Two glass inkwells with sterling silver tops. Maker JJ, made in Sheffield, England in 1891. A great gift and ad...
Category
1890s English Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
19th Century French Inkwell
Located in Stockbridge, GA
19th century French inkwell, Louis-Philippe period.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$2,150 / set
Antique Victorian Cut Glass and Sterling Silver Desk Inkwell
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian cut glass and English sterling silver mounted desk inkwell, part of our antique silver and gl...
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
Inkwell WMF Germany Juatice silver plate Art nuveau.
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Inkwell WMF Germany (Juatice)
silver plate,
crica 1920 Art nuveau.
Art nouveau, modernist art or modernism was an international artistic and decorative movement, developed between ap...
Category
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Metal Inkwells
Materials
Pewter
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Tiffany & Co. Studios New York Bronze and Abalone Desk Set
Located in Bensalem, PA
Stunning set of solid brass Tiffany & Co desk ink well notepad case and 4 corners for desk pad all in amazing condition came from a high end estate in P...
Category
1910s American Art Deco Vintage Metal Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Antique Black Forest Carved Wooden Pug Inkwell, 19th Century Dog Carving
Located in Bristol, GB
Antique Carving in the Form of a Dog
Raised up on his hind legs, the head with original glass eyes tilts back to reveal the original glass inkwell ins...
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19th Century German Black Forest Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Metal
1900s English Crystal and Silver Plated Sheffield Inkwell on Tray
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1900s English crystal and silver plated Sheffield inkwell on handled tray. The tray measurement is:
Depth: 10 inches.
Height: 2.75 inches.
Width: 14 inches.
The measurement below...
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Early 1900s European Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
Antique 20th Century English Silver Plated Novelty Golfing Inkwell c.1920
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century English silver plated novelty inkwell. Featuring a large tray supporting two inkwells flanking a figure of a golfer poised to take a swing. It is of incredible d...
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20th Century British Other Metal Inkwells
Materials
Silver Plate
Two 19th Century English Walnut Carved Victorian Dachshund Wiener Dog Inkwells
Located in Haarlem, NL
Set of two very cute original 19th century carved wooden Victorian era wiener dogs or dachshund inkwells.
The bigger one, which is a dachshund head, has a hinged lid that opens to r...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Brass
$2,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Inkwell, Baccarat Déposé, Gilded Brass, Late 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Exceptional inkwell with pen tray made of BACCARAT crystal. The rectangular pen tray has a cube-shaped inkwell holder in the center, closed with a gild...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
Inkwell travel desk Islamic symbols
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Inkwell travel desk Islamic symbols
Inkwell with Islamic symbols
Circa 1900 Origin France
Middle East
Gold and silver patina with Islamic symbols and monograms
Very good general condition with some wear from use
It is a beautiful, very old writing desk...
Category
Early 1900s French Islamic Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
19th Century English Gold Washed Sheffield Silverplate Equestrian Themed Inkwell
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Unique Victorian English silverplate inkwell in the form of a horseshoe with hooves and lids with riding caps. Apparently unsigned. I unique collectible in ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Just Andersen, Early Ink Well and Ink Blotter in Alloy Bronze, 1930s-1940s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Just Andersen. Early ink well and ink blotter in alloy bronze, 1930s-1940s.
In very good condition.
Ink well measures: 27.5 x 17.5 cm.
Ink blotter measures: 15 x 9.5 cm.
Stamped....
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1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Metal Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
English Victorian Hardwood Brass Mounted Standish with Single Drawer
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English brass mounted standish with a single drawer and a central handle flanked by 2 replaced inkwells. The piece is centered by a beautifully engraved brass decorative element a...
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1870s English Victorian Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Tiffany Studios Chinese Pattern Bronze Inkwell
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period "Chinese" pattern bronze inkwell
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 6.5"W x 6.5"D x 4.75"H.
...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Metal Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Spider Lamp by Unknown European Artist
Located in Chicago, US
European spider lamp, circa 1925.
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parce...
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1920s Unknown Art Nouveau Vintage Metal Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
1900s Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Inkwell
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Tiffany Studios New York Zodiac Bronze Inkwell With glass insert. Clearly marked on the bottom Tiffany Studios, New York, 842. 4“ x 4“ x 2“ tall. Wonderful original condition with on...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Metal Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Champlevé Enamel Inkwell on Tray, Napoleon III, 19th Century, France
Located in Lisbon, PT
A 19th century French inkwell in Champlevé enamel and bronze, mounted on an integrated tray with pen holders, in the Napoleon III style.
This elegant desk accessory showcases the cr...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
$1,433 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Tiffany Wave Edge Sterling Silver Inkstand
Located in New York, NY
Wave Edge sterling silver inkstand. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1884. Square with corner scroll-mounted supports. Centrally mounted bowl with hinged cover. Applied reeded a...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver and Cranberry Glass Inkwell
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, antique Victorian English sterling silver and red cranberry glass inkwell; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver inkwell has a circular shaped domed form.
The body of this exceptional antique inkwell is embellished with impressive pierced and embossed scrolling leaf decoration, accented with pensile, baluster style bead motifs.
The ornamentation to the body incorporates five oval cartouches; four are ornamented with an embossed male profile: two bearded males and two in a soldier's helmet.
The cartouche to the anterior surface of the inkwell features the contemporary engraved crest of a stag encompassed with a garter and the motto 'God and my Honour'.
The intricate sterling silver body of the inkwell incorporates five conical shaped pen receivers.
The swept waisted upper portion of this antique inkwell is fitted with a hinged hallmarked cover, ornamented with engraved simplified leaf decoration.
The cover is surmounted with an impressive embossed three-dimensional bust of a male figure in robes.
This antique inkwell retains the original and substantial red cranberry glass ink bottle liner, with a cut glass star motif to the underside; the cranberry glass liner is highly desirable.
This exceptional silver and glass inkwell is supported by five swept feet, ornamented with a continuation of scrolling leaf and circular motif decoration from the body.
This exceptional example of Victorian silverware, crafted by the renowned London silversmith Joseph Angell II, is the finest example of its type
Condition
This antique ink bottle...
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1850s British Victorian Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
Novelty fountain pen nib shaped silver inkwell made in London in 1904
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1904 by The Alexander Clark Manufacturing Co., this stylish, Antique, Edwardian, Sterling Silver Inkwell, is modelled as a fountain pen nib. The ink stand mea...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Victorian Copper Figural Lobster Inkwell, Circa 1890's.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Victorian Copper Figural Lobster Inkwell, Circa 1890's.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Copper
Antique French Ecritoire Desk in Burled Elm, circa 1830
Located in Dallas, TX
This large and stylish 19th century French ecritoire is made of a beautiful burl elm veneer and ebonized wood with an intricate applique design to the top.
An ecritoire is typical...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Metal, Brass
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...
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1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Metal Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Antique Inkwell, Gilded Bronze, Antique Desk Utensil, Vase-Shaped, Pen Tray
Located in Greven, DE
Antique inkwell made from bronze, gilded.
Very good condition of the bronze work.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Gold, Bronze
19th-Century French Bronze Bulldog Inkwell by M. Bertin on Marble Base
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite 19th-century French inkwell, featuring a finely detailed bronze bulldog, signed by the artist M. Bertin. The bulldog, with its characteristic strong and determined expre...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Louis XV Silver and Bronze Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Louis XV-style (19/20th Century) silver plate on bronze oval shaped inkwell with handles and acorn finial.
Category
19th Century Louis XV Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Exquisite Rococo Gilt-Bronze Malachite Encrier Inkwell Desk Set ca. 1880
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ROCOCO ORMOLU-MOUNTED MALACHITE VENEERED ENCRIER
Circa 1880 unmarked of exceedingly fine quality
Item # 404XKP19B
An exceedingly fine malachite veneered encrier (inkwell), it feat...
Category
19th Century Rococo Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Malachite, Bronze, Ormolu
Art Déco English Square Shapped Cut Glass/Crystal Inkwell with Brass/Bronze Top
Located in North Miami, FL
Art Déco english square shapped cut crystal inkwell with brass/bronze spherical top
By: unknown
Material: brass, bronze, cut glass, glass, metal, crystal, copper, zinc
Technique: ca...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Metal Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Brass, Bronze, Copper, Zinc
Elkington & Co. Silver Inkwell Of Henry Morton Stanley
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional sterling silver inkwell was presented to Henry Morton Stanley, the famed Welsh-American journalist, politician and explorer, on the occasion of his marriage to Dorothy Tennant. The inkwell was a royal gift from the Prince of Wales, the future King George V, and the Princess of Wales. The charming inkstand was designed by Walter & John Barnard for the royal silversmiths Elkington & Co., and no detail was spared in its creation. Each inkwell bears Stanley’s monogram, while the crest of the Prince and Princess adorns the delicately pierced tray. The inscription reads, “To H. M. Stanley on the occasion of his marriage / From the Prince & Princess of Wales / July 12th, 1880.”
Born in Wales, Henry Morton Stanley’s lifetime of adventure began at the young age of 15 when he crossed the Atlantic aboard a merchant vessel and jumped ship in New Orleans. The young orphan was taken in by a local merchant named Henry Morton Stanley, whose name he took as his own. Stanley began a career as a journalist and was commissioned by the New York Herald to go to Central Africa in search of the famous missionary David Livingstone...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Silver
Antique French Marble and Bronze Inkstand
Located in New Orleans, LA
This handsome inkwell has well-defined lines and includes spots for four writing pieces. The marble is a soft grey color and the inkwell itself nicely crafted.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique French Louis XIV Bronze D'ore Inkwell, circa 1860
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Louis 14th Bronze D'ore Inkwell, circa 1860.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Vienna Bergman Bronze Indian Man on Elephant Inkstand Inkwell Inkpot, circa 1880
Located in Vienna, AT
Stunning bronze item which has function of an inkpot, inkstand, inkwell, Indian man is situated on elephant which is climbing up some stairs, the elephant's...
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1880s Austrian Other Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Sterling Silver Globe Inkwell Centerpiece by Tiffany & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
This superb inkwell centerpiece dating to the Edwardian era was designed by the legendary Tiffany & Co. Crafted from sterling silver and bronze, this stunning inkwell boasts a comman...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Metal Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Neo-Greek Inkwell by C.G. Diehl, E. Frémiet and J. Brandely, France, Circa 1867
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed Diehl à Paris.
Wood and silvered copper inkwell. Central drawer ornamented with an escutcheon and flanked by two small lateral drawers forming two containers, surmounted by a lid representing a nestling. Central niche ornamented with a winged creature. Inkwell flanked by two felines. Toped by a penholder representing a Moorish head resting on an eagle claw.
This exceptional piece was realized thanks to the collaboration of ornemanist J. Brandely, sculptor E. Frémiet and cabinet-maker C.-G. Diehl. The motif of the fantasy creature dear to Diehl, is to be seen on the famous cabinet made by him in 1867 and now exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Inv. 1989.197).
Arriving in Paris in about 1840 Charles-Guillaume Diehl (1811-1885) founded his cabinet making and decoration firm at 19 rue Michel-le-Comte in 1885. His workshops produced elegant little pieces of furniture in rosewood and thuja and novelties with bronze and porcelain embellishments (see “Les ébénistes du XIXème siècle”, D. Ledoux-Lebard, Ed. de l’amateur, 1982, p.164). It was his luxury boxes, however (liqueur cellarettes, cigar cabinets, games boxes, cashmere cases, jewelry cases) which assured Diehl’s renown (see “l’Art en France sous le Second Empire”, Exposition Grand-Palais, Paris, 1979, p.133). Already rewarded with a bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 in Paris, he exhibited a jardinière with china columns and a liqueur cabinet at the Industrial Arts Exhibition in 1861.
In collaboration with the designer Jean Brandely (active from 1867 until 1873), Diehl renovated his decorative repertory and created astonishing pieces of furniture in the Grecian style which had a dazzling success at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1867, where his cabinets also won a silver medal. Certain motifs were so typical of Diehl’s work that they received extensive commentary by the art critic J. Mesnard in his book “Les Merveilles de l’Exposition Universal de 1867” (vol. II, pp. 133 & 149). He writes of a table of which “the pendant bearing hooks and the fan shaped radiating motif which ornaments the entablature are engraved with love” (p. 133) and a jewelry case where “The head in fine Grecian style makes up the essential part of the fine gilt bronze ornamentation” (p. 149).
For this Universal Exhibition Diehl also formed a partnership with two famous sculptors: Emile Guillemin (1841-1907) who carved the relief for a mahogany sideboard with galvanic gilt bronzes (Orsay Museum, Paris, Inv. O.A.O. 992) and Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910) who executed the low relief for a cedar medal cabinet...
Category
1860s French Greek Revival Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Copper
French Chinoiserie Turquoise-Blue Porcelain Encrier Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
The underside of the cherry-blossom decorated palanquin forming the shade over the court figure with phoenix resting on the gilt-bronze mounted carton Pierre panel.
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Metal Inkwells
Materials
Ormolu
$4,640 Sale Price
53% Off
Vintage Bronze & Marble Inkwell
By G. None
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage 19th century inkwell is beautifully designed with a detailed sculpted dore' bronze depicting the poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The figure is costumed in a draped gow...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century French Bronze and Marble Inkwell
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted of brilliant doré bronze and fine brocatelle marble, this wonderful Napoleon III-period inkwell is as functional as it is beautiful. In a style reminiscent of Louis XV Rococo...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Bronze
19th Century Inkwell, Louis Philippe Period
Located in Roma, IT
A beautiful double inkwell mounted on a red marble from Verona base, resting on four gilt bronze pad feet.
This product is located and shipped from Italy.
This artwork is shipped ...
Category
19th Century European Louis Philippe Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Inkwell, Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bronze inkwell is an original decorative object realized in the mid-20th century.
A very elegant bronze inkwell decorated with a rampant horse. Includ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Metal Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau Bronze Inkwell with an Owl
Located in Stockholm, SE
An Art Noveau or Jugend patinated bronze pen and inkwell with an owl sitting in the center. The owl have inset glass eyes. Made ca.1900. Possibly Swedish.
Symbolism of the owl: The...
Category
Early 1900s European Art Nouveau Antique Metal Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
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