Stone Inkwells

Very precious Italian inkwell and signature pad with original paper. It's made with very rare portoro marble, particular for its black with brown and gold veins. Price is for the com...

Great Baccarat inkwell with extensive crystal cut. Places for pens are at each side. France, late 19th century. .

Maitland-Smith Egyptian Revival inkwell desk set featuring a tomb form stamp box with a sphinx mounted on either side. The front section has a recessed pen tray. The piece is made of...

This is an early 20th century highly decorative French gilt bronze, malachite and faux malachite inkstand with dual inkwells. The base is a mix of faux malachite and malachite veneer...

Antique Art Nouveau double inkwell on sterling silver tray by J E Caldwell & Co., circa 1900. This stunning piece features two square crystal wells with etched floral designs in the ...

A fine antique 19th century French Empire style gilt bronze & marble double inkwell eagle desk set, circa 1880. This very elegant antique inkwell desk...

Large Victorian inkwell by William Comyns. This has a repousse sterling design over a heavy crystal inkwell. The hinged lid is monogrammed with a JP. The piece is dated 1895.

Inkwell with Enamel Decoration and Onyx Plate Origin: Probably France Material: Gilded metal, champlevé enamel, onyx Date: Circa 1870–1890 Dimensions: H × W × D: 9 × 12 ×13 cm Des...

Amazing group of vintage glass inkwells including: Round bulbous form blue ink well with glass hinged lid, brass collar, controlled air bubbles. Unmarked. Heavy piece with thick wal...

Antique Art Deco Green Onyx Gold Champlevé Enamel Office Inkwell Ink Pen Stand Continental Onyx, metal, champlevé enamel c. 1920 Dimensions: H x W x D: 10.5cm x 16.5cm x 12.5cm T...

Al Thani collection, a Mughal Indian square white jade inkwell cover, circa 1800 Purchased from the Al Thani collection, Christies New York, Sal...

French Art Deco Dodo Bird Inkwell by Maurice Frécourt, 1920s A striking and highly decorative French Art Deco inkwell by the noted sculptor Maurice Frécourt (1890–1961), created dur...

German Shepherd Dog Crystal Inkstand / Inkwell Desk Piece Desk decorative inkwell. The base of the inkstand is made of clear crystal, intricately cut glass with a pattern that reflec...

Early 20th century Edwardian Era Ink Stand. Made from walnut with a rectangular form and centrally located handle flanked by two crystal cut inkwells. The beautiful caddy is double s...

Important Napoleon III lion inkwell, 19th century In veined yellow Siena marble, centered with a lion's head with a long mane in bronze with dark patina, surrounded by two finely chi...

Art Deco inkwell, circa 1920. Portor marble base surrounded by a wrought iron frieze decorated with leaves. Stamped E. Brandt. In perfect condition. Height: 7.5 cm Width: 13.5 cm Le...

Antique Siena Marble and Ormolu Inkwell c.1900 A good quality desk inkwell, circa 1900, set in warm Siena marble with gilt bronze mounts in the neoclassical style. The hinged domed ...

This striking 1930s Art Deco Italian inkstand is a beautiful testament to the era's streamlined elegance, masterfully carved from a solid piece of onyx marble with rich, warm honey a...

Inkwell made from crystal glass. The lid is silver-plated.

Modern style sterling silver inkwell. The inkwell was made from a raw sheet of 925 silver and hand-shaped to form a slightly rounded rectangle. A double-line border was soldered on t...

Stylish, rare and mint condition bronze, brass and glass desk piece. This completely original inkstand dates from the late 19th century and it has a large number of striking Roman...

19th century French etched crystal and doré bronze inkwell with bronze carved detail.

This is a calligraphy set with a wooden lacquer box. There is a pen, an indien ink, a porcelain pot for water and a stone base to make the ink. And ...

This mighty desk set stood on the desk of a company director in the 1920s in an imposing office. This masculine set still exudes prestige today and is an exclusive highlight on the e...

Inkwell in gilded bronze and crystal from the second half of the 19th century Original gilding in perfect condition 19th century, Napoleon III 8.2 x 10.6 cm, total height 8.2 cm

Sterling silver-mounted, Pairpoint "controlled bubbles" crystal inkwell, Goodnow & Jenks, Boston, circa 1890s-1900. Monogrammed (script, interlocking HLL?) sterling silver lid has se...

Memorialized as an art and antique dealer and "collector of Chinese jades and porcelains" in a 1942 obituary in the New York Times, Edward Farmer, like his father, traveled to China ...

French Art Deco desk set.

Art-Déco inkwell depicting globe mounted on polished Portoro marble base. Earth globe with the names of the continents and seas written in French, cast in aluminum with embossed con...

A cut crystal inkwell inserted in a massive architectural beige marble base. Probably Italy around 1890.

A distinguished ink well set by James Deakin & Sons, Sheffield, England. The ensemble features two capped ink wells with finely cut glass containers, accompanied by a sterling silver...

Dutch Silver and Crystal Cut Inkwell by J.M. Van Kempen and Son, 1874 The silver and crystal inkwell consists of 3 parts, all silver pieces are marked with the Dutch silver hall ma...

A Viennese Austrian art deco desk inkwell. This is a beautiful desk inkwell created in Vienna Austria during the art deco period, between the 1918 and 1922. This Viennese inkwell wa...

Large, Victorian period, sterling silver-mounted controlled bubbles crystal inkwell with hinged lid, Boston, circa 1895, Bigleow ,Kennard and Co. makers. Measures: 3 3/4 inches high ...

A fine vintage Must de Cartier crystal inkwell. It is a melon shaped inkwell with a chunky ribbed crystal body, reflecting the light beautifully, the ...

Italian 1920s Art Deco wrought iron and marble bird inkstand.

Large Art Deco inkwell in neo-Egyptian style, silver-plated metal and crystal, England, early 20th century. Gorgeous silvered metal inkwell with two bottles (ink and sand) made of g...

A Very Fine Rouge Griotte Marble Inkwell with Bronze Statuettes representing "Night & Day" by Michelangelo. Crystal ink containers with elaborate gilt bronze covers. France, circ...

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...

French Gothic Ormolu Cut Glass and Marble/Quartz Double Inkwell France, circa 1870s A magnificent French Gothic Ormolu Cut Glass and Marble/Quartz Double Inkwell, dating back to the...

French Mid-Century (1980/90s) limited edition (28/450) "VICTOR HUGO" crystal inkwell with a 6-sided shape and a cut star base (signed BACCARAT)

Small and elegant crystal inkwell with a brass collar with a square base and faceted lid makes a wonderful accent on your desk or table top. Ink-well, ink well, inkwell.

This incredible Grand Tour inkwell relic takes the form of the ancient Tomb of the Scipios, a family of Roman war heroes and generals. Beautifully carved ent...

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...

A rare antique hand-hammered repousse lid sterling silver inkwell by Jacobi & Jenkins of Baltimore, circa 1900. The inkwell has a removable domed sterling repousse lid in a floral pa...

Crafted in France circa 1880, this elegant desk inkwell is a refined example of Louis XVI style design. The square base is fashioned from richly veined dark green marble with molded ...

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...

A handsome Victorian dumpy inkwell dating to circa 1880, distinguished by its substantial proportions, heavy crystal construction and characteristic compact form. The inkwell is for...

Crystal Inkwell with stopper is a beautiful decorative object. The Inkwell is hexagonal and it is in good condition. Light oxidation at the base of the stopper.

This vintage 19th century inkwell is beautifully designed with a detailed sculpted doré' bronze reminiscent the poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The figure is costumed in a draped g...

There are desk accessories, and then there are objects that seem to embody the very idea of the written word. This remarkable and unusually large writing stand centers on a beautifu...

English Victorian papier mache and gold painted square inkwell with fluted crystal well.

Late 19th century Jugendstil german cut glass crystal inkwell with polished 800 silver lid By: unknown Material: glass, cut glass, crystal, si...

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...

A spectacular and unique period Parisian Art Nouveau bronze. Handcrafted in Paris, France in the late 19th- early 20th century, having a rectangular marbl...

Malachite is one of Russia’s most prestigious stones, and its use in the creation of this rare and opulent inkwell indicates commission and ownership by an individual of considerable status. Wonderful doré bronze accents are the perfect complement to the vivid green stone. Two dipping wells and pen tray make this inkwell as functional as it is beautiful, circa 1890. Dimensions: 18 1/4” wide x 11” deep x 5 1/2” high. The 19th century proved to be the golden age of Russian malachite. The stone became a sign of prestige and a token of wealth so much so that Russian papers of the time wrote: “To afford having a big piece wrought in malachite is synonymous to owning diamonds.” Due to malachite's relatively close proximity, Russian tsars could easily obtain the malachite they needed to decorate their lavish palaces, such as the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, paneling walls and commissioning beautiful inlaid works of art. Year after year the Russian (Romanov) treasury paid increasingly unreasonable prices to hoard the best malachite, much of which went into Romanov palaces and extravagant objects d’art. The Hermitage Museum possesses a collection of over 200 examples of this “palatial” malachite...

This luxurious encrier de bureau is raised on scrolling and leafy feet mounting a malachite-finished base. The tray itself is modelled as a shell rising to a spring-loaded pen holder...

English Victorian brass and crystal shell shaped inkwell with coral design details.  

Inkwell with large base in green serpentine marble surmounted by two cup-shaped vases with lids and lion handles with the function of inkwells. In the center, a statue of Mercury wit...

This antique desk set is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from the United States and date to approximately 1920 and done in the period Art De...