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Period: 19th Century
Equestrian / Jockey CAP Inkstand / Inkwell, C.1890
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome Horseshoe shaped inkstand, the base made from solid English Oak mounted with a silver plated horseshoe and a square gallery to secure the glass inkwell. The glass inkwell is topped with a hinged brass lid in the form of a Jockey's cap with a silver plated peak, slight wear to edge. There is a support for a dip pen...
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British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Silver Plate, Brass

Mid 19th Century Partners Inkwell with Brass Double Top and Cut Crystal
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid 19th century partner's inkwell with a double opening brass top and a cut crystal daisy bottom. This is a great piece you don't see too many partner's...
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English Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Napoleon III Boulle Inkstand
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with two cut glass inkwells and pen tray over a drawer. The sides rounded. The inspiration for the decoration from designs by the master cabinet maker Andre Charles Boull...
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French Louis XIV Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Brass

Mid 19th Century Inkwell in the Form of a Pocket Globe
Located in London, GB
A fantastic inkwell in the form of a pocket globe, dating from the mid 19th century.
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English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Pewter

English Regency antique inkwell ecrier in patinated bronze
Located in London, GB
A fine English Regency period patinated bronze inkwell in the shape of a long ship. The main body of the inkwell is in the form of a ship and in a form of shipbuilding known as clink...
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English Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

Royal Vienna 19th Century Hand Painted Double Inkwell
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A beautifully hand painted Royal Vienna double inkwell. The floral decoration on the stand and the two removable original ink holders with hinged lids. The Royal Vienna beehive...
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Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Porcelain

Bronze inkwell George Josef Burgstaller (German/Austrian)
By George Josef Burgstaller
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bronze inkwell Georg Josef BURGSTALLER (German/Austrian) Neo classical woman signed Burgstaller ruge marble.
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Austrian Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

Mid-Century Antique Pair of Glass Inkwells with a Brass Lid and a Shield on Top
Located in Stamford, CT
A nice pair of mid-century glass inkwells with brass hinged lids and a shield on top. English lap desk style purchased by a private collector who trav...
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English Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Neo-Classical Style Gilt Bronze Desk Inkwell
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a 19th century French gilt bronze inkwell. Perfect coffee table art or desk statement piece. It is in very good condition and unmarked.
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French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

Very Nice Late 19th Century Bronze and Marble 3 Piece Desk Set
Located in New York, NY
A very nice late 19th century bronze and marble 3 piece desk set. The large Chinese designed rectangular desk set centered with a bronze crane and two ...
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French Belle Époque Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Marble, Bronze

English Silver-Gilt and Agate Inkstand, circa 1830
Located in Paris, FR
Inkwell in agate set in a vermeil mount. The agate cut is closed by a finely chiseled lid of foliage patterns and whose grip is adorned with a head of putti. The handle, which is dec...
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English George IV Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Agate, Silver

Early 19th Century Bronze and Ormolu Encrier
Located in London, GB
An early 19th century bronze and ormolu Encrier having lyre and flower handle flanked by engine-turned inkwells with penholders, raised on platform base ...
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English Regency Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

19th Century French Imperial Manufacture of Sevres Porcelain Inkwell
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful 19th century French porcelain inkwell from the imperial manufacture of Sevres. Green and gold decor with dolphin's head. Stamped Sevres at the back. Rare item.
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French Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Inkstand / Inkwell / Desk Tidy 1871
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Antique Victorian Solid Silver Inkstand with two glass lined Inkwells with hinged lids. The base of the inkstand has a classic Greek Key pattern around the sides and rows of chased patterning on the body connected with ornate stylised acanthus leaves. The Inkwell stands on four shaped feet. Made in Sheffield, England in 1871 by James Dixon & Sons. Approx. Weight (Silver Only) - 1130g / 36.33oz Approx. Length - 32.4cm Approx. Width - 19.4cm This Inkstand has full English Hallmarks. This Victorian Inkstand...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Sterling Silver

Silver Plate Hoof Inkwell with Pen Rest, by Rowland Ward & Co
Located in Reepham, GB
A late 19th century silver plate mounted horse hoof inkwell, the lid and horseshoe of silver plate, the hinged lid opening to the glass inkwell wit...
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European Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Silver Plate

Antique English Figural / Novelty Ostrich Inkwell C.1880
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome and substantial novelty inkwell in the form of a running Ostrich standing on an oval shaped base with a naturalistic base incorporating two "rocks" acting as a pen rest. I...
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British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian 1898 Sterling Silver Gallery Inkstand by John Grinsell & Sons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver fox inkstand; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection. This exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian silver inkstand / desk standish, has a rectangular form. This inkstand is fitted with a gallery, embellished with impressive pierced and applied scrolling foliate ornamentation. The shaped, incurved rims of the body and anterior rim of the sterling silver inkstand are ornamented with a paralleling applied gadroon decorated border. The surface of the fox silver inkstand incorporates a concave oval pen receiver. The body of the inkstand incorporates two ink bottle receivers flanking a rectangular stamp box. The impressive hallmarked ink bottles each have a tapering cylindrical form and are embellished with further pierced scrolling foliate ornamentation; these ink bottles secure to the stand with a screw fitment to the underside. Each ink bottle is fitted with a plain domed hinged cover and opens to allow access to the original glass liner. The central sterling silver stamp box...
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Sterling Silver

Silver Plated Bronze Inwell, Charles X
Located in Firenze, FI
Elegant silvered bronze inkwell in the shape of a shell raised by four feet also made like small shells. The two cruets for the ink and the pen cleaner are in cut crystal with a bro...
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Italian Charles X Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

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 growling bulldog with realistic glass inset eyes, original leather collar with a copper buckle. The head is hing...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Brass

Falize French Gilt Silver & Cutglass Baccarat Dual Inkwells Eagle Finials, c1850
Located in Gardena, CA
Falize French Gilt Silver & Cutglass Baccarat Dual Inkwells Eagle Finials, c1850 An outstanding 2nd Empire French Gilt .950 silver and cut crystal enc...
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Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Sterling Silver

Persian Brass Inkwell Qalamdan with Arabic Calligraphy Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A 19th century brass decorated Islamic Persian Qalamdan.The Qalamdan is in solid brass, decorated on all sides with Arabic calligraphy writing.It consists of an inkwell and a pen compartment of typical tubular form with an interior cavity to store a reed pen.Attached to the body is an inkwell with engraved Moorish designs with a shell style cover.An antique Turkish Brass...
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Moorish Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Brass

Gilt Bronze Ink Stand with Candlestick, French Empire
Located in Knivsta, SE
Rare and beautiful gilt bronze ink stand with candlestick. French empire, probably made in Paris around 1810. The gilt bronze with some patina. Wear consistent with age and use.
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French Empire Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

19th Century French Baccarat Crystal & Oak Double Inkwell Inkstand Desk Set
Located in Pearland, TX
A fine 19th-century French Baccarat crystal and oak double inkwell and pen tray desk set. Signed "Baccarat". The inkwells and nib holder are heavy with a swirled crystal design and h...
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Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Antique Grand Tour Ormolu Desk Inkwell Centerpiece Elkington Silversmiths 19thC
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality example of an English Ormolu Grand Tour circular desk single Inkwell of generous size, made by renown Silversmiths Elkington & Co. Mid Nineteenth Century The large circular outline superbly decorated with castings of Neoclassical images depicting Male Nudes within circles flanked by winged Sphinx, the central hinged lid with similar decoration. Condition: Good condition with nice patination, professionally re-gold plated. Lacking ink liner, no losses anywhere. Base marks as shown. Measures: Diameter: (entire as shown) 7.75" (19.5cm). Location: Dublin City, Ireland. Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping. Note: The originators of silver-plating were George Richards Elkington and Henry Elkington who began their research in times of the Industrial Revolution. By the 1830's they had patented their processes and 1840 saw the technique of electro-plating brought to perfection. John Culme, in his Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, said that "Elkington Electroplate was soon accepted with the result that the firm allowed a number of manufacturers to use the technique under licence. Among the earliest granted were those of Christofle & Cie of France". The firm has a worldwide reputation for hand-crafted excellence. Today, the firm is busy making bowls, jugs, trays, candlesticks, ornaments and trophies for international sporting events as well as cutlery pieces. Royal Endorsements & Warrants In 1868, Queen Victoria permitted much of the royal plate...
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English Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Grand Tour Mahogany Brass Inlaid Desk Set Inkstand English Regency 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning and Rare Example of an English Grand Tour Regency period brass inlaid Mahogany Inkstand of rectangular outline and generous proportions. First quarter of the Nineteenth Cent...
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English Grand Tour Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Brass

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 ...
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French Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Walnut

Late 19th Century English Crystal Inkwell with Brass Collar
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th Century crystal inkwell with a brass collar and chamfered edges, English circa 1880. This is one of many pieces we received from a private colle...
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English Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Inkstand
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver desk standish; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver desk standish has a naturalistic-shaped form. The surface of the stand is embellished with impressive bright cut engraved scrolling leaf and floral ornamentation, incorporating a scroll bordered cartouche bearing the contemporary bright cut engraved crest of an elephant's head. The stand is further ornamented with scrolling designs encompassing an oval recess, composing a pen well. The rim of the body of the sterling silver inkstand...
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Sterling Silver

Large Antique Ink Well, English, Crystal Glass, Desk, Mid-19th Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique ink well. An English, crystal glass, desk ink well dating to the mid-19th century, circa 1850. Larger than most at 13 cm, 5 i...
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English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Cut Glass

French Empire Style Bronze Double Inkwell With Eagle
Located in New York, NY
French Empire-style (19th Century) bronze double inkwell with eagle on top and rectangular green marble base.
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Empire Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Italian Inkwell by Antonio Pandiani
Located in Catania, Sicilia
A bronze inkwell made in Milano at the end of 19th Century by famous manufacturer Antonio Pandiani (1838-1928). It's marked on the bottom. Bronze it's in original conditions and patina.
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Italian Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

19th Century French Longwy Ceramic Inkwell
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Longwy ceramic desk set with inkwells and candle holders. Beautiful cloisonné enamel floral design with vibrant blue pink, rose, green and yellow on bright turq...
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French Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Ceramic

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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French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Antique Bronze Marble Inkwell Desk Serpent Inkstand French c1880 FREE SHIPPING
Located in Mimizan, FR
Antique bronze marble inkwell desk crystal inkstand French c1880 Unusual serpent base Bronze on variegated marble base Holds pen across the top With crystal inkwell Free Shipping to...
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French Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Crystal, Marble, Bronze

19th Century, Victorian Solid Silver Inkstand, Robert Hennell, c.1850
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
19th Century Victorian silver large lidded inkstand, of rectangular casket form, with a hindged lid, engraved with Rococo scrolls and foleage, with vacant cartooches, resting on four...
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Silver

Antique Bronze Inkwell, Ormolu Mounted Inkstand, France 1890, H303
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique bronze inkwell, Ormolu mounted inkstand, France 1890, H303 France 1890 Bronze Bronze ormolu mounted inkstand Pen rest to the sides Bras...
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French Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

Naturalistic Victorian Sterling Silver Ink Stand, Charles & George Fox, 1846
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1846 by Charles & George Fox, this charming, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver ink stand, features an ornate scroll ...
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English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Inkwells

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Sterling Silver

Large Bronze Desk Stand with Inkwells Letter Rack and Porcelain Ink Holders
Located in Lisse, NL
Large, late 19th century, hand-engraved bronze desk stand. This antique and rather sizeable bronze inkstand is highly decorative, in very good condition and it is one of the heavies...
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French Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver and Glass Inkstand / Desk Standish
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and glass inkstand / desk standish; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection This magnificent, fine and impressive antique Victorian silver inkstand / desk standish, has a rectangular shaped form. This Victorian inkstand...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Sterling Silver

Mid 19th Century Inkwell in the Form of a Pocket Globe
Located in London, GB
A fantastic inkwell in the form of a pocket globe, dating from the mid 19th century.
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English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Pewter

Polished Brass Islamic Moorish Style Desk Inkwells Set
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Early 20th century desk set, rare and great quality Mamluk Cairoware style, silver and copper inlaid brush and inkwell holder and ink blotter rocker, features a wood base with ornate...
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Moorish Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Brass

Napoleon I Empire Encrier, Gilt Bronze and Verde Antico, Signed Basil, 1830
Located in New York, NY
Impressive gilt bronze and Verde Antico marble inkstand centered by a bust of Napoleon I, the sculpture signed on back Basil and dated 1830, with two inkwells flanking. Beautifully...
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French Empire Antique 19th Century Inkwells

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Marble, Bronze

1850s High Quality Bronze and Black Marble Italian Inkwell
Located in Catania, Sicilia
A bronze inkwell surmounted by a faun manufactured in Italy in the mid-18th century.
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Italian Louis Philippe Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

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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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Inkwells

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Sterling Silver

Early Staffordshire Greyhound Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Early and original inkwell or quill pen holder in the form of a seated greyhound by Staffordshire. England, circa 1860. Features a finely execu...
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English Antique 19th Century Inkwells

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Pottery

Late 19th Century, Blue White Ceramic Pocket Inkwell
Located in Marseille, FR
Chinese ceramic pocket inkwell white blue late 19th century in its inlaid box. Dimension height 7 cm for a size of 21 cm long (once opened) for 9 cm deep. Additional information: ...
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Antique 19th Century Inkwells

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Ceramic

English Art Nouveau Copper Inkwell, 1890-1910
Located in Delft, NL
An English Art Nouveau copper inkwell. An Art & Crafts English yellow with red copper inkwell. A rectangular inkwell with a scene of an owl sit...
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English Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Copper

Eugene Printz Art Deco Modernist Desk Accessory
Located in Miami, FL
Authentic and beautiful Eugene Printz art deco modernist desk accessory. Made with high quality rosewood and nickel accents. Half moon shaped base with two cups and a pen holder a...
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French Art Deco Antique 19th Century Inkwells

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Nickel

Antique French Green Marble & Gold Bronze 4 Piece Inkwell Desk Set Circa 1875-85
Located in New Orleans, LA
Exceptional Antique French green marble and gold bronze 4 piece inkwell desk set, circa 1875-1885. Includes: Inkwell: 11W x 8L x 4.75H Paperweight (Left): 3W x 5.25L x 3.5H Rolli...
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French Antique 19th Century Inkwells

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Marble, Bronze

French Inkstand and Pen Holder with Dog in Kennel and Boy
Located in London, GB
An attractive and unusual patinated bronze inkwell of a child feeding his dog which is chained to its kennel. The top of the kennel lifts off to reveal the porcelain inkwell within. The child in 19th...
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French Antique 19th Century Inkwells

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Bronze

French Gilt Bronze Inkwell and Sander with Classical Figure to the Lid
Located in London, GB
French inkwell in gilt bronze. Classical lady after the antique to the lid. She lying back against a rock with sandals and long robes and her arm over her head. To the inkwell front is an applied gilt bronze mount of palm fronds. The base has a fine decorative moulding...
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French Antique 19th Century Inkwells

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Bronze

Regency Pen and Ink Stand
Located in Perth, GB
During the Regency period it was very much the height of opulence to inlay delicately shaped pieces of brass design into wood. This pen and ink stand...
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Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Ebony

Palais Royal Engraved Mother of Pearl and Ormolu Cupid Inkwell
Located in London, GB
Palais Royal mother of pearl and ormolu inkwell depicting Cupid. Set upon a fine ormolu base with four ormolu feet, with the very finely e...
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French Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Ormolu

Pair of Antique Carved Black Forest Bear Inkwell
Located in Suffolk, GB
Pair of antique carved black forest bear inkwells with lift up lids and original glass eyes [one missing]. They are beautifully carved and a lovely co...
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English Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Harewood

Antique Victorian Silver Plated Monogramed Inkwell, Scotland 1897, H552
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Victorian Silver Plated Monogramed Inkwell, Scotland 1897, H552 Scotland "1897" Shaped pen holder on the back Cut glass inkwell with silver plated lid Standing on a square b...
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Scottish Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Silver Plate

English Regency Cherub Inkwell with Candleholder
Located in London, GB
Antique English Regency figural inkwell with candle holder. In finely cast and original patinated bronze. Set on ball feet the rectangular base has a figure of Cupid holding up a w...
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English Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

1870 T. Elkington Silver Plated Victorian British Inkwell
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Amazing silver plated inkwell by T. Elkington, marked on the bottom, good conditions overall, original glass.
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Silver Plate

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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English Antique 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Crystal, Brass

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