Stone Desk Accessories

A Superb Example of an English Sterling Silver Late Georgian Embossed Twin Ink Bottle Desk Standish, complete with all its accessories to include a pair frosted glass ink jars encased within pierced outer bodies with leaf capped covers which are attached to the main frame, see image. The removable single candleholder is complete with its original drip pan. The main gadrooned edge frame with allover lavish cast shell detail is raised on four highly ornate supports with shell, acanthus and scrolling detail. Mark of CTFGF for Charles Thomas Fox & George Fox. Assayed in London in 1853. Condition: Good condition for such an early piece with no losses, possibly never used. Marks are crisp and clear. Width: (at base of frame) 9.5" (24cm). Depth: (at base of frame) 6.25” (15.75cm) Height: (entire) 5” (13cm). Location: Dublin City, Ireland. Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping. Charles Fox I entered a mark in 1801 working in Old St, London until he retired in 1827. His son Charles Fox II...

Antique 19th century Georgian solid silver-gilt on green marble inkwell depicting the birth of Venus (Aphrodite). Reclining and bare chested on a mount of shells, with one shell appl...

A superb quality George II period architectural model in mahogany and ebony, mounted with an Egyptian 'Imperial Porphyry' roundel. England, circa 1750. Why we like it Exquisitely detailed throughout, this splendid object would have had a proud place in an Enlightenment era gentleman's library, along with the antiquities brought from the Grand Tour, natural history specimens, scientific instruments and books. Mounted with a porphyry roundel, on a simulated porphyry base. 'Imperial Porphyry' comes from 600 million-year-old volcanic rock from Gabal Abu Dukhan quarry in the Eastern Desert of Egypt which was discovered by Romans in AD 18. It is highly prized for its rarity and noble 'Imperial' purple color, symbolizing power. Pieces such as this roundel were often cut from broken ancient pieces, excavated and 'upcycled' in the 17th-18th centuries. Beautifully designed in the classical tradition, introduced by Andrea Palladio...

GEORGE III PATINATED FIGURAL BRONZE AND MARBLE PAPERWEIGHT A standing fox; engraved "Weeks Tichborne St. T" to edge; London, circa 1800 Item # C104008 This whimsical bronze model o...

A superb example of an English sterling silver late Georgian crested twin ink bottle desk Standish, complete with all its accessories to include a pair hand cut crystal ink jars with...

A neoclassical motif featuring five youths clad in togas are chased and repoussé into this opulent Georgian-period gold fob seal. The dome-shaped handle is in...

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...

Description Antique mid-18th Century Georgian 18-karat gold mounted on agate etui, of quiver form, the openwork gold mounts chased with scrolls and flowe...