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Period: 1880s
Count Gleichen’s shrapnel paperweight. Russian and English, 1854
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Count Gleichen’s Russian shell paperweight, the tooth shaped fragment of a Russian armament shell set above another of rectangular form both raised on a silver mount on an ebonized rectangular plinth, applied with a plaque reading ‘Two fragments of a Russian shell fired at Mr Fred Burne assist.t paymaster and Mr Henry Crave St John midshipman of H.M.S. Cumberland in Aug.t 1854 from Tsee Fort Bonarsund whilst conveying refreshments to the English camp – for their messmate – H.S.H. Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Midshipman landed with the Naval Brigade in 1854’. With a framed caricature of Count Gleichen inscribed Vanity Fair, London, July 5, 1884. Vice Admiral H.S.H Count Gleichen – the Queen’s Nephew.Russian and English, 1854.
The print has the following biography on the reverse and on the mount ‘His Serene Highness Prince Victor …. of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, is better known in England as Count Gleichen and as the Queen’s nephew. Born fifty years ago, he was sent to school at Dresden; but at the age of fourteen he conceived ideas not to be bounded within the confines of the small life of a German principality. So he ran away from school to go to sea, and his aunt the Queen of England, being informed of the fact, proposed to her sister to let her adventurous nephew become naturalised as an Englishman and enter the English Navy. This was accordingly done, and Prince Victor, as he was then called, was appointed to the Powerful on the Mediterranean Station, in 1848. He served in the Crimean War and in the operations in China he proved a popular officer and a good sailor-man, and was three times wounded in battle. In 1861 he married the daughter of Admiral Sir George Seymour, sister of the fifth Marquis of Hertford on which occasion it was that he put down his title of Prince and took up for future use that of Count. He became, in due course a Vice-Admiral, and in the meantime he also became a sculptor. It is in the latter art that he now mainly busies himself, and he has created many pleasing busts of his royal relatives and some works of greater pretensions than family portraits. An Alfred the Great, a Beaconsfield, and a Prince Imperial...
Category
English Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Metal, Silver
Antique Victorian Three Bottle Tantalus & Games Compendium 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique Victorian games compendium and tantalus, circa 1880 in date.
It consists of three cut crystal liquor bottles with stoppers, a pair of engraved shot glass...
Category
Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Silver Plate
Victorian Brass Inkwell In The Form Of A Terrier
Located in Essex, MA
Cast terrier with hinge lid opening to an inkwell. From the estate of the founder of Yankee Candle Co.
Category
English Victorian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Malachite Inkwell Desk Set French Inkstand
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous French malachite desk inkwell set
Love the colour and grain to the malachite which really stands out
The gilt fixtures are original and very well cast with great patina
Come...
Category
Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass
Tunbridge Ware Writing Stand c1880
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware writing stand
Date : c1880
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : The stand has two inkwells, each with geometric stickware covers, a ...
Category
British Victorian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
French Belle Epoque Tromp L'éoel Bronze Paperweight Ashtray, ca. 1880s
Located in New York, NY
Belle Epoque ~ Tromp L'éoel
Paperweight Ashtray w/ Cigarette & Match-Striker Holder
in form of a Glove
Patinated Bronze
France, ca. 1880s
ABOUT
Made in France in the last quart...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Victorian, Castellani, Brass Paper Knife, Onyx Decoration, Lux Desk Accessories
By Castellani
Located in Glasgow, GB
Immerse yourself in the divinity of this late 19th-century Italian letter opener, attributed to the masterful Michelangelo Caetani for Castellani, Italy. Crafted with meticulous arti...
Category
Italian Renaissance Revival Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Art Nouveau Frog Inkwell by Émile Müller
By Emile Müller
Located in Chicago, US
Émile Müller (21st september 1823 – 11th november 1889) was the architect of the workers housing estate in Mulhouse. He founded the “Grande Tuilerie” in Ivry Port (Seine), in 1854. A...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Earthenware
Office Cabinet Signed Sormani. (Paris)
By Paul Sormani
Located in CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE, FR
Ve P Sormani and sons. Office cabinet in black leather and silver metal ornamentation.
It opens with two doors revealing a mail kit, a writing desk, lockers, the...
Category
French Louis XIV Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather
19th Century Napoleon III Letter Rack with Lacquered Panels and Bronze Mounts
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful 19th century letter rack from the French Napoleon III period. The letter rack is made of bronze with wooden panels. The wooden panels are decorated with red traditional lac...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Tiffany & Co. Sterlin Silver "Padova" Magnifying Glass by Elsa Peretti
Located in New York, NY
High quality sterling silver magnifying glass by the Italian designer Elsa Peretti for Tiffany & Co. Designed in 1984 the "Padova" magnifying glass has 3x magnification glass and bra...
Category
American Minimalist Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Staffordshire Dog Inkwell
Located in Tampa, FL
An antique Staffordshire dog, Whippet porcelain inkwell. Circa 1880, England
Category
English Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Alfredo Castellani Att., Bronze & Marble Paperknife, ca. 1880s
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to
Alfredo Castellani
Paperknife
Patinated Bronze & Marble
Italy, ca. 1880s
ABOUT
These Castellani paper cutters, paperknives or lette...
Category
Italian Renaissance Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
FINE & UNIQUE PAIR OF ANTIQUE 1887 MARYS CELESTIAL GLOBES SKEWING / MALIN & SONs
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super rare one of a kind matched pair of signed Mary's Celestial Globes Skewing / Malin & Sons 1887 and...
Category
English High Victorian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
A Good Old Oak Stationary or Letter Box, with pen Holder
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
A Good Old Oak Stationary or Letter Box, with pen Holder
This is a very useful piece, the box is made in oak, it has 6 graduated letter compartments inside and a pen or ruler holder...
Category
Arts and Crafts Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
Hob Nail Boot Shaped Inkwell Stand This is a quirky desk top inkwell
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Hob Nail Boot Shaped Inkwell Stand
This is a quirky desk top inkwell, the boot is heavy and made in a silver coloured metal with a scruffy finish, the well opens by a lever at the ...
Category
Arts and Crafts Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Steel
Antique Gutta-Percha Inkwell, Original Glass Inserts, Circa 1880s
Located in Greven, DE
Exceptional Gutta-Percha inkwell with original glass inserts.
Category
Late Victorian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Glass, Resin
19th Century Porcelain Inkwell - Vieux Paris
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful porcelain inkwell, very decorative with colorful birds and gold colored accents. This object is not marked, but the style and design indicate that this is 'Vieux Paris' p...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Grand Tour Pietra Dura Specimen Top Paperweight, 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a superb decorative antique Italian Grand Tour marble Pietra Dura mounted desk paperweight, circa 1880 in date.
This splendid rectangular paperweight is exquisitely inlai...
Category
Italian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Malachite, Onyx, Marble
Late 19th Century Bronze Winged Sphinx Statuette Red Griotte Marble
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique small bronze sculpture of a winged Sphinx, on a red "Griotte" marble plinth.
The statue is quite refined, with a nice golden color and old patina.
Decorative piece that a...
Category
French Egyptian Revival Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Griotte Marble, Bronze
Late 19th Century Reddish Wood Desktop / Revolving Desk Bookcase
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique compact book mill with rotating function. The bookmill is made of solid mahogany wood, inlaid with copper and zinc .It has four storage com...
Category
French Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Inkwell, After Michelangelo Laurent De Medici, In Bronze And Red Marble
Located in CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE, FR
After Michelangelo Laurent de' Medici, spectacular red marble inkwell surmounted by a sculpture and three bronze cups with brown patina. Signed F Barbedienne founder, Collas Paris me...
Category
French Renaissance Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Gothic English Ink Stand, circa 1880
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 brass & wood ink stand, English. Gothic Revival brass strapwork. Ebonized trim accents. Burl walnut. 10 1/2" W., 7 7/16" D., 3 5/16" H.
Category
Gothic Revival Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Gorham Sterling Silver 1886 Table Top Double Inkwell
By Gorham
Located in New York, NY
Gorham sterling silver tabletop double inkwell from 1886 with intricately pierced figural gallery. It contains two glass inkwells with sterling silver caps and has an open compartment with hinged door. A great gift and addition to one's home or collection. It measures 7 3/4'' in length by 2 7/8'' in height by 4 3/4'' in depth, and bears hallmarks and monograms as shown.
During the heyday of American silver manufacturing–approximately 1850 to 1940–Gorham was one of the most influential. The White House has used Gorham silver services...
Category
American Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Grand Tour Pietra Dura Specimen Paperweight 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a superb decorative antique Italian Grand Tour marble Pietra Dura mounted desk paperweight, circa 1880 in date.
This splendid rectangular paperweight is exquisitely inlai...
Category
Italian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Agate, Amethyst, Malachite, Onyx, Marble
Stunning Antique French Bronze Statue on Inkwell Stand, circa 1880
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely 19th century French bronze ink well stand
A good looking we...
Category
French High Victorian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Desktop Tambour Letter Storage Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique box for letters / documents with a roller shutter door. The box is made of wood. In good condition, the tambour door opens smoothly. M...
Category
French Belle Époque Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
19th Century Polychrome Sculpture of a Roman Woman
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Italian original painted plaster sculpture of a young Roman woman in nice gilt dress and flower wreath. This well sculptured smiling lady cou...
Category
Italian Neoclassical Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Plaster
Black Forest Carved Walnut Reclining Swiss Mountain Dog, Swiss, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Black Forest Breinzware Walnut Inkwell, carved as a reclining Swiss Mountain Dog, with a hinged top, and two interior glass inkwells, Brienz, Switzerland ...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
Stately Antique Brass Bronze Inkwell, Around 1880
Located in Berlin, DE
Stately antique brass bronze inkwell around 1880
Solid brass bronze inkwell with lid. Original glass insert.
Inkwell with paw feet standing on...
Category
German Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Brass, Bronze
English Antique Ink Eraser/Letter Opener with Sterling Handle
Located in Sheffield, MA
Although the purpose was once for "erasing" ink, this antique English piece can very well be used as a letter opener. It probably did serve a dual purpose way back when. The eraser...
Category
English Late Victorian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Steel
Bois Durci Ink Stand
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This large Bois Durci ink stand features an intricately moulded base, upon which sit two glass inkwells and a central urn shaped container. The glass inkwel...
Category
French High Victorian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Ebony
Rare Mammoth English Victorian Novelty Inkwell, Owl with Glass Eyes C.1880
Located in Bath, GB
A truly outstanding and rare find, this is an outstanding Victorian figural inkwell made from a winning combination of brass and silver plate and retaining his wonderful two original...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Black Forest Carved Large Terrier Inkwell, Hinged Lid, Exceptional Carving
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Black Forest Breinzware Large Inkwell, carved as begging terrier with tongue protruding, with inset glass eyes, the hinged head concealing a glass inkwel...
Category
Swiss Black Forest Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Softwood
Antique Rare Paperweight Glass Ball with Picture
Located in Vienna, AT
Antique rare paperweight glass ball with picture, alpaca base, good original condition, around 1880.
Category
Austrian Biedermeier Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Alpaca, Glass
Antique Tortoiseshell Singing Bird Box, Most Probably by Bontems
Located in London, GB
A antique tortoiseshell singing bird box, most probably by Bontems,
Going barrel movement,
Gilt metal two-tone brilliance...
When wound and start/stop slide moved to the right, the bird pops up through foliate chased gilt grille, then proceeds to move bone beak, wings and body from side-to-side to good complex continuous synchronized birdsong.
The bird with streaked feathered plumage in brown, yellow, turquoise and red, lime green and purple iridescent highlights, highly polished lid interior for full bird reflection, in plain polished tortoiseshell case, twinned laurel leaf engraved bird lid border with the bird lid engraved with love birds and rose united beneath leaf swag arch, accentuated with gilt on silvered ground, hidden key...
Category
French Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Black Forest Carved Terrier Inkwell, Hinged Lid, with Pen Tray, Swiss, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Black Forest Breinzware Inkwell, carved as begging terrier with tongue protruding, with inset glass eyes, the hinged head concealing a glass inkwell, the dogs front paws mounted on a naturalistically carved hollowed tree forming the pen tray, Brienz, Switzerland ca. 1880.
*Jay Arenski, et al, quotes Swiss Poet Heinrich Federer, who said in his memoirs, "Woodcarving brought riches to the village [of Brienz]. It became all the fashion and no Englishman left the Bernese Highlands without having seen the Giessbach, having eaten a fat roasted eel, and having bought a Brienz woodcarving." Arenski continues, "Thus, as the tourist industry flourished and thrived, so did the carvers, selling their wares to the well-heeled visitors."
This fashion had been set in motion by Queen Victoria's visit to the area in April 1868, and by her subsequent inspiration to build a Swiss chalet at Osborne House and fill it with Black Forest Swiss carvings...
Category
Swiss Victorian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Softwood
19th Century Italian Writing Box with Macassar Veneer and Silver Mounts
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique writing slope case. The chest is veneered with Macassar wood. Decorated with silver mounts. The interior is made of birdseed maple...
Category
Italian Napoleon III Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian Bronze Bust of a Court Jester, Signed Antonio Pandiani
Located in New York, NY
A Fabulous and Large Louis XVI Style Patinated Bronze Bust of a Court Jester, Stamped A. PANDIANI.MILANO 1888. Antonio Pandiani did an exceptional job at casting this truly remarkabl...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
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 ...
Category
French Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Walnut
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...
Category
French Neoclassical Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Crystal, Marble, 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...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Silver Victorian Desk Stand Fluid Thermometer by H. Matthews
By H. Matthews
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique Victorian thermometer. The front is made of sterling silver. This is marked with the hallmarks of Birmingham 1887 (year letter N) and the maker H. Matthews. This En...
Category
British Victorian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver
Patinated Bronze Figural Thermometer of a Medieval Youth and His Hound
Located in London, GB
Antique patinated bronze figural thermometer of a medieval youth and his hound.
Probably English this is an unusual desk thermometer with a hunting theme.
Set on an oval base the standing figure of a hunter looks into the middle distance for his quarry. He is dressed in medieval clothes and wears a cap on his head with a feather in it and holds a hunting horn in his right hand.
By his feet stands his lurcher hunting hound sniffing for scent.
Behind them is a fine baluster balistrade and to their right is an obelisk topped with an ornamental ball. Inset into the obelisk is a silvered bronze thermometer...
Category
English Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
1880 Document Boxes
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, document boxes in the shape of ledgers or books were increasingly popular. Made of wood or more increasingly popular...
Category
Italian Edwardian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique Sheffield England Double Inkwell Stand
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Beautiful Sheffield silver plated and cut glass double inkwell. The cut glass round inkwells with a Russian pattern with repousse hinged lids fit neatly onto the base which has a miniature candlestick...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Antique English Bronze Dog Inkwell, King Charles Spaniel, c.1880
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome Victorian novelty inkwell, cast in bronze in the form of a King Charles Spaniel, beautifully executed with two lovely glass eyes.
The underside is inscribed with a roma...
Category
European Late Victorian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Antique French Empire Style Ink Stand, Desk Inkwell, France 1880, H527
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique French Empire style ink stand, desk inkwell, France 1880, H527
France 1880
Floral mounts to the back
Gilt pierced three quarter gallery on top
Pair of gilt inkwells with lid...
Category
French Empire Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Unusual Antique English Novelty Match Striker, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful and most unusual novelty match strike made from cast brass and just back from a professional clean and polish by our silversmith.
The non-safety matches...
Category
English Late Victorian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Lovely Hand Carved Circa 1880 English Oak Wastepaper Bin Nice and Decorative
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Victorian hand carved English oak wastepaper bin
A very well made and decorative piece, it looks smart and elegant in any setting
...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Oak
Red Spiral Blown Glass Hand Bell, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
A red spiral blown with a white lip and clear spiral twist handle with clear dripped glass clacker.
Category
Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
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...
Category
Austrian Other Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Continental Clear and Red Glass Hand Bell, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Red spiral blown with white lip and clear spiral twist handle and marble clacker.
Category
Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Art Glass
Large Red and White Glass Hand Bell, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
large red bell with white 'combed' decoration and clear handle with clear dripped glass clacker.
Category
Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Siena Marble and Ormolu Double Inkstand Late 19th Century
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Elegant antique Siena marble and gilt bronze inkstand inkwell. The hand carved marble base with gilt bronze pen holder with two gilt bronze inkwells ...
Category
French Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Siena Marble, Ormolu
Large Pair of Continental White and Clear Glass Hand Bells, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
White bells with red lip and internal red spiral handles with clear dripped glass clacker.
Category
Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Blown Glass
Unusual Antique Hand Carved Lizard and Prey Hard Stone Desk Weight, 19th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A superb antique carved stone sculptural desk weight modeled as a lizard with its prey dating from the 19th century. Carved from a single piece of rectangu...
Category
Italian Other Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Stone
Large Victorian Sterling Silver and Light Green Guilloche Enamel-Letter Opener
Located in New York, NY
Large, Victorian, all sterling silver and light green guilloche enamel letter opener, Sheffield, England, year hallmarked for 1889, William Gibson and John Lawrence Langman (Gibson a...
Category
English Victorian Antique 1880s Desk Accessories
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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