Romantic Desk Accessories

Antique 19th Hand Painted Porcelain pipes with promenade scene PRADERA is a second generation of a family run business jewelers of reference in Spain, with a rich track record bei...

Gratitude round is a unique wonderful photo frame recto-verso, decorated both front and back, design signed Laura G Art with Heart. The photo frame is hand braided in golden silver and it carries pink quartz flowers...

Gorgeous handmade and hand painted cast metal decorative double oval shaped picture frame from the Jay Strongwater "Jewels for the Home" collection features luxuriant branching flowe...

Fine quality double inkwell, circa 1900. Oval shape with a marble base, pierced gilt gallery which forms the backdrop for the two inkwells and two pen rests. One replaced ceram...

Gratitude pink is a unique Italian picture frame and it is special because it is decorated both front and back, with a delicate design created by Laura G, a masterpiece among the col...

This beautiful French commemorative bronze medal was created in 1996 by the world-famous "artiste médailleur", Renée Mayot and minted by the Monnaie de Paris (Mint of Paris) for the ...

Gustave Doré (1832-1883) illustrations and Dante's Divine Comedy have become so intimately connected that even today, nearly 150 years after their initial publication, the artist's rendering of the poet's text still determines our vision of the Commedia. Planned by Doré as early as 1855, the Dante illustrations were the first in a series he referred to as the "chefs-d'oeuvre de la littérature." In addition to Dante, Doré list of illustrated great works included Homer, Ossian, Byron, Goethe, Racine, and Corneille. The placement of Dante's Commedia at the top of this list reflects the poet's popularity within mainstream French culture by the 1850s. While France's initial interest in Dante was confined to the episodes of Paolo and Francesca (Inf.5) and Ugolino (Inf.33), the 19th century saw an expansion of interest in Dante's work which resulted in numerous translations of the Commedia into French, critical studies,newspapers, and specialized journals, and over 200 works of painting and sculpture between 1800-1930. Doré's choice of Dante's Inferno as the first of his proposed series of illustrated masterpieces of literature reflects the extent to which Dante had attained popular appeal in France by the 1860s. La Divina Commedia...

This Dresden inkwell is delicately painted with daisies in blue with yellow centers tied together with blue ribbons. The lid comes off to reveal a mil...

Hand painted Dresden inkstand in chocolate brown with gold accents. The inkpot is held up by three putti's. They stand on an attached under plate with a hand painted scene within a cartouche. The lid reveals the original porcelain ink pot trimmed in gold. The Dresden marks...

GERMAN SCHOOL COLD PAINTED METAL SCULPTURAL INKWELL OF A RECUMBENT FOX Signed "H. Meinhardt" along base Item # 411SVA29 This is a wonderful acquisition for collectors of fox and...

A gilt bronze letter seal in the shape of a sitting cat.

La Vaillance or Courage. Bronze and marble inkwell by Emile Louis Picault (1839-1915) Paris. Signature & Marks E. Picault, Salon des Beaux Arts, 1896. Style: Romantic. Date...