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Dresden Porcelain Ink Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
with blue ribbons. The lid comes off to reveal a milk white separate ink pot rimmed in gold. The body
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Early 20th Century German Romantic Inkwells

Materials

Enamel

19th Century French Quimper Porquier Beau Faience Ink Well
By Quimper Faience Pottery
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th century French Quimper faience ink well with crescent moon shape and two small lidded ink
Category

Antique 19th Century European Inkwells

Materials

Faience

Late 19th Century Bronze and Marble Ink Stand with Dog
Located in Toronto, CA
A beautiful, late 19th, early 20th century ink stand. The bronze ink pots are modelled as tree
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Desk Sets

Materials

Marble, Bronze

French Faience Chinoiserie Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
Small French white faience lidded ink pot with chinoiserie decorations in the manner of Paul
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Inkwells

19th Century English Regency Fitted Writing Box on Custom Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
drawers. Original ink pots, side drawer and writing surfaces. Custom mahogany later stand. Includes keys
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Desk Sets

Materials

Brass

Silvered Bronze Monkey Wearing a Hat Inkwell, France, 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
glass eyes bronze ink well statue in the form of a of a monkey wearing a hat with a clear glass ink pot
Category

Early 20th Century French Victorian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Gilt Bronze Inkwell Stand Set with Ink Blotter and Candleholder
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
porcelain ink pots inside. Porcelain pots marked on the base "Vista Alegre, Portugal". These wonderful
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Antique Late 19th Century Portuguese Baroque Desk Sets

Materials

Bronze

Patinated and Gilt Bronze Inkwell with Pen Holder
Located in Dallas, TX
, three tiny elephants on a round 4.75" diameter base support the base of the lidded ink pot, the separate
Category

Antique 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Heron Frog Lily Pad Form Inkwell with Articulated Hinged Mouth Holder
Located in valatie, NY
perched on an open branch swivels to reveal an ink pot. The lily pad base pen holder with a seated frog
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Inkwells

Materials

Brass

Chinoiserie Lacquer, Blanc de Chine Buddha and Ormolu Inkwell, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
flowers mounted on a green painted tole tree. Flowering cherry blossom branches decorate the ink pots. The
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Rococo Antiquities

Materials

Ormolu

Nineteenth Century Cobalt Porcelain Inkstand
Located in Toronto, CA
to small sections of gilding and restoration to one of the ink pots. Small chip to one volute. Please
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Antique 19th Century French Rococo Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

19th Century English Campaign Lap Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
writing slope. Interior has divided compartments, two with lids, for ink pots and stamps. Front drawer has
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Antique 19th Century English Campaign Desks

Materials

Elm

French Art Nouveau Brass Footed Double Ink Well Filigree Bronze Moorish Style
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
brass ink pots are missing. circa 1910-1940. There are number inscribed on the bottom. Great
Category

Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Inkwells

Materials

Brass

Antique Travelling Golf Ball Inkwell
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
button clasp. When opened there is another brass dome lid that when opened the original glass ink pot
Category

Antique 1890s European Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Materials

Brass

Henri Delcourt, Liane, Art Deco French Ceramic Inkwell of Woman in Turban 1920s
By Henri Delcourt Boulogne
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
good condition. Tiny fleabite to ink pot rim and under glaze paint marks to arm and back.
Category

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Inkwells

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Football Inkwell With Leather Cover.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
another brass dome lid that when opened the original glass ink pot bottle is revealed, this brass lid has
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20th Century British Sporting Art Inkwells

Materials

Brass

Vintage Cricket Ball Inkwell
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
another brass dome lid that when opened the original glass ink pot bottle is revealed, this brass lid has
Category

Early 20th Century British Inkwells

Materials

Brass

Early 19th Century Swedish Country Console Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
seem to spill ink inside the drawers from the ink pots that were the staple stationery around the time
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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Country Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Pine

18th Century White Swedish Gustavian Desk
Located in Kramfors, SE
reason the early owners always seem to spill ink inside the drawers from ink pots which were the staple
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Pine

18th Century Swedish Provincial Gustavian Table
Located in Kramfors, SE
almost a rite of passage for every table and desk to have some evidence of spilled ink from ink pots
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Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Side Tables

Materials

Pine

Antique Genuine Rustic Northern Swedish Gustavian Tall Wood Red Sideboard
Located in Kramfors, SE
. For some reason the early owners always seem to spill ink inside the drawers from the ink pots that
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Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Sideboards

Materials

Pine

Tunbridge Ware - A Writing Slope Box Depicting Battle Abbey Gatehouse, c1870
By Henry Hollamby
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
small handle of the lift-off 'pen tray' lid. A working lock and key, and a pair of matched ink-pots with
Category

Antique 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Victorian 1890s Sterling Silver Water Lily Inkwell
By George Lambert
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
. This antique inkwell retains the original removable glass ink pot. Either end of this impressive
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Antique 1890s English Victorian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Victorian Scottish Sterling Silver Desk Inkstand
By J B Cameron
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
. The two original lobed, inverted baluster shaped glass ink pots retain the original push fit sterling
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Antique 1830s British Victorian Inkwells

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Chinese Burled Brush Pot, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
, ink, and inkstone - this brush pot would have stirred the imagination and satisfied the scholars
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects

Materials

Burl

Chinese Burled Brush Pot, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
, ink, and inkstone - this brush pot would have stirred the imagination and satisfied the scholars
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Burl

"Stationary pot" porcelain and black stain ceramic sculpture - pop art
By Katharine Morling
Located in Dallas, TX
Katharine Morling is an award-winning artist working in the medium of ceramics. She set up her studio in 2003 and has since gained international acclaim for her work. Her ceramic s...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Porcelain, Slip, Ink

"Pot of Stamps" porcelain and black stain ceramic sculpture - pop art
By Katharine Morling
Located in Dallas, TX
Katharine Morling is an award-winning artist working in the medium of ceramics. She set up her studio in 2003 and has since gained international acclaim for her work. Her ceramic s...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Porcelain, Slip, Ink

Vintage French Watercolor - Floral Pot Still Life
Located in Houston, TX
French still life watercolor and ink painting of a red pot with a rose pattern and a small plate of
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1950s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Bits and Bobs in a Pot" porcelain and black stain ceramic sculpture - pop art
By Katharine Morling
Located in Dallas, TX
Katharine Morling is an award-winning artist working in the medium of ceramics. She set up her studio in 2003 and has since gained international acclaim for her work. Her ceramic s...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Porcelain, Slip, Ink

George Washington Signed Military Discharge Collage
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
his left is a table strewn with books, scrolls, a quill and an ink pot, to signify the rule of law. An
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Antique Late 18th Century Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Paper

Chinese Poet s Table, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
a brush pot, ink stone, or table screen. The floating panel top of this monumental table sits on
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Dining Room Tables

Materials

Elm

Monumental Early 20th Century Chinese Poet s Table
Located in Chicago, IL
a brush pot, ink stone, or table screen. The monumental waisted table sits upon straight legs ending
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Dining Room Tables

Materials

Elm

Victorian Industrial Cast Iron Drafting Table or Desk by J. Foot Son of London
Located in San Diego, CA
height is adjusted at the turn of a knob. There is also a separate round wood surface for a pot of ink
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Antique Late 19th Century American Industrial and Work Tables

Materials

Iron

Antique Persian Lilihan Accent Rug with Traditional Style, Entry or Foyer Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
, tan, ecru, beige, muted peach, mushroom, maroon, taupe, ink blue, clay pot, and cerulean with other
Category

Early 20th Century Persian Arts and Crafts Persian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Vintage Berber Moroccan Zayane Rug with Rustic Modern and Northwestern Style
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in Dallas, TX
rust, burnt orange, terra cotta, pumpkin, ginger, cider, brick red, clay pot, orange, ink blue, navy
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Moroccan and North African ...

Materials

Wool

Beautiful Nautilus Shell Ink Pot
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Beautiful 19th century French Nautilus Shell porcelain ink pot, beautifully painted in purples
Category

Antique 19th Century French Inkwells

20th Century Scholars Silver Topped Ink Pot
Located in Umberleigh, Devon
This silver topped ink pot has a top in the shape of a graduates mortar board hat. Has a hobnail
Category

Vintage 1930s English Inkwells

Materials

Silver

French Egyptian Revival Bronze Ink Pot circa 1880
Located in Houston, TX
and see them first! A wonderful French Egyptian Revival bronze ink pot circa 1880 depicting an
Category

Antique 19th Century Egyptian Revival Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

Rare George III Antique Silver Penner or Ink Pot, by Joseph Taylor, circa 1800
By Joseph Taylor
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A rare George III silver Penner, the tapering ink pot with bright-cut engraved decoration including
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Antique Early 1800s English George III Sterling Silver

Ink Pot with two Spring Pots, Manufactured by the Wiener Werkstätte, model numbe
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in Vienna, AT
Markings: rose signet, WIENER WERKSTÄTTE, monogram JH, 8 Tablet: B 36 cm, T 22.5 cm, ink pot: H 12.5 cm
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20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Tableware

Materials

Alpaca

Two Antique Carved Ink Wells Black Forest Bears
Located in Stutton, GB
Two antique carved ink wells, Black Forest bears with lift up lids original glass eyes [one ink pot
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Antique 1860s European Black Forest Inkwells

Materials

Wood

18th Century Dutch Pewter Ink Stand
Located in Washington, DC
below. The interior having an ink pot and a sand shaker.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Inkwells

Materials

Pewter

Antique Pen and Ink Tray
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
made of rosewood and contains a pen tray, lidded compartment and two patent crown ink pots (Mosely
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century British More Furniture and Collectibles

French Crystal and Gilded Bronze Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
French crystal and gilded bronze inkwell with crystal ink pot
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Vintage 1940s French Decorative Objects

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

Exquisite Tortoise Sterling Inkwell
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Exquisite pristine tortoise and sterling ink pot, London 1921-1922 with silver top trimmed with
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Early 20th Century English Inkwells

Victorian Novelty Silver Plated Ink Stand, circa 1880
Located in Umberleigh, Devon
ink pot.
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Antique 1880s European Victorian More Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver Plate

Edwardian Davenport
Located in Roswell, GA
pens, ink pots. Opens to reveal stationery section and storage. Great patina.
Category

Early 20th Century English Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

A Rare Regency Ostrich Inkwell Circa 1820
Located in London, GB
A rare Regency Ostrich Inkwell, the top part opens to reveal an ink pot, in front of the ostrich is
Category

Antique 19th Century Regency Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

Late 19th Century Inkwell or Inkstand with Wood, Brass and Glass
Located in Raalte, NL
Lovely designed 19th century wooden inkstand or inkwell with glass ink pots and decorated with
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Antique Late 19th Century Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

Edward VII Novelty Silver Coronation Crown Inkwell
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
mounted glass ink pot. By Thomas Ducrow, Birmingham, 1901.
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Antique Early 1900s English Inkwells

Materials

Silver

Bronze French Neoclassical Inkwell from Second Half of the 19th Century
Located in Raalte, NL
French neoclassical bronze inkwell from the second half of the 19th century. The glass ink pots are
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

Gothic style Victorian Stationery Box
Located in Roswell, GA
open to reveal sections for envelopes/note paper storage, pens, and ink pots. Righthand door interior
Category

Antique 19th Century English Boxes

Materials

Oak

Exceptional Campaign Chest
Located in Newport Beach, CA
, and a pull out leather topped writing drawer fitted with compartments for ink pots and pens, and
Category

Antique 19th Century English Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Brass

Unusual 19th C. Inkwell Penstand
Located in Dallas, TX
Unusual 19th C. Inkwell & Penstand with engine turned ink pots on a black & white marble base. In
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Antique 19th Century French Inkwells

Materials

Marble, Bronze

French Empire-Style Encrier
Located in Dallas, TX
pen tray & two domed ink pots each topped with an acanthus leaf garland. The frieze displays a panel
Category

Antique 19th Century French Inkwells

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Silver and Horn Inkwell and Summons Bell
Located in North Hollywood, CA
any negative condition issues. The ink pot is glass and removable.
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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Inkwells

Materials

Silver

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Ink Pot For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate ink pot for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the Modern style, while we also have 2 Modern versions to choose from as well. You’re likely to find the perfect ink pot among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding an ink pot to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, beige, black, brown and more. Finding an appealing ink pot — no matter the origin — is easy, but Randal Ford, Katharine Morling, Pam Ackerman, Yosl Bergner and Mitchell Funk each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Frequently made by artists working in ink, archival ink and paper, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a Ink Pot?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — an ink pot in our inventory may begin at $275 and can go as high as $15,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,141.