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French Victorian Inkwell with Bronze Figures
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian bronze inkwell of standing pheasant with roll blotter. (priced as set).
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian Inkwell with Glass Insert
Located in Stamford, CT
Decorative Victorian brass inkwell with a glass insert a nice size and good conversation piece for
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Victorian Inkwell with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
Located in NYC, NY
Fine mid-19th century inkwell with inlaid mother-of-pearl decoration surrounding pen trays, a
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Rare Antique Victorian English Inkwell
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Very elegant and rare silver and tortoise Victorian inkwell: a wonderful piece for Your desk
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Silver
Victorian English Silver and Turtle Inkwell : Single Rare Piece
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Very elegant and rare silver and turtle Victorian inkwell: a wonderful piece for Your desk.
Punched
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Silver
William Comyns Victorian Repousse Sterling Silver and Crystal Inkwell 1895
By William Comyns
Located in San Mateo, CA
Large Victorian inkwell by William Comyns. This has a repousse sterling design over a heavy crystal
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Victorian Novelty Knife Box Shaped Wooden Inkwell
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and stylish British Victorian inkwell in the form of a wooden knife box dating from the
Category
19th Century English Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Victorian Silver Plated and Green Glass Inkwell
By Elkington
Co.
Located in Catania, Sicilia
This Late 19th Century Victorian inkwell set exemplifies intricate craftsmanship and luxurious
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Silver Plate
Grand English Bulldog Novelty Inkwell with Glass Eyes, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent English Victorian inkwell made from solid English brass having been professionally
Category
1890s English Late Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
$1,537 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Victorian Cut Glass and Sterling Silver Desk Inkwell
By John Grinsell
Sons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Victorian cut glass and English sterling silver mounted desk inkwell has a plain square form.
The antique
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1890s British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
Handsome Antique Horn and Silver Plate Inkwell Dated 1897
Located in Bath, GB
An outstanding late Victorian inkwell made from two cattle horns and mounted with silver plated
Category
1890s British Late Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Silver Plate
French Victorian Bronze Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian bronze square inkwell with 2 cornucopia pen holders.
Previously broken hinge
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19th Century French Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
French Victorian Bronze Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian (19th Century) bronze inkwell embellished with floral, scallop and rams head
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19th Century French Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
French Victorian Bronze Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian bronze square inkwell with 2 cornucopia pen holders.
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
English Victorian Brass Owl Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian brass owl inkwell on rectangular tray.
Category
19th Century British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Bronze Double Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian bronze inkwell with 2 crystal wells with finial tops and side handles on 4 scroll
Category
19th Century British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
English Victorian Brass Owl Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian brass owl inkwell on rectangular tray.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Papier-Mache Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian papier mache rectangular inkwell with gold stenciled and floral painted
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Gold
English Victorian Bronze Double Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian bronze inkwell with 2 crystal wells with finial tops and side handles on 4 scroll
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
English Victorian Mahogany Double Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian mahogany and brass inlaid trim double inkwell with crystal wells having copper
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Copper
French Victorian Crystal and Marble Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian octagonal crystal inkwell with step up base and brass cover.
Category
19th Century French Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Brass and Crystal Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian brass and crystal shell shaped inkwell with coral design details.
Category
19th Century British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Bone and Brass Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian oval burl wood and ebonized inkwell with decorative brass trim and nail heads
Category
19th Century British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Brass, Walnut and Ebonized Double Inkwell Set
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
English Victorian inkwell set. This walnut set has been accented with an ebony color and an overall
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Multi-tonal Hardstone Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian (19th Century) footed rectangular inkwell composed of a hardstone mosaic inlaid
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19th Century British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Brass and Crystal Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian brass and crystal shell shaped inkwell with coral design details.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Brass
2-Piece French Victorian Bronze Pheasant Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian bronze inkwell of standing pheasant with roll blotter. (PRICED AS SET)
Category
19th Century French Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
French Victorian Boule Brass Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian Boulle-style square tortoise shell and brass inlaid inkwell with crystal well.
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Brass
English Victorian Papier-Mache and Crystal Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian papier mache floral design oval double inkwell with fluted crystal wells and
Category
19th Century British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Crystal
English Victorian Silver and Cranberry Glass Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian silver plated inkwell with 2 cranberry glass wells and back handle.
Category
19th Century British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Glass
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Novelty Inkwell (1885)
By Thomas Johnson II
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver novelty inkwell; an
Category
1880s English Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
1880s Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Lantern Inkwell
By Thomas Smily
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, unusual antique Victorian English sterling silver inkwell in
Category
1880s English Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Victorian Bronze Horseshoe Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian bronze inkwell with crystal horseshoe cap and square white onyx base.
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
French Victorian Round Crystal and Silver Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian round crystal inkwell with silver and enamel cornucopia top (signed TIFFANY) *as
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Crystal
2-Piece French Victorian Bronze Pheasant Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian bronze inkwell of standing pheasant with roll blotter. (priced as set).
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
$1,800 / set
English Victorian Silver and Cranberry Glass Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian silver plated inkwell with 2 cranberry glass wells and back handle.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Silver
English Victorian Bronze Double Inkwell with Horse
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian bronze double inkwell on oak base with jockey and horse motif and crystal wells.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century Victorian Cast Iron "Lion" Inkwell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Figural lion inkwell boasting original paint with hinged lion's head concealing the well, circa
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Iron
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver and Cranberry Glass Inkwell
By Joseph Angell II
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
glass inkwell; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection
This exceptional antique Victorian
Category
1850s British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Mother of Pearl Inlaid Inkwell
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A lovely Victorian mother of pearl inlaid inkwell with cut glass ink containers. It's likely
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Glass, Wood
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
French Victorian Embossed Sterling Silver and Glass Inkwell
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian rectangular double glass inkwell with incised monogrammed sterling silver hinged
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Metal, Silver
Antique English Victorian Boulle Inkwell by JC Vickery
By J. C. Vickery
Located in Northampton, GB
Vickery. The inkwell dates to the 19th century and the middle of the Victorian period circa 1880. Made for
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Victorian Period Sterling Silver-Mounted Controlled Bubbles Crystal Inkwell
By Goodnow
Jenks
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Period, sterling silver-mounted, controlled bubbles crystal inkwell with hinged lid, Ca
Category
1890s American Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
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
Category
1880s English Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Silver and Blue Glass Inkwell
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian silver and blue glass inkwell.
Marked: George Fox, London, 1878.
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Silver
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
Category
19th Century English Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Rare English Victorian Silver Plated Novelty Inkwell - Reg. 1856
Located in Bath, GB
A rare Victorian silver plated novelty inkwell fashioned in the form of a barrel on stand, in turn
Category
1850s British Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Silver Plate
$937 Sale Price
20% Off
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 bulldog with realistic glass
Category
19th Century English Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Judd Cast Iron Glass Inkwell and Pen Stand
Located in Greer, SC
Wonderful antique Victorian cast iron inkwell holder with glass inkwell. The glass ink well has the
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Iron
English Victorian Plated Gilded Inkwell, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
With serpents handles and a bird finial, the border with a double row of upright leaves separated by ribbon tied bands.
Category
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Victorian Silver
Cut Glass Inkstand Inkwell Desk Tidy London 1895
By Thomas Bradbury
Sons Ltd.
Located in London, GB
A magnificent Antique Victorian Silver Inkstand with two cut glass and Silver lidded Inkwells. The
Category
19th Century English Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Victorian Period 19th Century Porcelain Inkwell with Brass Putto Motif
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period porcelain and brass inkwell from the 19th century, with putto motif
Category
19th Century English Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Lovely quality pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire greyhound inkwells
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely quality pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire greyhound inkwells, having a pair of
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Victorian Tatum
s Dual Postal Ink Stand with Two Crystal Inkwells
Located in Stamford, CT
Hard to find antique Victorian Tatum's dual postal inkwell stand with two crystal inkwells in a
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Iron
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English Bronze, Brass and Glass Inkstand / Inkwell, circa 1870 Victorian
Located in Bath, GB
A truly unusual and quite spectacular Victorian inkstand made from cast polished bronze standing on
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1870s English Late Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Victorian English Brass Figural Pig Inkwell with Articulated Back Lids, C. 1875
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Victorian English Brass Figural Pig Inkwell with Articulated Back Lids, c. 1875
Consists of four
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19th Century English High Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Antique lacquered wooden inkwell with matching glass inkwells
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, AR
A late Victorian wood and bronze double inkstand with a molded ogival base and two carved quill
Category
1890s Argentine Victorian Victorian Antique Inkwells
Materials
Crystal
$784 Sale Price
20% Off
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Victorian Antique Inkwells For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of victorian antique inkwells is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct victorian antique inkwells — often made from metal, silver and brass — can elevate any home. Victorian antique inkwells have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of victorian antique inkwells to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Victorian, Georgian and Art Nouveau victorian antique inkwells are of considerable interest. Victorian antique inkwells have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Charles Thomas Fox
George Fox, Gorham Manufacturing Company and James Deakin
Sons are consistently popular.
How Much are Victorian Antique Inkwells?
Victorian antique inkwells can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,298, while the lowest priced sells for $44 and the highest can go for as much as $81,667.
Finding the Right Inkwells for You
Now that we no longer need vintage, new or antique inkwells for written communication, these elegant desk accessories make for a distinctive decorative touch in any home office or study.
Prior to the 19th century, the inkwell was an integral part of the writing process. The first fountain pen was patented in 1827. Typewriters found acceptance during the 1880s, and the ballpoint pen, which replaced the inkwell on most desks and writing tables of the era, modernized the way we write. (Later, it would transform how some of us make art.) Today, a well-designed antique or vintage inkwell is a fun, decorative accent for any work area.
If you find yourself working from home today more often than not, why not freshen things up a bit? Small changes can help elevate your workspace: Incremental edits to your interior, such as rethinking your shelving, swapping out your wall decor and adding a touch of the past to your modern-day desktop, can actually make a big difference. Alongside an ornate Art Deco–era desk lamp and an antique paperweight, your inkwell will look right at home and can support your effort to create a happy home office.
Find a collection of unique metal inkwells to suit any taste on 1stDibs or shop by style. Browse a range of Art Nouveau inkwells, Victorian inkwells, Art Deco inkwells and more. Search our selection of inkwells to find the perfect piece for any space.
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