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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
A Pair of Ketland and Co. Flintlock Pistols
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of 18th century English flintlock pistols by Ketland and Co. having proof-marked brass barrels, walnut stocks and engraved steel locks, both with original ramrods and both in ...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

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Walnut

18th Century Dutch Delft Blue and White Ink Well attributed to Anthoni Pennis
Located in Hastings, GB
A superb 18th Century Dutch Delft Blue and White Ink Well and Desk Stand attributed to Anthoni Pennis, beautifully decorated in the chinoiserie style. Marked to the base with the Blu...
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Dutch Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Pottery

Polished Petrified Wood Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage polished petrified wood paper weight, circa old! The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown and tan colors and measures 4.5"W x 3.5"D x 3.75"H. Col...
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Congolese Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Petrified Wood

18th/19th Century English Georgian III Period Matthew Boulton Inkstand
Located in Forney, TX
A fine quality Georgian III period silver plated inkstand by celebrated English silversmith Matthew Boulton, displaying all of the timeless eleganc...
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English Georgian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

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Silver Plate

Chiseled silver inkwell with two tanks, bell four hollow feet
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Chiseled silver inkwell with two reservoirs and bell, base, pen holders and resting on four pierced feet. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Lisbon Crown. Weight:...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

17th Century Iron Lock Key
Located in Huntington, NY
17th century lock & key. Probably form a large cabinet or a door.  
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French Louis XIV Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Iron

17th Century Iron Lock 
Key
17th Century Iron Lock 
Key
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Travel Inkwell in leather with a Count`s Crown, probably early 18th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very charming Travel Inkwell in leather with a Count`s Crown, probably early 18th Century. Nice patina with some wear. See pictures. Wear consistent with age and use.
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European Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Sheet Metal

Powder Tester
Located in Greenwich, CT
An rare 18th c. flintlock powder tester for the purpose of measuring the strength of gunpowder. Having a walnut handle with brass body and steel flintlock mechanism. With gauge mak...
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American American Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass, Steel

Large Late 17th Century Baroque Iron Door Lock
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large French baroque wrought iron door lock on acrylic stand.
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French Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Wrought Iron

Ancient Islamic Persian Khurasan Silver Inlaid Bronze Caligraphy Inkwell 1200
Located in Portland, OR
An important Islamic Khurasan bronze and silver-inlaid inkwell & cover, Eastern Persia, Circa 1200. The inkwell of cylindrical form and having a shallow dome top cover with a tall knopped finial and inlaid with a twin band of scrolled silver. The base of the dome and the rim of the cover having bands on interlaced silver inlay, the inkwell having three loop handles. The body of the inkwell having two bands of silver inlaid Naskh script, between the bands are twin panels...
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Persian Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver, Bronze

Prehistoric Ammonite Fossil or Natural Specimen
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Prehistoric fossilized ammonite is likely from Madagascar and thousands of years old. This fossil is free standing and could be used as a unique design element as a natural specimen...
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Malagasy Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone

Rugged Petrified Wood Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage rugged petrified wood paper weight, circa old! The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown and tan colors and measures 4.75"W x 3.75"D x 3.5"H. Cool...
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Congolese Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Petrified Wood

George III 18th Century Mahogany Letter Box. Circa 1790
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fine quality circa 1790 Georgian letter box, with three compartment fitted interior (see image). Exterior has original double brass hinged slope top with serpentine shaped front, and...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Mahogany

Vintage Cut Geode Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage cut geode paper weight, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown, tan, grey and blue colors and measures 4...
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American Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Petrified Wood

Vintage Cut Geode Paperweight
Vintage Cut Geode Paperweight
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Blue and White Dutch Delft Tile: Stil life with vase and fruit, 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands Circa 1700 A fine blue and white Dutch tile with a still life painting of a vase with leaves and grapes and an apple on the sides. The scene is painted without corn...
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Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Al Thani Collection, a Mughal Indian Square White Jade Inkwell Cover, circa 1800
Located in Queens, NY
Al Thani collection, a Mughal Indian square white jade inkwell cover, circa 1800 Purchased from the Al Thani collection, Christies New York, Sal...
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Indian Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Jade

Extremely Rare Rotterdammer Tile with Two Men in a Boat, Early 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
An extremely rare, so-called, Rotterdammer tile, with the decoration of a sailboat. Country: The Netherlands Place: Rotterdam Date: circa 1615 - 1620 Workshop: Claes Wijtmans This tile comes from one of the most rare and sought after tile series...
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Dutch Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic, Majolica

Blue and White Dutch Delft Tile with the Good Shepherd, Early 18th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands Rotterdam Circa 1720 - 1740 An unusually fine painted religious 'open air' tile with deep shades of blue and a shining glaze, decorated with the story of the lost sheep...
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Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Renaissance Inkwell Calamelli workshop, Italy, Faenza, second half of the 16th
By Virgiliotto Calamelli
Located in Milano, IT
Inkwell Calamelli workshop (attr.). Faenza, second half of the 16th century Height 4.33 in; length 8.07 in; depth 2.95 in (11 cm; 20.5 cm; 7.5 cm) Weight: 0.800 lb (363 g) State of conservation: some chipping to the top of the mask around the mouth. Handle glued, without any restorations; minor chips in some raised areas. This object has the shape of a foot wearing Greek-style footwear, as can be seen in some raised areas. The foot is anatomically modeled with bare toes, while the ankle is partially covered by the footwear. On the heel, there is a small circular handle to support the object. The mouth of the container is shaped like a mask. The interior, completely enameled, suggests that the piece was intended to be used as an inkwell or to contain some other liquid. The base, however, is not enamelled. The painted decoration, scant and brief, consists of rapid cobalt blue shading between the toes of the foot, with more precise emphasis on the nails. It is accompanied by yellow citrine accents to enhance the forms. The mask is painted with the tip of the brush, to accentuate the tense nature of the eyes and to accentuate their outline. Thin strokes of yellow-orange line the interior of the mouth. Since the Renaissance, this decoration has been referred to as "compendiaria" and it characterizes the period of production extending from the mid-16th century to approximately the middle of the following century. It significantly influenced tastes at the time. It evolved from the polychrome style "istoriato" and transformed into a new style that "summarized" (compendia), or condensed, the ornamentation of the works into a few colors, placing greater prominence on the shapes. It was often inspired by metal specimens. Since the Renaissance, this decoration has been referred to as "compendiaria" and it characterizes the period of production extending from the mid-16th century to approximately the middle of the following century. It significantly influenced tastes at the time. It evolved from the polychrome style "istoriato" and transformed into a new style that "summarized" (compendia), or condensed, the ornamentation of the works into a few colors, placing greater prominence on the shapes. It was often inspired by metal specimens. This artwork finds parallels in similar objects all characterized by this refined style and produced in the city of Faenza and other Italian centers starting from the mid-16th century. The closest comparable example in majolica is a foot acquired by the British Museum in 2011 (inv. 2011, 8008.1). This was previously published by Carmen Ravanelli Guidotti in 1996 and later by Dora Thornton in 2016 during the conference on Renaissance ceramics...
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Italian Renaissance Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Maiolica

Gorgeous Highly Polished Rainbow Obsidian Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A gorgeous highly polished rainbow obsidian paperweight, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good condition with wonderful colors and measures 6.25"W 4....
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American Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone

Marble inkwell Souvenir of the Grand Tour Rome late 18th century
Located in Pistoia, IT
Capital-shaped white marble inkwell, souvenir of the Grand Tour, Roman workshop, late 18th century. Rome was considered the stop par excellence of the Grand Tour, as it represente...
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Italian Classical Roman Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Marble

1775 Venezia Italy Blue Lacquered Wooden Engraved TablePaper Holder with Flowers
Located in Brescia, IT
This refined engraved walnut table paper holder for desk, lacquered in a magnificent blue color, showcases the excellent taste in form and color. This rare piece hails from the Late 18th Century, 1775 circa, and it was created in Venezia, Italy. Abolut this piece, Clara Santini, one of the most important experts in Venetian laquered furniture...
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Italian Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Inkwell, Glazed Ceramic, Talavera de la Reina, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Inkwell. Glazed ceramic. Talavera de la Reina, Spain, 17th century. Inkwell or spice rack with a square shaped hole that is made of glazed ceram...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic

Embossed silver inkwell with three ink tanks
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver inkwell with relief floral motifs with two tanks, bell, quill holder, candle holder and resting on four cut-out feet. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Li...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

Silver inkwell w/ rack, two reservoirs, pen holder, bell standing on four feet
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver inkwell with rack, two reservoirs, pen holder, bell and standing on four feet. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portugal. Brand: Lisbon Crown. Weight: 617.69 grams. Dimensi...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

Shell-shaped silver inkwell w/ two tanks, bell standing on three hollow feet
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver inkwell with two reservoirs, bell and standing on three pierced feet. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 739.55 grams. Dimensions: 18x...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

Silver inkwell with grape motifs, bell, sandpit hinged lids
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver inkwell with reliefs in the shape of bunches of grapes and vines, a bell, a sandpit, pen holders and hinged lids. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto ...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

Silver inkwell with two trunk-shaped reservoirs, pen holder and raised base
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver inkwell with two trunk-shaped reservoirs, pen holder and embossed base. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Lisbon Crown. Weight: 242.09 grams. Dimensions: ...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

Silver inkwell with tanks, bell, square base four openwork feet
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver inkwell with two reservoirs and a bell resting on a square base with a grate and four openwork feet. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Lisbon Crown. Weigh...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

Chiseled silver inkwell with bell, two reservoirs four relief feet
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Chiseled silver inkwell with bell, two reservoirs, pen holder and resting on four reliefs. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Lisbon Crown. Weight: 590.75 grams. ...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

Vintage Cut Geode Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage cut geode paper weight, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown, tan, grey and blue colors and measures ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Quartz

French 18th Century Balance Scale
Located in Round Top, TX
A handsome French 18th century balance scale in iron and brass. The balance mechanism is in iron. The foot and the plates are in brass. The...
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass, Iron

Vintage Petrified Wood Paperweight
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage petrified wood paper weight, circa old! The piece is in very good condition with wonderful brown and tan colors and measures 4"W x 3.5"D x 3"H. Coll piece! #3899
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Congolese Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Petrified Wood

Blue and White Dutch Delft Tile with Pikier, Mid 17th Century
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
The Netherlands Amsterdam Circa 1625 – 1650 A blue and white Dutch tile with a decoration of a Dutch soldier from the period of the 80 Years War. This soldier could be a member of t...
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Dutch Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Ceramic, Faience, Majolica

Marie Antionette Style Limoge Box
Located in Asheville, NC
Beautiful porcelain Limoges box hand-painted rose flowerettes adorned with painted gold designs and gold hardware.
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French Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Rare Pair of Georgian Dresser Stools
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine and rare pair of George II period mahogany dresser stools, the single board tops of dense mahogany with thumb molded edge over scalloped trestle ends with boarded sides. V...
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Great Britain (UK) George II Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

17th Century English Leather Covered Knife Box Converted To a Letter Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
17th century leather knife box converted to a letter box with original brass hardware, sitting on brass ball feet. Fitted interior lined with 18th century silk fabric. In very good...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Madagascan Fossil Tree Trunk Slice
Located in London, by appointment only
Madagascan fossil tree trunk slice.  Measures: 25 cm. 29 cm. 5 cm.      
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Brazilian Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Stone

Restored Typewriter/ Consul, Czechoslovakia, 1962s
Located in Praha, CZ
The entire machine is expertly disassembled, cleaned, lubricated, all repaired and fully functional. The packaging of the machine has surface defects that are associated with the ag...
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Czech Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Anient Traditional Fan, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Traditional Italian fan is an original decorative object realized in Italy in the half of the 18th century. The fan is realized completely in gilded silk, decorated gilded wood an...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silk, Wood

Restored Typewriter/ Consul, Model 2226, Czechoslovakia, 1965s
Located in Praha, CZ
The entire machine is expertly disassembled, cleaned, lubricated, all repaired and fully functional The packaging of the machine has surface defects that are associated with the age...
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Czech Mid-Century Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Metal

Silver Writing Set, with Hallmarks, Antonio J. Santa Cruz, Cordoba, Spain, 1773
By Antonio Jose de Santa Cruz
Located in Madrid, ES
Silver writing set. With hallmarks. Córdoba, Antonio José de Santa Cruz (Córdoba, 1733 -?) and Juan de Luque and Leiva, Spain, 1773. It shows some fault in some container and adds b...
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Spanish Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

French 1798 Neo Classic Stamp Seal In 18Kt Gilded Silver Carved Bust Of Flora
Located in Miami, FL
French neo classic desk seal. Wonderful desk seal, created in France during the late 18th century, back in the 1798-1808. This magnificent piece of a...
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French Neoclassical Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Gold, Silver

Bronze Mortar with Pestle, Spain, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Mortar with hand. Bronze. XVII century. Mortar with a circular base, cylindrical body and slightly outwardly flared mouth, decorated with a series of smooth horizontal moldings arranged both in the lower and upper areas and with simple vertical elements (which still maintain slight balustraded shapes) derived from of the ribs that these specimens used to have in the medieval Spanish...
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Spanish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze, Other

Blue White Ming Scale Weight Drum, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
This small porcelain object is a scale weight from the late Ming-dynasty (1368-1644), a dense counterweight for a tabletop balances used by merchants to ...
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Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of stirrups. Carved wood, iron. Chile, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of stirrups. Carved wood, iron. Chile, 18th century. Pair of stirrups made up of a carved wooden block, in the shape of a crescent on the front, and decorated on the outside wi...
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Chilean Rococo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Iron

18th C. Venetian Italian Wood Box w/its Original Finish, 26.5" Wide
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Venetian Italian box with its original finish, from the 18th century. This antique wood box from Italy is rectangular in shape with a raised foliate...
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Italian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Silver inkwell with grid, two reservoirs four half-ball feet
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver inkwell with a grid with two reservoirs, pen holder and resting on four half-ball feet. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portugal. Brand: Lisbon Crown. Weight: 321.67 grams...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

Silver inkwell with grid, two reservoirs, pen holders claw feet
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver inkwell with rack with two reservoirs, pen holders, bell and resting on four claw feet. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portugal. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 2149.45 grams...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

Globe-shaped silver inkwell on circular base with pen holder
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver inkwell in the shape of a globe with reliefs and applications, quill holder, resting on a circular base cut in the shape of a quarter of a circle. Metal: Silver. ...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

18th Century Lignum Vitae Sphere
Located in London, GB
A late eighteenth century lignum vitae sphere of large scale. Lignum vitae was favoured by Dame Barbara Hepworth, and a Hepworth sphere sculpture in th...
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English Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Wood

Very Large and Fine 19th Century Chinoiserie and Gilt Bronze Inkwell
Located in Dallas, TX
A very fine 19th century French Chinoiserie and gilt bronze inkwell with a decorated scene. Fine gilt bronze detail with a patinated Oriental figure in the center and inkpots with mo...
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French Chinoiserie Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

Antique English George III Captains Military Writing Box by Hewlins
Located in Northampton, GB
Brass Mounts From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Captains Military Writing Box. The Writing Box of rectangular form constructed from solid mahogany is moun...
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British Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Brass

Paperweight in bronze from the late 18th Century in the shape of a cannon barrel
Located in Knivsta, SE
Paperweight in bronze from the late 18th Century in the shape of a cannon barrel. Beautiful patina. Wear consistent with age and use
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Bronze

White Rock Quartz Crystal Geode Natural Specimen Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
White Rock Crystal Geode Natural Specimen Sculpture its divided into two parts.
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European Prehistoric Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Rock Crystal

Danish 18th Century Blue Faience Inkwell by Store Kongensgade
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Rare Danish blue and white faience ink stand by Johan Ernst Pfau for Store Kongensgade Faience Manufactory, Copenhagen Denmark circa 1740. This inkwell retain with its original ink a...
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Danish Baroque Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Faience

George III Gold Enamel Magnifying Glass with Red Leather Case, circa 1770
Located in London, GB
An important, and extremely rare, early George III Gold & Enamel Magnifying Glass, with original red leather case. Made almost certainly in London circa 1770. The Gold case is of sh...
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English George III Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Gold, Enamel

Large 18th Century French Lock and Key
Located in Houston, TX
Large 18th century French iron lock and key. This handsome antique French iron lock comes with the original key and makes an interesting coffee table acce...
Category

French Louis XVI Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Iron

Silver inkwell with two tanks and relief applications with a bell
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver inkwell with two tanks and relief applications with a bell. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portugal. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 313.84 grams. Dimensions: 17.5x20cm. Cont...
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European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Silver

Natural Grey Quartz Geode Decorative Object or Paperweight
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful natural grey quartz geode specimen. Great as a standalone object on shelf, table, atop books, on a desk, as a paperweight, etc. Very good condi...
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Organic Modern Antique 18th Century and Earlier Desk Accessories

Materials

Crystal, Quartz

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