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Period: Mid-19th Century
French gilt bronze ink stand depicting a young man harvesting circa 1860
Located in Central England, GB
This wonderfully detailed bronze inkstand is of unusably small proportions and was made to compliment a lady's writing table most likely. It is of an oval form with a moulded base which is mounted with a detailed bronze study of a rural scene of a young man harvesting corn with a sickle. The bushels of corn hide the inkpot which hinges back to reveal a white porcelain container...
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French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Small Italian 1860s Painted Ceramic Floral Desk Set with Ink and Sand Containers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A petite Italian painted ceramic desk set from the mid-19th century, with two floral containers for ink and sand. Born in Italy during the second half...
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Italian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Ceramic
English 19th Century W. Leuchars Silver Gilt Two-Sided Cut Glass Scent Bottle
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Rare and fine antique English W. Leuchars silver gilt (vermeil) and cut-glass scent bottle
Maker: W. Leuchars
38 Piccadilly London
The double sided scent bottle one side is for ...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Vermeil
Paperweight/holder from the mid 19th c
Located in Stockholm, SE
This charming bronze letter holder and paperweight is a striking example of European craftsmanship and design. Shaped in the form of a fish with meticulously sculpted scales, this piece brings character and elegance to any desk or tabletop. Its intricate detailing and lifelike form showcase the skilled metalwork, with a touch of whimsy and sophistication..
The deep bronze colour is complemented by the striking red eyes that adds a pop of color, bringing the fish to life and drawing attention to its artistic details. Functional yet decorative, this piece is perfect for organizing letters or securing documents, while also serving as an artful conversation piece. Ideal for collectors of unusual decor or those who appreciate finely crafted metalwork, this bronze fish letter holder...
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European Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Bronze Inkwell with Roman Figure on Brown Marble Base
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate your office desk with this large Empire style inkwell. Created in France circa 1870 and rectangular in shape, the inkwell features a bron...
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French Empire Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Sevres Porcelain Marbelized Gilt and Lustre Dolphin Inkwell, Dated 1832
Located in New York, NY
Marked MC-31 for Micaud.
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Porcelain
French Charles X Large Marble and Gilded Bronze Ink Well and Candle Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
This French carved marble and gilded bronze inkwell and candlestand, circa 1830 is carved from sienna marble. The large block is set with a tray well in front and then the cast bronze sarcophagus shaped inkwell is set up on animal paw feet. Cast with 4 holes to rest the quills or pens two wells for ink and a candlestand in the center. The bronze is well cast and has the more expensive attribute of matte and burnished elements giving an extra rich quality to the objects visual drama.
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French Charles X Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fabulous Antique French Hand Engraved and Enameled Cast Brass Circular Inkstand
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Antique French engraved and enameled ormolu cast brass circular inkstand with original brass trimmed glass ink cup.
(Some enameling A/F and illustrated as such) Mostly in superb con...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu, Brass
Antique 19th century William IV bronze and ormolu pen tray
Located in London, GB
A large William IV period bronze & ormolu Pentray having cutglass inkwells and central urn with leaf and shell border & carrying handles, supported on bold leaf scrolled feet.
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English Rococo Revival Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique English Exceptional Lacquer Mother-of-Pearl Travel Desk, circa 1860-1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
This writing slope (or portable writing desk) is richly decorated with mother-of-pearl and pleasing painted florals. It is a little jewel in and ...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
French Pair of Bronze Cachets Depicting a Bagpipe Player and a Drummer
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century French pair of cachets made of bronze depicting two figures one of a bagpipe player and one of a drummer. Ready to be engraved and could become a perfect gift!
France, ...
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French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Inkstand of Neopolitan Fisherman
Located in London, GB
A good Italian Grand Tour model of a Neopolitan fisherman at his work. In ormolu and patinated bronze the oval base is naturalistically decorated with rocks and seaweed which the fis...
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique English Ormolu and Malachite Inkwell, Circa 1860-1880.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English ormolu & malachite inkwell, circa 1860-1880.
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
Very rare English travel writing desk/secretary chest around 1860
Located in Berlin, DE
Very rare English travel writing desk/secretary chest around 1860
Solid mahogany lidded box that can be converted into a travel writing desk/travel secretary with a green leather to...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
French Louis XV1 Style Malachite and Gilt Bronze Pen Tray
Located in Montreal, QC
This luxurious encrier de bureau is raised on scrolling and leafy feet mounting a malachite-finished base. The tray itself is modelled as a shell rising to a spring-loaded pen holder...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Victorian Era Inkstand with Boulle Marquetry in Ebonised Wood and Brass
Located in London, GB
Victorian era inkstand with Boulle marquetry in ebonised wood and brass
English, dated 1853
Measures: Height 17cm, width 38.5cm, depth 27.5cm
This 19th Century English inkstand ...
Category
English High Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Decorative XIX Century Child Wax Bust
Located in Madrid, ES
XIX Century child wax bust.
Curious bust in wax representing a child of the xix century on wooden base total measurements: 22 cm height only the bust 16 cm.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Fruitwood
Micromosaic and gold paperweight. After G.Barberi. Early 19th century.
By Gustav Barberini
Located in Paris, FR
A rectangular marble paperweight with octogonal inlaid micromosaic plate. The plaque depicting a spaniel in a landscape, the trunk os a tree in this left.
Depictions of dogs in micro...
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Italian Restauration Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Fine antique paperweight with cut steel (possibly Russian, Tula)
Located in London, GB
Fine early 19th century paperweight with highly polished green wooden base giving the impression of marble. Fine interior decoration under glass with cut steel bezel and a fine twist...
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Russian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Cut Steel
Mid 18th Century Micromosaic Plaque
Located in London, GB
A fine quality mid 19th century oval Micro-mosaic Plaque depicting St Peter’s Square Rome, enclosed in unusual black slate marble frame decorated with shells, scrolls & wolves.
Category
Italian Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Regency circular bronze inkwell
Located in London, GB
A small early 19th century Regency period circular bronze encrier, engine turned throughout, having pierced mirrored lid, bearing label ‘from the Duche...
Category
English Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Small Gilt Bronze Compote, French, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
Small gilt bronze compote, French, circa 1860.
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Spanish Bronze and Mother of Pearl Watch Stand Topped with a Parrot
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century Spanish bronze and mother of pearl watch stand topped with a parrot.
Category
Spanish Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
French Bronze Match Strike in the Form of an Old Soldier as a Water Seller
Located in London, GB
A very well cast and interesting French patinated bronze match strike. It is in the form of a water seller, in the uniform of an old Republican soldier, sitting on a bench. He is seen wearing a tricorn hat with a cockade to the brim, mutton chop whiskers, with a water cistern on his back and the cistern lid at his feet. In his hand and on straps are the water cups and in his belt a pair of pistols...
Category
French Grand Tour Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
Chalcedony and Gilded Bronze Desk Set from the Duke of St. Albans
Located in London, GB
A finely cased desk set in Chalcedony and the very finest gilt bronze. Made up of a letter opener, a seal and a pen. The leather case is lined in its original velvet and silk. The en...
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
A 19th century French Empire green figured marble and ormolu inkstand C 1870
Located in Central England, GB
This very stylish French Empire gilt bronze and marble inkstand is a fine example.
It is made from superb figured green marble. The triform base is raised onto bronze pads. The main inkwell body is in matching green figured marble which is raised onto ornate lion’s paw feet. The body is beautifully hand turned and separated with ormolu mounts and a lift off cover.
Inside the git interior is inset with an original glass liner for ink.
This very pleasing piece is in excellent original condition with very little sign of wear to the original gilding.
French, circa 1870
Height 16.5cm x width 19cn x depth 17cm
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Category
French Napoleon III Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Mid 19th Century Page Turner in the Form of a Monkey
Located in London, GB
What a wonderful page turner. Realistically carved in the form of a monkey, the turner has that beautiful smooth patina from years of handling.
Probably French CIRCA 1840.
Category
French Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Hardwood
A Louis Philippe bronze and ormolu desk set
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Louis Philippe bronze and ormolu desk set, comprising two ink wells and a powder shaker in the form of crenelated urns with anthemion-bud finia...
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
19th Century English Desk Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This English early 19th-century desk box exudes a refined charm with its dark wood construction and functional design, including a thin wide drawer and a set of upper compartments ac...
Category
English William IV Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
French Bronze Dore Paperclip
Located in Tampa, FL
A mid 19th century beautiful quality bronze dore paperclip depicting wheat. Can be hung on the wall. From France.
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
English Writing Desk With Mother Of Pearl And Abalone
Located in Dallas, TX
An english wood Writing Desk inlaid with abalone and mother of pearl. The lock is signed by maker in London, England. Circa 1860.
Category
English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Leather, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
An Ashford (Derbyshire) black marble pen tray
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An Ashford (Derbyshire) black marble pen tray, of rectangular form with two pen trays and a small circular well centred under a bronze handle in the form entwined serpents, the pen trays decorated with inlaid pietra dura borders. English, circa 1850.
Ashford marble is a type of limestone which can be polished to a glossy black finish. It is quarried in only two sites in Derbyshire and has been used as a decorative building material since Bess of Hardwick commissioned a chimney piece of Ashford stone for Chatsworth. In the 18th century Henry Watson...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Marble
Aneroid Desk Barometer by C W Dixey
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An aneroid desk barometer by C W Dixey, the 4inch silvered dial with blued indicator and gilt recorder needles divided to 32 millibars, with curved bar Fahre...
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English Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Ebony
19th Century French Pair of Bronze Cachets Depicting Female Figures
Located in Sofia, BG
19th century French pair of cachets made of bronze depicting two figures of beautiful female. Already engraved "CH" and "LD" and could become a perfect gift!
France, circa 1870.
Category
French Antique Mid-19th Century Desk Accessories
Materials
Bronze
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