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Style: Victorian
Papier Mâché Inkstand w/ Drawer & Crystal Inkwells English Jennens & Bettridge
Located in Savannah, GA
This high quality Papier-Mache desk set is beautifully hand painted in a floral motif and features inlaid mother of pearl and the original pair of cut glass inkwells with brass tops....
Category
1840s English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
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 Co.
Category
1880s English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
19th Century Victorian Blackened Lignum Vitae Bull/Pug Dog with Bow Tie Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Victorian Blackened Lignum Vitae Bull/Pug Dog with Bow Tie Inkwell
England, circa 1880s
Presenting a remarkable 19th-century Blackened Victorian Lignum Vitae Bull/Pug D...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Porcelain Inkwell, Handpainted, France, 1880s
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful Porcelain Inkwell from France, 1880s.
Wonderfully hand-painted with brass lid.
Category
19th Century French Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Porcelain
Handsome Large Antique Wooden Black Forest Dog Inkwell c.1890
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful and very large example of a figural Black Forest inkwell in the form of a Dog's head, with a beautiful bright patina.
He retains his original large glass eyes, without d...
Category
1890s British Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Cloisonné-Emaille Inkwell, Bronze Doré, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkwell with Cloisonné-Enamel, France circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass, Enamel
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 fittings, a stunning combination and always highly sought-after; I haven't had one of ...
Category
1890s British Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Cloisonné-Emaille Inkwell, Bronze Doré, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkwell with Cloisonné-Enamel, France circa 1880.
Stamped at the bottom "M B 5 9".
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass, Enamel
English Victorian Brass Double Inkwell Desk Stand
Located in Austin, TX
A bewitching blend of form and function, this late 19th-century English Victorian Brass Double Inkwell Desk Stand is a splendid testament to the Vic...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Small 1820s Travel Inkwell, France
Located in Greven, DE
Wonderful antique travel inkwell in a cover of red leather.
France, early 19th Century.
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Antique Crystal Glass Inkwell, Hermes, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful inkwell made of heavy crystal glass, high-quality workmanship with a gold-plated lid.
The depiction of Hermes' head is finely crafted and in beautiful condition.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Gold Plate
Antique Inkwell, Shoe, Boot, France, Late 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Cute antique inkwell in shape of a shoe.
The original ceramic ink insert is existing.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Metal
Antique Travel Inkwell, Silvered, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful travel inkwell with a silver plated lid and a bottom of black leather.
On the lid are the initials of a former owner grounded in.
Several stamps are on the side of the lid....
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Silver Plate
Ram Horns Marble Inkwell Desk Set
Located in New York, NY
late 19th century Ram Horns with snake on marble Inkwell Desk Set
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Marble
English 19th Century Brass Lobster Double Inkwell Registry Dated 1889
Located in Wells, ME
English 19th century brass full bodied lobster inkwell with hinged carapace that when opened reveals two blown glass inkwells. This rare inkwell is...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Quality Antique Victorian Staffordshire Greyhound
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Victorian Staffordshire Greyhound inkwell having a greyhound laying on a shaped blue coloured base, hand painted in wonderful blue an...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Ceramic
Victorian Desktop Inkwell Set With Stag Heads by W W Harrison & Co Sheffield
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Rare Luxurious Silver Plated Stag's Head Ink Stand Desk Set Comprising of Pop Up Inkwells Art Nouveau by W W Harrison & Co Sheffield - 1800's
Befitting for any desk, Inkwells can be...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century Inkwell "Child in Drum"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Inkwell "Child in Drum". Whimsical design. Glass lined inkwell interior with attached open/close lid. See photos.
Category
19th Century French Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Rare Antique Victorian English Inkwell
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Very elegant and rare silver and tortoise Victorian inkwell: a wonderful piece for Your desk.
Punched: London, 1884.
A/2128.
Banned in USA.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Silver
AUSTRIAN COLD PAINTED BRONZED CARPET SELLER INK STAND AFTER FRANZ BERGMAn
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely made in Austria stamped Ink well depicting an Arabic carpet seller which is after and original design by Franz Bergman
This is a very ...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Spelter
Quality pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire Dalmatian inkwells
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire Dalmatian inkwells having a quality pair of Dalmatians laying down on a blue shaped base hand p...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Ceramic
Victorian Blown Glass and Sterling Silver Ink Bottle
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and blown glass ink bottle made by Horace Woodward & Co; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian glass and sterling silver ink bottle has a circular rounded, shaped form.
This Victorian ink bottle is fitted with the original hallmarked silver cylindrical mount to the upper portion, encircled with a cast and applied band of oval motifs.
The mount is fitted with a hinged hallmarked cover, featuring a subtly concave upper plateau and encompassed with an applied egg decorated to the rim.
The cover opens to reveal a circular sunken well and removable glass ink liner.
The exceptional body of the antique ink bottle...
Category
1890s British Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Elkington & Co. Silver Inkwell Of Henry Morton Stanley
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional sterling silver inkwell was presented to Henry Morton Stanley, the famed Welsh-American journalist, politician and explorer, on the occasion of his marriage to Dorothy Tennant. The inkwell was a royal gift from the Prince of Wales, the future King George V, and the Princess of Wales. The charming inkstand was designed by Walter & John Barnard for the royal silversmiths Elkington & Co., and no detail was spared in its creation. Each inkwell bears Stanley’s monogram, while the crest of the Prince and Princess adorns the delicately pierced tray. The inscription reads, “To H. M. Stanley on the occasion of his marriage / From the Prince & Princess of Wales / July 12th, 1880.”
Born in Wales, Henry Morton Stanley’s lifetime of adventure began at the young age of 15 when he crossed the Atlantic aboard a merchant vessel and jumped ship in New Orleans. The young orphan was taken in by a local merchant named Henry Morton Stanley, whose name he took as his own. Stanley began a career as a journalist and was commissioned by the New York Herald to go to Central Africa in search of the famous missionary David Livingstone...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
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 19th century. The box hand crafted in mahogany is of tall shaped with a bellowed ro...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Wood
Antique Silverplated Fox-themed Inkwell by James Deakin & Sons, England
Located in Leesburg, VA
James Deakin & Sons Ltd.
Sheffield, England; ca. 1897-1935
Silver plated copper and glass
Approximate size: 11 (w) x 6 (h) x 6 (d) in.
This lovely silver-plated inkwell features an...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate, Copper
Antique Inkwell From France, Brass With Glass, 1880s
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkwell, made from glass with brass.
France, circa 1880.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Antique Inkwell, Seashells, Gilded and Silvered, Bronze Dorée, Mid 19th Century
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkwell from gilded and silvered bronze.
France, mid 19th Century.
Exceptionally beautifully crafted shells as inkwells on a tray as a pen holder, which is depicted...
Category
1850s French Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver Plate, Bronze
Antique Victorian Brass Burl Walnut Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box 19ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally fine Quality English Well Figured Solid Burr Walnut Ladies or Gents Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and quite large proportions. Third quarter of the...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Antique Gutta-Percha Inkwell, Original Glass Inserts, Circa 1880s
Located in Greven, DE
Exceptional Gutta-Percha inkwell with original glass inserts.
Category
1880s Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Glass, Resin
Antique Victorian Burlwood Inkwell Free Standing Desk Set with Drawer and Handle
Located in Greer, SC
Stunning antique Victorian desk set with the original pair of glass inkwells, sitting on a lovey quality figured burled wood writing box with a...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Wood
19th Century Victorian Solid Silver & Bronze '4lb Weight' Inkwell, c.1896
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 19th Century Victorian solid silver & bronze desk Inkwell in a shape of a 4lb weight. When you haven't seen a comparable in your lifetime, it is always exciting, and why...
Category
19th Century British Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Silver, Bronze
English McClark Tartanware Ink Stand Circa 1810
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
English McClark Tartanware Ink Stand Circa 1810 to 1840. Rare.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Hardwood
A Very Good 19th Century Cut Glass & Sterling Silver Inkstand / Capstan
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The robust globular shaped & cut glass body is fitted with a sterling silver collar & hinged lid, the interior retains its original removable glass reservoir.
The inkwell sits withi...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Edwardian 1900 Desk Inkwell Box in Faux Tortoise Shell and Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Victorian Edwardian inkwell box
Beautiful and very attractive inkwell, created in England during the Victorian and the Edwardian periods, back in the 1...
Category
1890s English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique French Limoges Porcelain Inkwell, "D´Bengue Paris", Docteur Jules Bengué
Located in Greven, DE
Antique Limoges porcelain inkwell, France late 19th century.
A depiction to preserve medications, manufactured under the brand Docteur Bengué.
On the bottom is a stamp "Pyrol".
On th...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century English Gold Washed Sheffield Silverplate Equestrian Themed Inkwell
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Unique Victorian English silverplate inkwell in the form of a horseshoe with hooves and lids with riding caps. Apparently unsigned. I unique collectible in ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass, Silver Plate
English Victorian Hardwood Brass Mounted Standish with Single Drawer
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English brass mounted standish with a single drawer and a central handle flanked by 2 replaced inkwells. The piece is centered by a beautifully engraved brass decorative element a...
Category
1870s English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Antique English Officers Horse Hoof Inkstand
Located in Forney, TX
Scarce antique English Officers equestrian silver plate and metal mounted horse hoof.
An exceptional, most likely one-of-a-kind example, featuring a finely detailed sculpture of a fox with cane and stirrups to the front, hinged lid opening to two cylindrical inkwell cutouts, and original iron horse shoe...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate, Iron
Antique Double Inkstand With Glass Inserts, Gutta-Percha, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkstand with two crystal inkwells.
The base and the lids are made of gutta-percha, a molded resin, France, circa 1880.
The lids fe...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Resin, Glass
Stunning Antique French Bronze Statue on Inkwell Stand, circa 1880
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely 19th century French bronze ink well stand
A good looking we...
Category
1880s French Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Majolica Rams Head English Decorated Partners Desk Stand with Inkwells
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish English majolica pottery partners desk stand with inkwells with ram heads by renowned maker William Brownfield and dating from around 1870. The rectangular shaped desk...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Pottery
Antique Gutta-Percha Inkwell, Desk Pen Tray With Glass Insert, Circa 1880s
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique inkstand with one glass for the ink in the center.
Made of Gutta-Percha in a very nice condition.
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Glass, Resin
Large Antique English Brass Owl Inkwell, circa.1890
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful and rare large figural inkwell, beautifully executed in the form of an Owl with fine detail.
The hinged head lifts to reveal a fitted ink chamber which looks to be a ...
Category
1890s British Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
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
Mid-19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
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 decorative iron stand with hinged lids and three pen quail rests. The inkwell is signed Tatum's Postal Ink Stand and is in very good condition, a nice desk...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Iron
Unusual Antique Victorian Quality Brass Inkwell
Located in Suffolk, GB
Unusual antique Victorian quality brass inkwell having a quality antique Victorian brass inkwell of a dog with original glass eyes on a circula...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Bois Durci Ink Stand
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This large Bois Durci ink stand features an intricately moulded base, upon which sit two glass inkwells and a central urn shaped container. The glass inkwel...
Category
1880s French Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Ebony
Victorian Brass Inlaid Ebonised Wood Boulle Inkstand
Located in London, GB
Victorian brass inlaid ebonised wood Boulle inkstand
English, 19th century
Measures: height 12.5cm, width 38cm, depth 23.5cm
Made from ebonised wo...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Inkstand / Desk Standish
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver inkstand / desk standish; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection
This magnificent, fine and impressive antique Victorian inkstand...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
19th Century Victorian English Double Inkwell Desk Set
Located in Forney, TX
A charming Victorian era English silver plate desk stand, born in the late 19th century, having two glass inkwell pots, candlestick, recessed pen wells, gadrooned border, ebonized ca...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Silver Plate
Rare Mammoth English Victorian Novelty Inkwell, Owl with Glass Eyes C.1880
Located in Bath, GB
A truly outstanding and rare find, this is an outstanding Victorian figural inkwell made from a winning combination of brass and silver plate and retaining his wonderful two original...
Category
1880s British Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Antique Sterling Silver Inkstand, London 1901, Gallery Border
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1901 by Ernest Damant, this striking, Victorian, antique sterling silver ink stand, features shaped and pierced gallery borders, and two glass ink wells...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Presentation Inkwell & Desk Set with Horse Jockey Theme
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique desk set has no maker's signature, but is presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1890 and done in the period ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Onyx, Brass
Antique Inkwell Tatum’s Standard Crystal Well 3 Pen Quill Rests Hinged Lid
Located in San Diego, CA
Antique Ink Well Tatum’s Standard, crystal well, 3 pen quill rests, hinged lid.
This piece is cast iron and crystal.
It is a beauty!
Category
20th Century American Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Crystal, Iron
Late 19thC Spelter Ink Stand Centered with a Gun Dog
Located in Altrincham, GB
Late 19thC spelter ink stand Centred with a Gun Dog with pheasant in its mouth, flanked by glass inkwells in a shaped base c1890 Measures: 10" W x 5" D x 5" H.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Spelter
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Inkstand / Desk Standish
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver inkstand / desk standish; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection
This magnificent, fine and impressive antique Victorian sterling silver inkstand / desk standish has a rectangular shaped form.
This antique inkstand is plain and embellished with chased and embossed egg decorated borders.
The surface of this exceptional example of antique silverware incorporates two elongated oval recesses, composing pen wells.
This antique hallmarked silver inkstand is supported by four impressive cast paw style feet embellished with scroll and leaf decoration in junction with the plain collet rim.
The body of the inkstand incorporates two cylindrical ink bottles flanking a central rectangular stamp box.
The impressive ink bottles are each embellished with impressive applied rams head masks conjoined with swag decoration, in addition to leaf and egg decorated borders.
Each ink bottle is surmounted with a push fit cover, allowing access to the original glass liner.
The centre of each cover is fitted with a cast silver flame decorated finial; once removed this provides a pierced hole for access to the contents of the ink bottle.
The central sterling silver stamp box...
Category
19th Century English Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
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 standing on a brick paving; beautiful detail such as...
Category
1850s British Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Silver Plate
Black Forest Carved Terrier Inkwell, Hinged Lid, with Pen Tray, Swiss, ca. 1880
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Black Forest Breinzware Inkwell, carved as begging terrier with tongue protruding, with inset glass eyes, the hinged head concealing a glass inkwell, the dogs front paws mounted on a naturalistically carved hollowed tree forming the pen tray, Brienz, Switzerland ca. 1880.
*Jay Arenski, et al, quotes Swiss Poet Heinrich Federer, who said in his memoirs, "Woodcarving brought riches to the village [of Brienz]. It became all the fashion and no Englishman left the Bernese Highlands without having seen the Giessbach, having eaten a fat roasted eel, and having bought a Brienz woodcarving." Arenski continues, "Thus, as the tourist industry flourished and thrived, so did the carvers, selling their wares to the well-heeled visitors."
This fashion had been set in motion by Queen Victoria's visit to the area in April 1868, and by her subsequent inspiration to build a Swiss chalet at Osborne House and fill it with Black Forest Swiss carvings...
Category
1880s Swiss Antique Victorian Inkwells
Materials
Softwood
Victorian inkwells for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Victorian inkwells for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Early 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage inkwells created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, silver and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Victorian inkwells made in a specific country, there are Europe, United Kingdom, and England pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original inkwells, popular names associated with this style include Elkington & Co., Charles Thomas Fox & George Fox, Edward & John Barnard, and John Grinsell & Sons. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for inkwells differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $180 and tops out at $48,500 while the average work can sell for $1,425.
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