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Auction House:
Leonard Joel Pty. Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:36
Lots with images:36
Prices available:36
Category:
Writing - Inkwells & inkstands
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A fine sterling silver and malachite ink stand, by Julius Schomburgk, retailed by J.M.Wendt, circa 1870, the shaped rectangular black marble base inset with a malachite veneered border, centred by a malachite box surmounted by a silver figure of an… ***
*** An impressive neoclassical silver ink stand, mark of Frederick Elkington, Birmingham, 1888, shaped oblong with central well surmounted by finial cast as putto reading, above egg and dart bordered recesses flanked by cut crystal inkwells with metamorphic… ***
*** An Art Deco WMF silver plated 'Polar Bear' Inkstand, circa 1920, depicting a bear clambering over glacier form hidden inkwells above pen tray, marked EPNS and faint impression of impressed mark, 35 cm width x 18 cm high. ***
*** A George II sterling silver ink stand, Edward Aldridge I, London, 1751, two ink pots and a pounce pot of compressed baluster shape resting on the rectangular tray with gadrooned edge on lion's paw feet, 6 cm high (with pots in place), 23.5 cm wide, 15 cm… ***
*** A 19th century Italian Moschinata marble intaglio-inset inkwell, the circular segmented lid with six lava carved portrait cameos depicting philosophers centered by a handle set with a further medallion the underside a miniature harbor scene, watercolour… ***
*** A Georgian sterling silver gilt ink stand, the stand, John King, London, 1771, the mounts, Edward Farrell, London, 1825, the elliptical foliate stand on scrolling feet mounted with a pen rest modelled as a figure kneeling on a tortoise and supporting a… ***
*** A gilt brass mounted Berlin porcelain ink stand first quarter 20th century, the shell moulded porcelain body with two gilt brass inkwells, within an ornate pierced rococo foliate surround, surmounted by a winged putto, inscribed 'H.R.H. The Prince of… ***
*** Walker & Hall silver plated inkstand with two diamond cut crystal ink wells, a standing lion, an urn, a pierced shell apron and lion's paw feet ***
*** A sterling silver mounted Horse's hoof ink stand, engraved 'Wideawake' favourite charger of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Carried his Royal Highness at the Battles of Alma and Inkermann, he was shot through the leg at Inkermann Died December… ***
*** An Austrian cold painted bronze group figural inkwell by Franz Kucharzyk, circa 1910, depicting a standing lion and lioness in repose on a naturalistic form base with hidden inkwell and liner, engraved signature, 47 cm width x 20 cm high. ***
*** A Charles X ormolu Encrier, in the form of a dolphin supporting a scallop shell on an ormolu mounted sienna marble plinth, height 13 cm. Provenance: Chateau de Gallerande, Paris, Christie's, Paris ***
*** A sterling silver and enamelled topped inkwell, the circular hinged lid decorated with an enamelled waratah on a cream background, maker Deakin & Francis, hallmarked Birmingham 1939. ***
*** A Victorian silver plate ink stand for the Australian market, shaped oval with flower cast border, scroll feet and pen rests, surmounted by an emu flanked by a pair of cut glass inkwells with covers, maker James Dixon & Co, width 21 cm, height 13 cm,… ***
*** A French Art Nouveau stoneware figural inkwell, attributed to Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat, circa 1900, depicting two orangutans, one holding a roll of parchment, the other a quill. 22.5 cm high, 30.5 cm wide, 26 cm deep ***
*** A Georgian silver inkwell James Dixon & Sons / Sheffield /, circa 1852, featuring two ink wells with fluted sterling silver lids, the trough with beaded edges raised on shell formed feet, 422 gms silver (including crystal), 7 cm high, 18.5 cm wide, and 9… ***
*** A George III sterling silver ink stand, Burrage davenport, London, 1777, two ink pots and a pounce pot, each faceted and cut glass wth a silver cap and resting within a latticed gallery on the oval tray with conforming gallery, on ball and claw feet, the… ***
*** A silverplated inkstand, in the form of an ice floe with a polar bear with concealed inkwells. Stamped E.A.P.A.N.S to underside, height 16 cm, width 36 cm, depth 19 cm ***
*** An Art Nouveau pewter ink stand in the form of a racing car Manufacturer's mark for J.P Kayser and Sohn, circa 1900, the car with driver and passenger having a hinged bonnet and boot lid (now detached), above a pin tray and frieze cast with foliate… ***
*** A George III silver standish Inkstand by Robert Hennell I, London 1787 & silver skewer by William Eley William Fearn, London 1781, of rectangular form with canted corners and wells, the octagonal bottles with silver mounts, 26 cm width ***
*** A Victorian carved wooden inkstand on a base after the 'Lion of Lucerne', a Swiss monument by Bertel Thorvaldsen excuted in stone in 1820-21. Inscribed in Latin 'Helvetiorum Fidei ac Virtuti' (to the loyalty and bravery of the Swiss). Swiss circa 1870.… ***
*** A rococo style cast gilt metal ink stand late 19th century, styled as a shell shaped form with twin lidded ink pots and internal glass liners, 30 cm wide. ***
*** A French bronze and porcelain ink stand, mid-19th century, in Louis XV manner, the removable porcelain pump ink pot between a pair of covered pots above a clam shell dish, a quill rack to the rear, the pump handle marked 'Encrier pompe 1839 Medaille… ***
*** A collection of pokerwork items, comprising a tazza with a pair of kookaburras, two circular wall plaques one with a kookaburra the other with a family of koalas, an inkstand, a book end and a box with a cockatoo. (6) ***
*** An inkwell by Cartier, of circular form with hinged frosted glass cover and silver tone metal mounts, diameter 8 cm, height 5.5 cm, original presentation case ***
*** An Art Deco silver plate 'Dachshund' group Inkstand, circa 1920, depicting two nestled dachshund flanked by inkwells above pen tray with vacant cartouche, 33 cm width. ***
*** A silverplate Inkstand maker's mark Elkington & Co in the form of a dogs head with a shell pen tray 15 cm wide. ***
*** A Victorian porcelain ink stand, the serpentine rectangular body housing an ink pot and a pounce container, with a further central reservoir, flanked by scroll handles, painted with foliate sprigs within royal blue borders with gilt highlights, 19 cm wide ***
*** A Victorian silver ink stand by Thomas Smiley, London 1875, with silver mounted cut crystal ink bottles inset to rectangular plate with reservoirs, egg and dart moulded edge on scroll moulded feet, 412 grams, 25 cm width. ***
*** A Victorian hobnail cut glass Inkstand with sterling silver lid, of flat rectangular form. Hallmarked: London 1898. Worn makers mark. ***
*** Collection of Carvacraft Art Deco Desk Set Items 1930s, by C.E Boyton for Carvacraft, caramel catalin, consists of manual calendar; writing tablet, 2 x paper blotters, one with paper and one without, inkstand with sliding inkwell top, one large and one… ***
*** A French Empire ink stand, with classical bust form seal flanked by inkwells on marble stand 26 cm width. Condition: lacking glass liners ***
*** A figural gilt metal ink stand ***
*** A good 19th century pierced brass and cut crystal inkstand ***
*** 19th century French gilt metal inkwell with silver inlaid tortoise shell lid ***
*** An Art Deco silver plate ink stand modelled as a snail, signed fontineffe, the silver plated snail with pen stand, mounted on a marble base, 10.5 cm wide. ***
*** A group of objects including a plaster bracket, a quartz sample and an ink well with two feather quills ***