Figural
Inkwells

A small selection from our inventory

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          Item
Number
Item
Description
  BF-0595
Carved shaggy / curly dog inkwell. Swiss c. 1870.

Size: 7" H

    VB-1066
Majestic Cold painted Falcon / Hawk Inkwell. Signed Geschutzt.  Austria c. 1900.

Size:  5" H

    VB-1436 Elegant bird on an unusual feather in superb old paint condition. The bird is an inkwell with a pen tray signed Bergmann.

Size: bird - 5 1/2" H, feather - 18 3/4" H

   
    BF-0600 Carved walnut recumbent stag inkwell & stamp box. Swiss c. 1870.

Size: 9 1/2" H

  BF-0589
Amusing & finely carved Fox wearing hat & glasses inkwell. Swiss c. 1890.

Size:  6" H

 

  CO-0619
Painted Iron Cannon inkwell. American c. 1870.

Size: 4" H x 12" L x 4" W

        VB-0936

Vienna Bronze sitting bird inkwell. c. 1900.

Size:  2 1/4" H x 3 1/4" L x 1 9/16" D

      BF-0033 Rabbit sitting next to a tree stump with a brass bowl inside. Swiss, Late 19th Century.


Size:  H 6 1/4" x L 6.5"
   
 

CO-0415

Rare patent inkwell shaped as a beehive with bee's around and a well with an eagle stopper. The ceramic weight pushes the ink to the well by turning the top. All in gilded bronze with ceramic inside. English c. 1860.

Size:  6" H x 5" W x 6 1/2" L

    BF-0461
Carved Black Forest “Dress & Foxy” Fox inkwell with pen tray.  Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:  6" H x 10 3/4" L X 6 1/2" D

    CO-0593
Whimsical rabbit inkwell constructed of nut shell (possibly coconut) and bronze. English c. 1860.

Size:  7" H

  BF-0343 Shaggy dog double inkwell. Exceptionally carved with outstanding detail.  Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:  5" H x 11 1/4" L

      BF-0487
Smaller "Shaggy" dog double inkwell with brown eyes. This model has "Rheinfall" carved on inside. (Restored)  Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size: 4" H x 8 1/2" L

        BF-0444
Shaggy dog with mustache inkwell. Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:  4" H x 8" W

      VB-0663
A large Rabbit Inkwell. Austria, Late 19th Century.

Size:  7: H

     

BF-0147

Rare and unusual cat breaking out of the hat's top.  Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:  5" H x 5 1/2" L

       

BF-0036

Whole Bear Inkwell with Cute Face. Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:   8" H
     

BF-0121

Cat in a boot inkwell  Swiss c. 1880.

Size:  4" H x 5" L

     

BF-0133

This inkwell is in the form of a Rabbit resting next to a tree stump. The object is signed "Geneve".  Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:  6 1/2"H x 8" L

       

BF-0090

Stag inkwell. Has original carrying box.  Swiss c. 1880.

Size:  10" H x 8" W (without antlers 5" H)

          BF-0134
Rabbit inkwell.  Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:  5 1/2" H x 4"

         

BF-0290

Wonderfully warm and charming cat inkwell posing with a basket.  Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:  4 1/2" H

  BF-0140 Exquisitely carved birds nest with birds and oak leafs and an inkwell.   Swiss c. 1870.

Size:  7" H x 12"W

       

BF-0228

Happy Bear  Match holder.  Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size: 5"1/4

    VB-1308
Majestic Bergmann owl inkwell. Austria c. 190.

Size:  5 1/2" H

    VB-0520
Vienna Bronze bird inkwell.  c. 1900.

Size:  6: H

    BF-0581
Reserved
A dog inkwell with wonderful expression. Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:5" H

    VB-1288 Cold painted Vienna Bronze inkwell depicting an newborn chick piercing through the egg. c. 1900.

Size:  2 1/8" H x 3 3/4" D x 5 1/2" L

          VB-0579
Rare cold painted Vienna Bronze sitting fox Inkwell. (Head on a hinge).  Late 19th Century.

Size:  5" L x 6.25" H

        VB-0592
The story of the Chicken inkwell consisting of an egg pen wipe, a small chick inside an egg, a cute standing small chick and a beautiful chicken which is an inkwell.  This object is a cold painted Vienna Bronze all the sculptures are mounted on a round bronze plate which is silver-plated. Austria, Late 19th Century.

Size: 4" H x 7" D

        BF-0472 Unusual carved cat inkwell with fan and feather. Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:  4 1/2" H x 9 1/2" L

      BF-0497
Sweet Black Forest Dog inkwell with an expressive face resting his paws on a log-style pen rest.  Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:  5" H x 7" W x 5" D

 

 

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