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# 7168. A Torpedo penholder. Dated around WW11. Size of wood base is 6" X 15" and the torpedo is 11" long. Condition: the pens, which were probably ball point have been replaced. Price: $950.00
# 7157K. A Victorial Paris Porcelain inkwell. A reclining girl resting on a sheef of wheat. Age: c.1850, size: 7" long and 3.5" tall. Condition: missing the ink pots. Price: $325.00
# 7157L. A Phrenological English Porcelain inkwell. Age: c. 1880. Size: base is 3.25" x 3" and it is 5.25" tall. Condition: without issue. Signed: F. Bridges. Price: $525.00
# 7157z. A silverplate on bronze inkwell. Size is 6" x 15" wide. Probably French. Paper label on one of the glass ink pots: "Magasins-Reunis" was a department store founded in 1866 in Paris district XI. There are no other marks or indication of the maker on this Gothic Inkwell. Price: $1,500.00
# 5430. An Egyptian letter holder and ink stand (including original ink pots, pen, and blotter). Circa 1920-30. Rosewood, bone, mother-of-pearl, and inlaid wood. From the Toukh Trade School in Cairo. Size: 24.5cm wide x 27 cm long and 38.5 cm tall. In inlaid bone Arabic script (translation): "From Mohamed Soliem to his colleague Mr. Khair El-deon Fnayet 1932" Condition: part of the bone platform under the right sphinx is missing; There is a vertical crack in the back right of the letter holder, probably cause by age; one of the mother-of-pearl obelisks has some plates missing; the back right corner of the platform has about 1.5" on the corner missing left and right. Price: $2,950.00
# Ink10. A German Military helmet inkwell. Size: 6cm x 8 cm x 8 cm tall. Condition: one small dent at "11 o'clock using the medal on the front of the cap for reference. Using the double headed eagle, you lift the helmet back to reveal the pottery ink pot. Circa 1900. in Latin on the medal: "Suum Quique" Price: $355.00.
# 4964. A fine Desk Folio. Habsburg Era. Austrian Eagle on the cover along with the date - 1875. Leather with brass pierced decoration; enamel (paint) colors. Size: app. 11.25" x 15". Condition: scuffs to the leather consistent with use and age. Original fabric interior. There are no missing brass elements. Price: $850.00.
# 4390. A Marble and Gilt Bronze Empire Style Ink stand. Size: 6.5" x 10", on 4 small bun feet. Age: late 19th early 20th century. Two ink holders; pen rests. Condition: no glass ink pots; loss and repair to the marble: red denotes loss, green denotes repair; the marble has cracked along veins; gilt loss to the bronze. Incised on the underside: "A.G. 1602". All in all a very presentable inkstand. Price: $1,200.00.
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