Tag: Novelty ink wells

Novelty animal inkwells in brass. A menagerie for your desk.

Novelty brass crab inkwell. Partially articulated with a hinged lid opening to a small well and screw hinged front claws. Vintage. Maker not known. Image  © 1995-2021 eBay Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-NOVELTY-ARTICULATED-BRASS-CRAB-INKWELL-/233565345458?_ul=IL
Novelty brass inkwell in the form of a lobster, naturistically modeled with the hinged thorax opening to reveal two blue glass inkwells. Victorian. Maker’s marks: Registration mark 136502 to the underside. Image © Bonhams 2001-2021. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21124/lot/660/
Novelty brass inkwell modeled as an armadillo. Antique. Image © 1986-2021 Invaluable, LLC. and Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers. Fair use license. via https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/a-novelty-brass-inkwell-in-the-form-of-an-26a-c-8d4488200a#
Crocodile/alligator inkwell or desk tidy. Sold brass with the hinged lid to the center lifting to reveal a central section with two original removable ceramic ink chambers. On either side of this central section are additional sections to store pen nibs, sealing wax, etc. ca. 1880. English. Image © 1stDibs.com, Inc. 2021. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/desk-accessories/inkwells/antique-english-crocodile-alligator-inkwell-desk-tidy-circa-1880/id-f_12516862/#skuId=f_12516862S1
Novelty brass inkwell modeled as a box camera operated by an anthropomorphic fox who is taking an image of a hare with a carrot. Undated. Image © COPYRIGHT 2020 DREWEATTS 1759 LTD. Fair use license. via https://auctions.dreweatts.com/auctions/7833/drewea1-10229/lot-details/2b7469b4-acda-4a5c-aa5a-ad2d00a1d20b

Novelty water creature design inkwells. All Late Victorian and metallic.

Novelty crocodile/alligator inkwell. ca. 1890.
Novelty crocodile/alligator inkwell with a hinged lid that lifts to reveal two removable ceramic ink chambers and an additional place to keep pen nibs and sealing wax. ca. 1890. Late Victorian. Cast bronze. Image © 1stdibs, Inc. 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/desk-accessories/inkwells/antique-english-crocodile-alligator-inkwell-desk-tidy-circa-1880/id-f_12516862/

Lobster ink well. Probably ca. 1900.
Lobster ink well with the middle section of the shell lifting up to reveal ink pots. Probably ca. 1900. Brass. Image © C&T Auctioneers, Tunbridge Wells and Metropress Ltd, (t/a Auction Technology Group). Fair use license. via https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/candt-auctioneers/catalogue-id-srct10012/lot-0b6c8cdb-f045-4a62-b40a-a4570184cb91

Crab inkwell with lid that opens to a clear glass inkpot. ca. 1900-1910. Art Nouveau
Crab inkwell with lid that opens to a clear glass inkpot and another held between the claws. ca. 1900-1910. Art Nouveau in style. American. Cast patinated bronze. Tiffany Studios, maker. Impressed with the Tiffany Studios Decorating Company monogram and also numbered 20″. Image © 1stdibs, Inc. 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/desk-accessories/inkwells/crab-inkwell-tiffany-studios/id-f_11279663/