A newly won brass, bronze inkwell

August 9, 2023

Could that inkwell be already vintage when the stand was made for it. For example, the Art Nouveau inkwell passed to a younger relative who, then had made an Art Deco base?

Or, do they look like they always have been a pair?

August 9, 2023

I'd say they were always a pair. Looking at the well fitting ...to me...odd looking nut on the bolts.

I'll ask my wife in she was a German trained draftsman, so she had to spend a three years part time in the machine shop as part of her apprenticeship.

She said it's original, with the screw mountings.

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Just this minute got the professional to accept my price suggestion, so should be in the mail tomorrow.

From 1900.

Saxon porcelain factory in Potschappel by Carl Thieme. The set is decorated with magnificent gold plating, bird paintings and flower paintings. It is stamped on the bottom with the counterfeit Sevres mark. The Potschappel manufacture was notorious for its forgeries of Viennese porcelain, Sevres porcelain and other objects from high-quality porcelain manufacturers.

Nonetheless, a wonderful desk set with signet(wax stamp) and integrated pencil sharpener. With nib cleaner.

The dimensions are 9 cm (3 1/2")high x 22 cm (not quite 8 3/4ths") wide x 9 (3 1/2")cm deep.

And I am rapidly running out of space in my library/den.