Featured Can anybody help with this inkwell?

Hello I've just purchased this inkwell but I have absolutely no idea as to it's age. I'd hate to call it art nouveau without being certain as the acorn finial can be used to denote prosperity regardless of era. I'm surmising it is Victorian and bronze with lead crystal green glass as its quite heavy. I purchased it for £35 is it worth re-gilding? Many thanks in advance, Wayne.

 

Looks really pretty. Could we see more views, including the bottom? Finial looks more like a pine cone to me.

 

Or a skinny artichoke.

 

Hi Bronwen thank you for your reply I think I need to create another thread and upload smaller pics as I cant seem to upload more. I apologise in advance as I still have to get used to the site

 

Welcome, Wayne. Please don't start a new thread, you can add a lot of photos to this one. Why can't you upload?

 

Yes, as AJ said, please don't restart the thread. You have to get your photos under 1MB each & you can add them in follow up posts like this one. You don't need to try to edit your initial posting to get them in there.

 

Ok thanks for the advice just working out how to minimise my photos please be patient and thanks again Any Jewelry and Bronwen

 

Congrats you've now found out that A) I have an inkwell and B) I'm a moron with a camera

 

If we kept statistics on first time posts, I think we'd learn fully 85% of people have trouble with photos their first time out. Particularly if they are using their phone's camera. You did something right off we usually have to ask for: you made your photo full size instead of leaving it as a thumbnail.

 

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/posting-a-thread-and-uploading-pictures.15990/

 

Hope this helps

 

Edit. More options. All photos full size, please.

 

Finally there thank you all for your help

 

This is sweet but is not Art Nouveau!

 

Thank you Marie it was listed on Ebay as Art Nouveau but I had a funny feeling it wasn't. I have no plans to sell it on but I would like to know an era and style. I'm guessing it was ormolu at some stage but age has taken it back to bronze

 

Did you surmise this because of the plastic in the feet or something else?

 

the feet are solid metal

 

Any other sarcastic comments?