Brass Inkwell.....thinks a lot of itself...!

ya got yer double inkwell...place for pens, letters, paperclips......fancy designs.....
the whole 9 yards.....
but.....is it just a cheap French knock off.......?......or something worth a few coins ?

 

oooops...no dimensions...but it's sitting in the top of a legal size document box...

 

Looks like the real deal to me. I think depese is French for 'handmade'.Now if you could just figure out who "JH" is !

 

Déposé is word the French use meaning registered or copyright. Sometimes it is abbreviated as Dep. Sometimes the word deponiert is used also. Both France and Germany use such words. These words may appear on metal objects, bisque dolls, porcelain, glass, etc.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/déposé#Adjective

Here is a brass inkwell by the same French maker:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ANTIQUE-F...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

--- Susan

 

Nice find Lady !!!! Thanks !
But...
zat is just ze itty bitty one....not so much ze grand dame like mine, wiss all ze bells and ze whistles.....n'est pas ? ...

 

Agree... the real deal. The porcelain insert is probably the original.

 

I think it looks original, based mostly on the inserts and what I see on the bottom. The topside looks awfully clean.....but then maybe someone just took care of their antiques!!!!

 

Like my father..!!!

 

The paper clip and the screws in the inkwell are a nice touch

 

I say real deal too; the casting is too good for modern repop.

 

Thank you all for your time and effort !!!

 

Victorian-era brass inkstand. Letter-holder, inkwells and pen-rest. I've seen these sell in antiques shops for hundreds of dollars, but only if they're in really good condition.

Good condition means no cracks, chips, dents, damage, no broken hinges. Lids close properly and smoothly, and the inserts in the inkwells are both present, and matching, and fitting. Often on these things, the inkwell inserts...inkserts...? are the first things to be broken, or mismatched, or just plain missing.

They can sell anywhere from $150 up to $300, $500...it depends on who's selling it and how elaborate it is.

BTW - That fan-shaped lip at the front is probably for dip-pen nibs or similar.

 

Hello, I am also looking for infos about JH? I found your model https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/d...-desk-set-scotland-1910-b2275y/id-f_25585802/
It says it is from scotland!!!! 1910??? but I have also found other infos saying it comes from Belgium... where I live... Have you sold it? or did you get other infos by any chances? thanks!

 

what u see is the extent of the thread..... no new info !

I doubt it was made in Scotland...

 

It is the real deal. Not a big deal, though. Still worth a few coins, but had it been gilded...

 

This one https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/38367...leon-iii-bronze-gilt-second-half-19th-century
says era of "Napoleon III" and "Second half 19th century" -- It does say Déposé on the bottom, so it is probably French. Although our late colleague ladybranch commented above that both France and Germany use this sort of mark.