Catalog: Writing Instruments: Desk Articles

Vintage pair of leather bookends with porcelain tile insets picturing a male and female pheasant walking in the snow. In very good condition, they measure 6.5 inches high.

A pair of carved alabaster bookends with hand carved geese on a marble base. Excellent condition, they measure 6.5" high, 5.5" long, 3.5" wide. More photos available upon request.

Antique Staffordshire porcelain quill pen holder featuring a confetti coleslaw nest with a dove with 2 hatchlings and a bright green snake. The inkwell has one hole for a quill. It is in excellent condition, any imperfections are firing flaws, typical of early Staffordshire pieces. Measures about is 2.5" high and 2.75" diameter. Circa 1840.

Very nice heavy pen tray measuring 8" long and just under 2.5" wide. Initially I thought this was cast bronze, but it appears to be copper with a bronze finish.