Victorian Boxer Dog Inkwell
Good Victorian lignum vitae boxer dog inkwell, 19th century novelty inkwell in the form of a boxer dog, hinged just above the snout with fitted brass interior and original glass bottle, leather collar with brass fittings, glass eyes, height 4.13 in.
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- Lignum Vitae - A West Indian wood, dark greenish brown in colour with black streaks and very dense, used both as a veneers, and for small objects where durability was important, including lawn bowls, snuff boxes, turned cups and bowls and other treen objects.
- Victorian Period - The Victorian period of furniture and decorative arts design covers the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. There was not one dominant style of furniture in the Victorian period. Designers used and modified many historical styles such as Gothic, Tudor, Elizabethan, English Rococo, Neoclassical and others, although use of some styles, such as English Rococo and Gothic tended to dominate the furniture manufacture of the period.
The Victorian period was preceded by the Regency and William IV periods, and followed by the Edwardian period, named for Edward VII (1841 – 1910) who was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India for the brief period from 1901 until his death in 1910.
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ink wells / ink stands, material
- brass 95
- glass objects 229
- ink wells / ink stands, period or age - Victorian 86
