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Antique Questions Forum / Re: French cloisonne inkwell/desk set ??

« on: January 16, 2015, 06:26:51 am »

 Hello again and thanks for all of everyones help.  The inkwell is missing the glass or porcelain liner. Just to clear up why people on CL post a price of 1.00 in the tittle is to gain interest and make them look. Than of coarse the asking price or make a offer would be in the description.. The elder lady in her 80's, yes I"m sure her memory isn't accurate! I know that I don't have a $800  inkwell set, just finding out where and when the piece was made is nice to know..again thank you for everyones help..  I will post a picture of the inkwell later on sometime later for you to view.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: French cloisonne inkwell/desk set ??

« on: January 15, 2015, 07:10:27 am »

I also know that the lady we recieved it from was in her 80's and said it was her families passed down to her. It was a estate sale.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: French cloisonne inkwell/desk set ??

« on: January 15, 2015, 07:07:08 am »

Yes it is the set on CL. Is that a good price,  I have had others tell me I should of asked for more.  Here is a pic of the stamp box, which does not have a attachment on the lid. As for the hinged lid on the inkwell, there might be some sort of marking on it. Although it has a lot of caked on ink(Im assuming it is ink and ?) Im afraid to clean it off, and have no idea how  or with what to wipe it clean with out damaging the item. Any suggestion?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: French cloisonne inkwell/desk set ??

« on: January 14, 2015, 05:39:42 pm »

Here is this picture (hopefully) with a better view of the EC and maybe D..on the side of the wooden blotter. Although I could be wrong on any of those letters..

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: French cloisonne inkwell/desk set ??

« on: January 14, 2015, 05:34:25 pm »

Oh okay, well thank you! Glad to know that it was you.. and yes your the only one on that forum that was willing to help.. it was very much appreciated.. seems to be many people with a lot of knowledge on here (I've been reading through many questions etc on here and the response back is great)  hope to find out more about my mystery inkwell set.. Again thank you for sending me here..

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: French cloisonne inkwell/desk set ??

« on: January 14, 2015, 04:02:40 pm »

Thank you !  Hopefully there is someone that could tell me a little more about what kind and maybe help with makers mark. I have had people tell me it was Champleve and others say cloisonne', I know absolutely nothing other than the previous owner said it was 19th century possibly french.  The person I was talking to on the other site that suggested I posted on this forum has been very helpful educating me on champleve and cloisonne'.. Thank you for your help !!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: French cloisonne inkwell/desk set ??

« on: January 14, 2015, 10:24:37 am »

More pictures ....

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: French cloisonne inkwell/desk set ??

« on: January 14, 2015, 10:18:10 am »

Hello, a friend  on another site asked me to post the pictures of the inkwell set to see if anyone had any info on it.. I'm hoping that someone will know the maker, a dotted oval with EC and I think a D.(which is on the side of the wooden blotter) Also the ll.l mark on inside of bottom of inkwell when I unscrewed it from the dish/plate. I will ad more pictures if anyone would like more. Any information as all I know is it's 19th century.. and not sure if it is cloisonne.