For sale is a really nice empire style inkwell made by one of the Paris area makers in the 19th century . The blue and gold combination is always nice but here we have a great shape on top of it and it makes for a really stunning piece! There is an eagle head to either end of the piece with lots of detail to it and fully gilded. Raised relief gold trim on white ground to the top edge with a fancy raised design to the front and back on blue ground.The foot has a gold trim to the edge - it is attached to the main body with a metal piece as shown. There are two inserts - nice to still have them. One has four holes to it and a little central finial and the other a large and a small hole with a little handle to one side. Both of these come out. The main body has a little holder for the quill th