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An Early 19th Century Fruitwood Pounce Pot
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An Early 19th Century Fruitwood Pounce Pot

19th century
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A very good 19th century pounce pot. The saucer shaped lid has some pierced holes for sprinkling the pounce on to the ink and for collecting any unused pounce.

An early 19th century fruitwood pounce pot with a circular dished lid pierced with holes of different sizes arranged in a star pattern. It has a baluster shaped body on a turned foot.

The pounce had two functions it was shaken onto some writing surfaces like parchment to make it smooth to write on and the other use was to dry ink prior to the introduction of blotting paper c1840. After sprinkling the pounce onto the surface excess pounce was poured back into the antique treen pots via the holes in the top, hence why the top is saucer shaped to retain the precious pounce.

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Opus Antiques has dated this Antique Fruitwood Pounce Pot to the 19th Century.

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A very good 19th century pounce pot.
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The saucer shaped lid has some pierced holes for sprinkling the pounce on to the ink and for collecting any unused pounce.
Opus Antiques

An early 19th century fruitwood pounce pot with a circular dished lid pierced with holes of different sizes arranged in a star pattern. It has a baluster shaped body on a turned foot.

fig 1. A turned dark fruitwood pounce pot featuring a perforated concave top dish above a bulbous stem and circular moulded base.
fig 1. An Early 19th Century Fruitwood Pounce Pot

The pounce had two functions it was shaken onto some writing surfaces like parchment to make it smooth to write on and the other use was to dry ink prior to the introduction of blotting paper c1840. After sprinkling the pounce onto the surface excess pounce was poured back into the antique treen pots via the holes in the top, hence why the top is saucer shaped to retain the precious pounce.

Date of Manufacture

Opus Antiques has dated this Antique Fruitwood Pounce Pot to the 19th Century.

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Antique treen, boxes & decorative georgian items

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Archive I A turned dark fruitwood pounce pot featuring a perforated concave top dish above a bulbous stem and circular moulded base.

An Early 19th Century Fruitwood Pounce Pot

Archive II A turned dark fruitwood pounce pot featuring a perforated concave top dish above a bulbous stem and circular moulded base. View II
Archive III A turned dark fruitwood pounce pot featuring a perforated concave top dish above a bulbous stem and circular moulded base. View III
Archive IV A turned dark fruitwood pounce pot featuring a perforated concave top dish above a bulbous stem and circular moulded base. View IV
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A turned dark fruitwood pounce pot featuring a perforated concave top dish above a bulbous stem and circular moulded base.
An early 19th century fruitwood pounce pot
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A turned dark fruitwood pounce pot featuring a perforated concave top dish above a bulbous stem and circular moulded base.
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  • ObjectDesk Accessories
  • Period19th century
  • StyleGeorgian
  • MaterialFruitwood
  • ColourDark Brown
  • MotifsTurned wood stem, Perforated concave dish, Moulded circular base

This early 19th century Georgian pounce pot is a small desk accessory made from dark brown fruitwood with a warm polished finish. The design includes a saucer shaped concave top dish pierced with holes of different sizes arranged in a star pattern, a baluster or bulbous stem, and a moulded circular base showing visible surface wear and darker patination near the middle. The visible details demonstrate traditional turning techniques, with clean concentric mouldings around the foot and bowl rim. It stands approximately 10 cm high, making it a compact desk ornament. In a home today, it functions as a decorative item on an office desk or library table, recalling the writing practices of the Georgian period when pounce was sprinkled onto parchment or used to dry ink prior to the introduction of blotting paper.

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A pounce pot, sometimes referred to as a sander, is a small container with a perforated top used prior to the mid-nineteenth century to disperse finely powdered gum sandarac or cuttlefish bone onto paper to prepare the surface for ink writing or to absorb excess ink.

Pounce pots were commonly turned from native hardwoods such as fruitwood, boxwood, walnut, and oak, though finer examples were produced in pewter, silver, brass, or porcelain.

Authentic Georgian treen typically features subtle unevenness from hand-turning, deep natural patination from historic handling, fine shrink lines across the grain, and signs of age-related wear around touchpoints.

A turned wooden pounce pot functions well as a decorative tactile object arranged alongside leather-bound books, vintage brass instruments, or modern stationers items on a desk, mantelpiece, or styled shelf.

Maintain fruitwood treen by dusting with a dry, soft cloth and occasionally applying a small quantity of clear beeswax polish to preserve the timber and patina, keeping the item away from direct heat sources and excessive moisture.
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