Pounce is a fine powder made from pine resin or cutlefih bone, that was sprinkled over wet ink to hasten the drying process and was in use from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century, prior to the invention of blotting paper. The pounce was usually kept in a pounce pot, a small container in wood, silver or ceramics, kept on a desk, similar to a salt shaker.

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A George III sterling silver ink stand, Burrage davenport,…

George III Sterling Silver Ink Stand, London 1777, Provenance Bourdon-Smith

A George III sterling silver ink stand, Burrage davenport, London, 1777, two ink pots and a pounce pot, each faceted and cut glass wth a silver cap and resting within a latticed gallery on the oval tray with conforming gallery, on ball and claw feet, the…

A George II sterling silver ink stand, Edward Aldridge I,…

George II Sterling Silver Ink Stand, London 1751, Provenance 2000

A George II sterling silver ink stand, Edward Aldridge I, London, 1751, two ink pots and a pounce pot of compressed baluster shape resting on the rectangular tray with gadrooned edge on lion's paw feet, 6 cm high (with pots in place), 23.5 cm wide, 15 cm…

An unusual 19th century bronze barrel form pounce pot, with…

Bronze Fluted Pounce Pot with Screw Top

An unusual 19th century bronze barrel form pounce pot, with fluted body and pierced screw off top, 5.5 cm high

Georgian sterling silver pounce pot footed baluster shape with…

Georgian Sterling Silver Pounce Pot with Pierced Lid

Georgian sterling silver pounce pot footed baluster shape with pierced domed detachable lid, London, marks worn,

A silver mounted green flashed and silvered glass pounce pot,…

Silver Mounted Green Glass Pounce Pot, 1860

A silver mounted green flashed and silvered glass pounce pot, English, circa 1860 the faceted tapering body surmounted by a pierced sterling silver caster cap, the base with a lozenge stamped Varnish & Co. patent, London 11 cm high

An antique silver plated Pug dog pounce pot, 19th century, the…

Antique Silver Plated Pug Dog Ink Pounce Pot

An antique silver plated Pug dog pounce pot, 19th century, the seated dog with brown glass eyes and perforations to the back of the head, for sprinkling ink blotting powder, height 90 cm

Sterling silver pounce pot by Charles Fox, London 1828

1828 Charles Fox Sterling Silver Pounce Pot

Sterling silver pounce pot by Charles Fox, London 1828

Sterling silver pounce pot, London 1836

London 1836 Sterling Silver Pounce Pot

Sterling silver pounce pot, London 1836