Inkwell paperweight made from grapeshot – probably Crimean War, Second Empire

Dealer’s title: Encrier presse-papier en biscaïens – Probablement guerre de Crimée, Second Empire

€120 dealer’s price: €120 · ≈ £100.35 · ≈ $134.72 · converted at the National Bank of Poland average rate (table 219/A/NBP/2026) of 10.11.2026 · shipping cost: unknown · change the currency at the top of the page

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Category	Flags & memorabilia › Trench art	automatic identification
Type	not identified	—
State / formation	France	automatic identification
Period	19th century to 1913	automatic identification
Maker	not identified	—
Maker’s mark	not identified	—
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Dealer and country	Comptoir Antique de Bourgogne · FR	dealer profile

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Encrier presse-papier réalisé à partir de biscaïens, c’est-à-dire de projectiles sphériques de mitraille. L’ensemble est composé d’un projectile principal de 51 mm de diamètre et de quatre projectiles plus petits d’environ 23 mm, assemblés pour former cet objet souvenir. La pièce est probablement à…

In English Made from grapeshot, consisting of one main projectile about 51 mm in diameter and four smaller projectiles of about 23 mm assembled into a souvenir piece. Probably dating from the Crimean War period. summary prepared automatically – may contain errors; the dealer’s description is what counts

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