A novelty late Georgian sterling silver inkstand, 1837 London, with maker's mark for Charles fox II, an ink pot in the form of a lobed fruit with a calyx hinged lid upon an integrated lobed and barbed oval dish with flaring leafy handles, on a fruitwood timber base, hallmarked underside and to lid, total weight 401gr, height 8 cm, length 31.5 cm, width 17.5 cm