A Victorian sterling silver figural inkstand, 1854 London, with maker's mark for Edward & John Barnard, a neoclassical style lobed and engraved tray featuring a cupid seated upon two volumes reading a book and holding a taper stick, an inkwell modelled as an urn vase to the side, hallmarked underside and to lid, silver weight 684 gr, height 13 cm, length 30 cm, width 20 cm