A Victorian silver and silver-gilt naturalistic inkstand, 1866 London, with maker's mark for Samuel Whitford the cover modelled as a quince over a two-tone stand with an embossed leafy quince branch over a silver-gilt woven oval basket, centered with a removable silver mounted circular glass ink pot, marked to the cover and underside. Total weight 373g height 8 cm, length 22 cm, width 16 cm