A REGENCY EBONY AND BLACK JAPANNED INKSTAND, later decorated overall with chinoiserie buildings among foliage and birds and flowers, the rectangular top with long pen tray and two square glass wells with hinged silver lids with London maker's mark for Thomas Robins and dated 1818, centred by a further lidded compartment, the top edge with gadrooning, above a long drawer to one side and on white metal foliate paw feet