A VICTORIAN TWO BOTTLE SILVER INKSTAND WITH TAPERSTICK, London, 1857, maker's mark of Henry Wilkinson, oblong, on four claw and ball and openwork foliate feet, the rectangular ground with two quatrefoil pierced frames to the cut glass molded square, silver mounted, hinge covered, bottles, the center circular depression fitted with baluster chamberstick, the broad border pierced with interlocking scrolls, the back with monogram, the front with shaped oval reserve engraved with presentation inscription dated 1895, with applied nailed strapwork shaped rim--10¾in. (27.3cm.) long, the silver 16oz.