A Victorian novelty amethyst-coloured horn-shaped glass inkwell on an openwork cast floral and foliate base, with a scroll handle incorporating a tendril pen rest and a foliate-decorated taperstick with detachable nozzle, the glass inkwell applied with a floral and foliate-cast mount and with a conforming detachable cover, the back with a vacant rococo scroll cartouche, Elkington & Co., Birmingham - 5in.