AN ANGLO-INDIAN CARVED EBONY AND STERLING SILVER-MOUNTED CRYSTAL INKSTAND, CIRCA 1846, having a central serpent-form ring handle above a fruit laden foliate support flanked by inkwells and implement compartments, one containing a deer-hoof mounted letter opener, all above a foliate and floral conforming frieze atop similarly carved circular feet--11in. high, 16in. wide, 11in. deep