Two other treasures - an English silver inkstand and an American oak sideboard - were most desirable because they had remained in the families of the original owners.

There was a somewhat massive silver inkstand in the centre, in front of it a handsome green lacquer blotter.

Architectural Gothic ornament is at its best in some of the accessories, including an 1853 rectangular silver inkstand with spired ink holders, enlivened with trefoils and tracery.

The contents of Knock's locker were the usual unsavoury mess of lockers everywhere, but there was certainly no silver inkstand.

Tilden got to his feet, holding the silver inkstand.

In 1817 the Highland Society voted him a silver inkstand for an essay on kelp and barilla.

It had a blotter and a silver inkstand.

They stole the captain's silver inkstand,' said Knock, impervious to sarcasm.

The lockers, while possibly of interest to anyone studying the smells of unwashed clothing and the things that could grow on neglected socks, failed to produce a single silver inkstand.

On Oct. 21, 1841, a massive silver inkstand and a purse of £60 were presented to him at a congregational meeting.