Bronze inkstand with figurine of a Roman emperor, mid 16th century, (1881). Etching of a circular inkstand ornamented with masks and garlands, made in Italy, probably Padua. The cover is surmounted by a large statuette of a Roman emperor. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]