NEO-EGYPTIAN INKSET, LATE 19th TO EARLY 20th CENTURY In chased, patinated and gilded bronze and brass, the central tray in the form of a platform encircled by a border decorated with hieroglyphs and fitted with a bell, two cups, two sand compacts and four pencil trays, surrounded by a silvered bronze river punctuated with baboons and ducks, the border decorated with an openwork balustrade held up by Egyptians dressed in a loincloth. H. 27 cm (10 ½ in.) l. 37 cm (14 ½ in.) An Egyptian revival gilt, patinated and silvered bronze and brass inkstand, late 19th-early 20th century