Figural writing utensil with sparrow Bronze, light olive green to brown patina. Feather tray designed as a leaf with ladybird and carnation stalk, above a fully sculpted bird sitting on a branch as an inkwell with hinged lid and glass insert. H. 9.2 cm; W. 21.5 cm. An Austrian Vienna figural patinated bronze inkwell with bird and lass inset. Austria. Vienna. Around 1900.