Bronze Figural Ink Stand – Card Players. Bronze figure of 2 boys playing cards, the barrel between them containes the inkwell with an opalescent glass insets and hinged lid; signed on the reverse of the lid “Published by Joseph & Edmund Ratcliff, 1851. On a gray slate base with inset pen rest, painted black. 6.5 in. high x 11 in. wide x 7 in. deep. Weight: 10.25 lbs.