| By three o'clock they were finished, and she counted them and laid them beside the inkstand. |
| I'm sure there were those who lamented the demise of the quill pen and inkstand in the classroom. |
| Thumb and forefinger pressed together, as if to urge the top on, the boy dreams awhile before settling down to the books and the inkstand he has pushed to one side. |
| They were presented with an oak Derby roll top desk, an inkstand and a case of fish knives and forks. |
| Unfortunately, the inkstand top was made to dip pens in, and not to dip paws. |
| There was an empty inkstand there also, and a carafe of water with a glass by it. |
