The ink pot stands on a small tray (18 x 12,5 cm) with chiselled geometric decoration and four paw feet 2 cm high.

Three urns are bolted on the tray, with, on the sides, the ink pot and the powder container 8 cm. high. The removable semispherical lid (diameter cm. 4) has a dolphin on the top (3,5 cm).

The container on the center supports a bell (diameter 5 cm) with the handle in the shape of two intertwined dolphins (cm. 4,5) The central pot is empty, and presumably contained the sealing wax.

Two pen holders in the shape of intertwined tail fishes are bolted on the tray (7 cm high).

- Weight: 1155 grams
- Age: 'Restaurazione'
- Hallmark:
mark used in Sicily from 1829 to 1860: a square with rounded corners and 833 1/3/1000 purity degree symbol (Ugo Donati: I marchi dell'argenteria italiana, scheda 18 pag. 16)
- Assayer mark:
assayer Matteo Serretta, from 1837: a lion's head (Silvano Barraja- I marchi degli argentieri e orafi di Palermo- pag.56- ed. 1996)
- Import mark:
a 'swan' into an oval outline (France import mark from 1893 (Tardy, 13th ed., Poinçons d'argent, pag. 208)