Actualy -- YES, it could very well be a feather quill.... What does THAT mean????? Does that have some significance??? Or just the obvious that it's an ink well??? LOL
I have a silver plated InkWell -- that has a mrk on the bottom that looks like a palm fram -- or palm branch... sorta a ////// look to it... just one half. I tried to take pictures of it.. but can't seem to get a close enough image for it to be able to be photographed clearly.