An early-Victorian novelty gold pencil

An early-Victorian novelty gold pencil,

unmarked,

modelled as a pistol, the butt with feather scroll decoration, length closed 4.3cm. plus a silver-gilt pistol pencil with a mythical beast head handle, and a gilt-metal pistol pencil. (3)

Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils.

Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 24.