Three Victorian electroplated novelty pencils / toothpicks

Three Victorian electroplated novelty pencils / toothpicks,

one marked ' Josh. Baker, No.1186 4 April 1842,

modelled as rifles, the butts with foliate decoration, (one a,f), lengths closed 9.3cm and 8.7cm. (3)

Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils.

Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 28.