A Victorian novelty gold pencil

A Victorian novelty gold pencil,

by S. Mordan, marked 'S. Mordan Aug 3, 1842, No. 1390',

modelled as a hand a sleeve, tapering form, with two coloured gold feathered decoration, the finger with a hardstone ring, and with a ring attachment, and with a coloured stone matrix terminal, in a later fitted box, length closed 4cm.

Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils.

Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 30.