Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 25 Apr 2018
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A Victorian novelty silver and brass pencil
A Victorian novelty silver and brass pencil,
retailed by the Mappin Brothers,
modelled as a bullet, the case inscribed 'OMDURMAN' and 'Remember Gordon', length closed 7.8cm.
General Gordon's death at the siege of Khartoum in 1885 was avenged by General Kitchener at the Battle of Omdurman.
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