Fine Silver and Objects of Vertu - 25th April 2017

Lot 912

A rare pair of Victorian silver-mounted carved ebony novelty pencils

Estimate £1,200 - £1,500

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Description

A rare pair of Victorian silver-mounted carved ebony novelty pencils,

by S. Mordan and Co, also marked with a registration lozenge for 1873,

the terminals carved with caricatures of Afro-Caribbean heads, glass eyes, plain mounts, length 11.3cm and 11.7cm. (2)