The KB Collection of Pencils - 22nd January 2019

Lot 1

A George IV silver port-crayon

Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £160

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Description

A George IV silver port-crayon,

by Robert Mosely, Birmingham 1822,

engine-turned decoration, hobnail terminal, length 10.5cm, plus a William IV silver Everpointed pencil, by Sampson Mordan and Gabriel Riddle, London 1831, also marked 'S. Mordan and Co. Maker's & Patentees', length closed 9.2cm. (2)

Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils.

Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 6 and 9.