The KB Collection of Pencils - 22nd January 2019
Lot 48
A Victorian silver brooch pencil
Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £120
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Description
A Victorian silver brooch pencil,
by S. Mordan and Co,
dumbbell form, engraved decoration, pull-out pencil, length 5.4cm, plus another silver dumbbell pencil, by Arthur Downing, Birmingham 1918, and a novelty metal pencil modelled as a dumbbell. (3)
Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils.
Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 58.