The KB Collection of Pencils - 22nd January 2019
Lot 148
λA French novelty silver-gilt pencil and aide memoire
Estimate £500 - £700
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Description
λA French novelty silver-gilt pencil and aide memoire,
modelled as a hand mirror, engine-turned and foliate decoration, applied with a crowned monogram, the handle holds the pencil, the reverse of the mirror opens to reveal an aide memoire, with a chain and finger ring, length 12.8cm.
Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils.
Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 92.