The KB Collection of Pencils - 22nd January 2019
Lot 230
A Victorian novelty silver pencil
Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £480
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Description
A Victorian novelty silver pencil,
by S. Mordan and Co, with a design lozenge for 1879,
modelled as a jester's marotte stick, cylindrical form, with a jester head terminal and mounted with eight bells, length 8.8cm.
Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils.
Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 111.