The KB Collection of Pencils - 22nd January 2019

Lot 261

A novelty American silver pencil

Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £140

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Description

A novelty American silver pencil,

marked sterling,

modelled as a floor nail, plus a modern novelty silver pencil, by Villiers and Jackson, Birmingham 1956, modelled as a nail, inscribed 'No-Nail', length 11.4cm. (2)

Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils.

Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 117.