The KB Collection of Pencils - 22nd January 2019
Lot 415
A Victorian silver pen
Estimate £400 - £600
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Description
A Victorian silver pen, pencil and paper knife,
by Mordan and Co. retailed by Houghton and Gunn,
plain cylindrical form, length closed 10.8cm, plus a silver Point protector and cedar sharpener, by S. Mordan and Co., a silver pencil case, by S. Mordan and Co, reeded body with a ring attachment, plus a boxed set of five cedar pencils and a set of Royal Sovereign pencils adjusted to fit a Mordan cedar case. (5)
Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils.
Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 163.