The KB Collection of Pencils - 22nd January 2019
Lot 420
A novelty silver and gold pencil
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £350
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Description
A novelty silver and gold pencil,
by J. Vickery,
modelled as a rolling pin, with a chain attachment, inscribed 'When you are married and your husband gets cross, just lift up this rolling pin, and say "I am boss"', length 4.4cm, plus a silver pencil, magnifying glass and desk seal, by J. Vickery, plain cylindrical form, the seal matrix engraved with a monogram, length closed 9.5cm. (2)
Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils.
Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 175.