Silver & Objects of Vertu - 21st January 2020

Lot 635

A pair of Victorian novelty silver-mounted carved ebony twist-action propelling pencils

Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £480

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Description

A pair of Victorian novelty silver-mounted carved ebony twist-action propelling pencils,

by S. Mordan and Co, also marked with a registration lozenge for 1873,

the terminals carved with caricatures of male heads, glass eyes, plain mounts, length 11.3cm and 11.7cm. (2)