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23. Three Victorian electroplated novelty pencils / toothpicks, one marked ‘Josh. Baker, No.1186 4 April 1842’, modelled as rifles, the butts with foliate decoration, (one a,f), lengths closed 9.3cm and 8.7cm. (3) £150-200 Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils. Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 28.
24. A Victorian novelty silver pencil, unmarked, modelled as a rifle, the butt with embossed decoration, length 7.4cm, plus a silver and agate novelty pencil, unmarked, banded agate stock, length 5cm. (2) £150-200 Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils. Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 28.
25. A Victorian novelty silver pencil, marked ‘G. Wheeler Nov. 9th 1840, no. 454’, modelled as a rifle, the butt with engraved decoration, length 7.3cm. £100-150 Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils. Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 28.
26. A Victorian novelty metal mounted ivory pencil / quill cutter, by Joseph Rogers and Sons, circa 1890, modelled as a rifle, length closed 8.7cm. £100-150
27. A Victorian novelty silver pencil, unmarked, the butt engraved ‘1844’, modelled as a rifle, the butt with engraved decoration, length 7.6cm. £150-200 Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils. Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 28.
28. A Victorian novelty gold pencil, by S. Mordan and Co, modelled as a rifle, with two ring attachments, length 6.2cm £500-700 Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils. Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 28.
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Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils. Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 29.