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Lot 78

Sale 4995 - Silver & Objets de Vertu
Apr 18, 2013 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$1,000 - 1,500
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$1,000
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Good collection of silver propelling pencils 19th/20th century

Including a Victorian Sampson Mordan example hallmarked London 1874-75, the end with uncarved bloodstone matrix; two Sampson Mordan spiral twist pencils, stamped 'Sterling'; an Edwardian spiral twist example, hallmarked Birmingham 1911-12; a lozenge-form example engraved with foliage and with uncarved bloodstone matrix to the end, hallmarked James Fenton, Birmingham,1888-89; another very similar, hallmarked 1891-92; and 25 others of various form, several gilt, one stamped 'S. Mordan & Co.', one engraved "Forget me Not," several stamped 'Sterling' and several with uncarved hardstone matrices to the ends. (31).

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