Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Wine

Online-Only Auction, 4 - 16 March 2020

Decorative Arts

Sold for

ZAR 2 228
Lot 388
  • A Victorian silver propelling pencil, apparently unmarked, Mordan & Company, 7 September 1873


Lot Estimate
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 2 228

About this Item

London, England
A Victorian silver propelling pencil, apparently unmarked, Mordan & Company, 7 September 1873
designed as a spinning top with telescopic shaft and suspension loop, engraved registration mark, Rd no 1594, 8,4cm fully extended; a silver vest-pocket pencil case, apparently unmarked, 19th century, the hexagonal body engraved with foliage, the cover with a coiled serpent, 10cm long, 15g; an Edward VII silver dressing-table box, George Nathan & Ridley Hayes, Chester, 1906, the hinged cover with a pastoral scene with figures at various pursuits, the front and sides moulded with foliage and acanthus leaves, the base engraved with the initials HK, 23cm long, 140g; and an Irish silver tot measure, maker's initials, JCB, Dublin, 1983, the tapered textured body and rolled rim, 5cm high, 30g
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