A Victorian silver and gold combined pen and pencil,... Lot 50

A Victorian silver and gold combined pen and pencil, by S. Mordan, London 1853, also marked ~S. Mordan and Co. Makers~, modelled as a tipstaff, engraved foliate scroll decoration and with two mythical dolphins, inscribed ~To Henry Potter Easter 1854~, the gold crown finial unscrews to reveal a lead reservoir, in a fitted case, length closed 13cm. Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils. Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 55.