A Victorian novelty silver mounted carved ebony pencil

A Victorian novelty silver mounted carved ebony pencil,

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

modelled as a dog's head wearing a Moorish style hat, set with glass eyes, in a fitted case, length 11cm.

Provenance: The KB Collection of Pencils.

Illustrated in Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 110.