An early Victorian novelty silver pistol pencil and toothpick set

An early Victorian novelty silver pistol pencil and toothpick set,

by S. Mordan, engraved 6 July 1840.

modelled as pistols, the butts with feather scroll decoration, length closed 4cm, in a fitted velvet lined case

Provenance:

A Private Collection.

Purchased from Tessier's Ltd., 12 February 1996.

For a similar pair see Bull, K., The KB Collection of Pencils, private publication, 2012, page 25.