Alison lives in a small village in Cambridgeshire and has been involved in the antiques trade for thirty years. A qualified auctioneer, she has a BA Hons in Valuation of Fine Art and Chattels and has worked in a London auction house and for The Potteries Museum as well as exhibiting at fairs in London and East Anglia. She is a keen collector of 18th and 19th century Staffordshire ceramics, turn of the century art pottery and English silver novelty items.
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Late Victorian Novelty Oar End Pencil / Letter Opener Combo
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Certified DealerApproved listing95 sales by dealer
Description
Late Victorian antique novelty small letter opener/pencil combo. This lovely piece has a hallmarked silver blade in the shape of an oar, for use as a letter opener. At the centre is an aperture for the insertion of a pencil . The pencil can be removed to reveal the sharpened end or blunt end and can of course, be replaced when needed.
A lovely, useable piece and good gift idea.
Maker:- Arthur Downing
measurements
Height:
15 cm
Width:
1.2 cm
Depth:
0.8 cm
measurements
declaration
Booth Antiques has clarified that the Late Victorian Novelty Oar End Pencil / Letter Opener Combo (LA480122) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1899
declaration
condition
condition
Excellent, with no dents or splits.
Hallmarks :- Clear and readable.