with plain gold elongated oval side panels, one inscribed 'T.W. Brookes, / The Convent, / Kingsgate, / Broadstairs, / Kent.', with a longer and a shorter steel blade, each hinging from retractable pivots, 18 carat gold, 18cm long; together with a George V gold combined penknife and pencil, with linear engine turning and rectangle initialled LB, with a small steel blade and a steel rasp, the extending propelling pencil (apparently unmarked) housed to the side, with hinged suspension loop, 9 carat gold hallmarked for Wright & Davies, London, 1924, 7cm long (2)
Sold for £550
with plain gold elongated oval side panels, one inscribed 'T.W. Brookes, / The Convent, / Kingsgate, / Broadstairs, / Kent.', with a longer and a shorter steel blade, each hinging from retractable pivots, 18 carat gold, 18cm long; together with a George V gold combined penknife and pencil, with linear engine turning and rectangle initialled LB, with a small steel blade and a steel rasp, the extending propelling pencil (apparently unmarked) housed to the side, with hinged suspension loop, 9 carat gold hallmarked for Wright & Davies, London, 1924, 7cm long (2)
Auction: European Works of Art, 24th May, 2023