24th May, 2023 11:00

European Works of Art

 
Lot 256
 

256

AN EDWARDIAN GOLD-MOUNTED PENKNIFE, SAMPSON MORDAN & CO., LONDON, 1901

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)